John Ponder, Ph.D.
Department Chair, Associate Professor
678-839-6076
jponder@w estga.edu
Education Annex - Room 212
Dr. John M. Ponder is an Associate Professor of Literacy Instruction in the College of Education and is currently serving as Chair of the Department of Literacy and Special Education (LSE). During his tenure at the University of West Georgia, he has served as the program coordinator for the M. Ed. in Reading Instruction, and later, as the the director of the Teaching Fellows Program. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses for pre-service and in-service teachers focusing on effective literacy instruction. His research interests include reader response theory applications in the elementary school classroom as well as the nature of the use of literature by teachers during instruction. Prior to moving into higher education, Dr. Ponder began his career as a public elementary school teacher in Louisiana.
- B.A., Elementary Education, Louisiana Tech University, 1983
- M.A., Elementary Education, Louisiana Tech University, 1985
- Ed.S., Reading Education, Louisiana Tech University, 1989
- Ph.D., Reading Education, University of Georgia, 1992
- EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation)
- READ-3262 (Tch Content/Process:Read Educ)
- READ-3263 (Integrated Literacy Ed/Writing)
- READ-4251 (Assess/Correction Read Educ)
- READ-4252 (Literature in the Middle Sch)
- READ-4253 (The Reading Writing Connection)
- READ-4285 (Literacy Project in Belize)
- SPED-6766 (Basc Curulm & Mthds:Gen Curulm)
- SPED-6791 (Practicum: Interrelated)
- SPED-8783 (Readings in Research)
Spring 2023 Sections
- READ-4251 (Assess/Correction Read Educ) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2022 Sections
- READ-4251 (Assess/Correction Read Educ) Section: 02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- READ-4285 (LitEducw/aFocusonProcesWrit) Section: N01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- SPED-6766 (Basc Curulm & Mthds:Gen Curulm) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- SPED-8783 (Readings in Research) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2022 Sections
- READ-4251 (Assess/Correction Read Educ) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2022 Sections
- READ-4251 (Assess/Correction Read Educ) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2021 Sections
- READ-4251 (Assess/Correction Read Educ) Section: 02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2021 Sections
- READ-3262 (Tch Content/Process:Read Educ) Section: 02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- READ-4251 (Assess/Correction Read Educ) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2020 Sections
- READ-4251 (Assess/Correction Read Educ) Section: 03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E22 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2020 Sections
- EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E20
Spring 2020 Sections
- READ-4251 (Assess/Correction Read Educ) Section: 01
- EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E20
Fall 2019 Sections
- READ-4251 (Assess/Correction Read Educ) Section: 04
- EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E21
Summer 2019 Sections
- EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E21
Spring 2019 Sections
- READ-3262 (Tch Content/Process:Read Educ) Section: 01
- EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E20
Fall 2018 Sections
- READ-4251 (Assess/Correction Read Educ) Section: 04
- EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E22
Summer 2018 Sections
- READ-4252 (Literature in the Middle Sch) Section: E01
- EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E22
Spring 2018 Sections
- READ-3263 (Integrated Literacy Ed/Writing) Section: 91
- EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E28
Fall 2017 Sections
- READ-4253 (The Reading Writing Connection) Section: 01
- SPED-6791 (Practicum: Interrelated) Section: E01
- EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E15
Summer 2017 Sections
- READ-4252 (Literature in the Middle Sch) Section: E01
- EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E15
Spring 2017 Sections
- READ-3263 (Integrated Literacy Ed/Writing) Section: 91
- READ-4285 (Literacy Project in Belize) Section: 01
- EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E12
Fall 2016 Sections
- READ-3263 (Integrated Literacy Ed/Writing) Section: 01
- EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E33
Spring 2016 Sections
- READ-3263 (Integrated Literacy Ed/Writing) Section: 91
Fall 2015 Sections
- READ-3263 (Integrated Literacy Ed/Writing) Section: 51
Spring 2015 Sections
- READ-3263 (Integrated Literacy Ed/Writing) Section: 91
Ponder, J. M. & Doheny, C. (2007). If not for points, then why read? Exploring the grandest purpose of literature. Affective Reading Education Journal, 24, 1-5. [View Publication (PDF)]