She has her Doctorate in Literacy Education and a Master’s Degree in Elementary Education from the University of Kentucky and a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from Transylvania University. Dr. Madden began her career as an elementary teacher in the Frankfort Independent and Fayette County Public School Systems. Her current interests include pre-service teacher education, literacy education, and content area literacy. In the fall and spring, she teaches undergraduate Language Arts Methods Courses in the Elementary Education Program and she teaches Linguistics in the Curriculum for undergraduate and graduate students in the summer.