AASU Professor Publishes Book about Her Experience as a Suburban Middle School Teacher

Savannah, GA—May 5, 2004—A new book, Diary of a Suburban Middle School Teacher, by Brenda E. Logan, assistant professor of middle, secondary, and adult education at Armstrong Atlantic State University, will be published this month. Logan’s first book, the story examines the whole of teaching based on her 30 years of teaching in a suburban middle school in Tennessee.

The book is written in a diary format based on Logan's actual experiences from day to day journaling over a three-year period. It provides a longitudinal glance into the many phases of middle school teaching. The reader is introduced to the class clown, the violent boy, the crack baby, the kid whose mom was diagnosed with AIDS, the out of control neighborhood kid, and the privileged children. The book is for those who contemplate middle school teaching and those who are curious about what teachers may face in today’s classrooms.

Logan, a native of Savannah, received a bachelor of science in English education from Savannah State College, and upon graduation she began her teaching career in Tennessee. She went on to earn her master's in curriculum and instruction from the University of Northern Colorado and completed her doctorate at Peabody Vanderbilt in curriculum leadership. Logan is a member of the National Council of Teachers of English, Association for Curriculum Development, Georgia Council of Teachers of English, Phi Delta Kappa International, and the National Middle School Association.