Michelle Commeyras' Biography

Michelle Commeyras is professor of language and literacy education at the University of Georgia. She was born in Paris, France and lived there until age three when her parents came to the state of Massachusetts in the USA. As a child she was an avid reader and even wrote simple plays that she produced with her neighbourhood friends. Michelle kept returning to the field of education because eventually someone pays you a salary to be kept learning and to teach others how to learn. Michelle has been a regular visitor to the African continent since 1997. She is proud to have been dissertation advisor to Drs. Hellen Inyega and Lone Ketsitlile who will co-facilitate the UNISA workshop. To view Michelle's publication history go to: http://www.coe.uga.edu/lle/faculty/commeyras/index.html