Allyson McGill
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PhD, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1989 in English: British Literature, with certification of study in Victorian Studies; earned M.A. at Indiana University, 1984. B.A. English, Wheaton College, Norton, MA, 1976. Have done research in Oxford, England. Currently teach special education/English in middle school. Have taught on the high school level (both general ed and special ed), college, continuing education at the university level. I have also worked as an editor and writer.
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