Martha King (1918-2007) was a leading figure in writing instruction, literacy research and the development and study of informal classrooms within the College of Education at Ohio State. In the 1970’s, Dr. King and Dr. Charlotte Huck were responsible for the initiation of Educational Programs in Informal Classrooms (EPIC), an innovative approach to teacher preparation that was recognized as a model for excellence in teacher education and is still used today.
King received the highest award of the National Council for Research in the Teaching of English, the Hall of Fame award from the International Reading Association and was inducted into Ohio State’s College of Education Hall of Fame. The Martha L. King Center for Language and Literacies, located in Ramseyer Hall, was named in honor of King’s tremendous contribution to literacy and teacher education. King said it best herself, “Education is a dynamic enterprise that is highly personal, continuously evolving and forever in a state of becoming.”