Ann M. Ellsworth earned her doctorate in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and now teaches literacy coursework to teacher candidates and graduate students in the Department of Education at Montana State University. She was named the 2019 Grammar Teacher of the Year, a national award conferred by ATEG, a branch of the National Council of Teachers of English. Other recognitions from Montana State University include the President’s Excellence in Teaching Award, the Excellence in Online Teaching Award, the Anna K. Fridley Distinguished Teaching Award, and the Dorothy Aasheim Memorial Award for Outstanding Service to the University. At the state level, she has been awarded the Pam Atchison Memorial Award for Outstanding Teaching. Her teaching commitment also extends to first-year students and programs; she has taught several first-year seminars in departments across campus and designed and delivered a dual-enrollment class at Bozeman (MT) High School. Before working in teacher preparation, Ann taught in Wisconsin schools. Her research interests involve studying teacher candidates' knowledge, skills, and dispositions about literacy.