I actually have a plugin that does just that, it adds a category dropdown to the user profile edit:
Only user who can manage_options (admin) can see that field.
and once the user is logged in to post he sees this:
Update
Its now in the plugin repository http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/author-category/
enjoy.
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