About
the National Reading Panel (NRP)
Panel
Member Biographies
Dr. Donald
Langenberg (Chair)
Adelphi, Maryland; Eminent physicist and Chancellor
of the 13-member University System of Maryland since
1990. Has served as the Chancellor of the University
of Illinois at Chicago, Deputy Director (and Acting
Director) of the National Science Foundation, Professor
of Physics at the University of Pennsylvania, and President
of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
and the American Physical Society. Highly respected
nationally and internationally for his leadership capabilities,
his ability to forge consensus on difficult issues,
and his dedication to education at all levels.
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Dr. Gloria
Correro
Starkville, Mississippi; Professor of Curriculum and
Instruction and Associate Dean for Instruction, Mississippi
State University. Highly respected educator and teacher
educator in Mississippi and the southeast and south
central regions of the country. Credited with establishing
kindergarten and early childhood programs in Mississippi,
as well as the Mississippi Reading Assistant program.
Member, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics,
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development,
American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education,
Association of Teacher Educators, National Association
for the Education of Young Children, Association for
Childhood Education International, Phi Delta Kappa,
and Phi Kappa Phi.
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Dr. Linnea Ehri
New York, New York; Distinguished Professor, Ph.D. Program
in Educational Psychology, Graduate School and University
Center of the City University of New York. Nationally
and internationally recognized scientist for her research
on early reading development and instruction. Known
among cognitive psychologists for her ability to identify
aspects of pedagogy that are popular among teachers
and to empirically examine the underlying assumptions
of the pedagogy. Past President, Society for the Scientific
Study of Reading; past Vice President, American Educational
Research Association (Division C-Learning and Instruction);
past member Board of Directors of the National Reading
Conference; recipient of the Oscar S. Causey Award for
Distinguished Research (National Reading Conference).
Member, International Reading Association, Reading Hall
of Fame, National Reading Conference, American Educational
Research Association, American Psychological Association
(Fellow), and Society for the Scientific Study of Reading.
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Mrs. Gwenette
Ferguson
Houston, Texas; Reading Teacher, North Forest Independent
School District (Houston). Chair, English Language Arts
Department; Kirby Middle School Teacher of the Year
(1991). Received the Kirby Middle School Award for Outstanding
Dedication and Service (1988, 1989,1990); Houston Area
Alliance of Black School Educators Outstanding Educator
Award, and North Forest Independent School District
Achieving Through Excellence Award. Member, National
Council of Teachers of English, Texas Council of Teachers
of English. Vice President Elect of Affiliates, North
Forest District Reading Council, Greater Houston Area
Reading Council, and Texas Classroom Teachers Association.
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Ms. Norma Garza
Brownsville, Texas; Certified Public Accountant for
Law Firm of Rodriguez, Colvin & Chaney, LLP. Founder
and chair of the Brownsville Reads Task Force. Serves
on the Governor's Focus on Reading Task Force, Governor's
Special Education Advisory Committee, Texas panel member
of Academics Goals 2000. Received the Texas State Board
of Education "Heroes for Children" Award.
Member, International Dyslexia Association. Strong advocate
for business community involvement in education.
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Dr. Michael
Kamil
Stanford, California; Professor of Psychological Studies
in Education and Learning, Design, and Technology, School
of Education, Stanford University. Chair, Stanford University
Commission on Technology in Teaching and Learning Grants
Committee; Chair, Technology Committee of the National
Reading Conference (NRC). Former member of the Board
of Directors of the National Reading Conference and
the National Conference for Research in English. Former
Editor of the Journal of Reading Behavior (1988-89);
Editor NRC Yearbook (1980-82) and Co-editor of Reading
Research Quarterly (1991-1995). Co-authored Understanding
Research in Reading and Writing and co-edited Volumes
I and II of The Handbook of Reading Research. Received
Albert J. Kingston Award from the National Reading Conference
and the Milton Jacobson Readability Research Award from
the International Reading Association. Currently, member
of the American Psychological Association, American
Educational Research Association, International Reading
Association, National Conference for Research in English
(Fellow), and the National Reading Conference.
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Dr.
Cora Bagley Marrett
Amherst, Massachusetts; Vice Chancellor for Academic
Affairs and Provost, University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
As Assistant Director, National Science Foundation (1992-1996),
was first person to lead the Directorate for Social,
Behavioral and Economic Sciences. Also served as Director
of the United Negro College Fund/Mellon Programs; Associate
Chairperson for Department of Sociology, University
of Wisconsin; and member, Board of Directors, Center
for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. Served
in 1979 on the President's Commission on the Accident
at Three Mile Island. Member, Board of Governors, Argonne
National Laboratory; Board of Directors, Social Science
Research Council; Commission on the Behavioral and Social
Sciences and Education, National Research Council; Peer
Review Oversight Group for the National Institutes of
Health; National Advisory Council for the Fogarty International
Center, also of the National Institutes of Health. Fellow,
American Association for the Advancement of Science,
and Vice President, American Sociological Association.
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Dr. S. J.
Samuels
Minneapolis, Minnesota; Professor, Department of Educational
Psychology, University of Minnesota. Recipient of the
College of Education Distinguished Teaching Award. Internationally
respected reading researcher. Highly experienced consultant
to inner-city schools. Selected for the Reading Hall
of Fame. Received the Wm. S. Gray Citation of Merit
from the International Reading Association and the Oscar
O. Causey Award from the National Reading Conference
for Distinguished Research in Reading. Member of the
Governing Council, Center for Research in Perception,
Learning and Cognition at the University of Minnesota;
American Educational Research Association; American
Psychological Association (Fellow); International Reading
Association; and National Reading Conference.
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Dr. Timothy
Shanahan
Chicago, Illinois; Professor of Urban Education, Director
of the Center for Literacy, and Coordinator of Graduate
Programs in Reading, Writing, and Literacy at the University
of Illinois at Chicago. Internationally recognized reading
researcher with extensive experience with children in
Head Start, children with special needs, and children
in inner-city schools. Editor of the Yearbook of the
National Reading Conference and formerly Associate Editor
of the Journal of Reading Behavior. Received the Albert
J. Harris Award for Outstanding Research on Reading
Disability and the Milton D. Jacobson Readability Research
Award from the International Reading Association. Member,
Board of Directors of the International Reading Association.
Member, American Educational Research Association, National
Council on Research in Language and Literacy, National
Council of Teachers of English, National Reading Conference,
and Society for the Study of Reading.
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Dr. Sally
Shaywitz
New Haven, Connecticut; Professor of Pediatrics and
Co-Director, Yale Center for the Study of Learning and
Attention, Yale University School of Medicine. Neuroscientist
nationally and internationally recognized for research
contributions in reading development and reading disorders,
including recent demonstration of neurobiological substrate
of reading and reading disability. Unique for contribution
to development of conceptual model of reading and reading
disability and for identifying high prevalence of reading
disability in girls. Received Distinguished Alumnus
Award, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Most recently
served on National Academy of Sciences Panel on Preventing
Reading Difficulties in Children. Diplomate, American
Board of Pediatrics; member, Institute of Medicine of
the National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of
Pediatrics, American Association for the Advancement
of Science, American Educational Research Association,
Council for Exceptional Children, International Dyslexia
Association, Society for Developmental and Behavioral
Pediatrics, Society for Pediatric Research, Society
for Research in Child Development, and Society for the
Scientific Study of Reading.
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Dr. Thomas
Trabasso
Chicago, Illinois; Irving B. Harris Professor, Department
of Psychology, The University of Chicago. Cognitive
scientist internationally recognized for investigations
of comprehension during reading. Has most recently developed
a connectionist model that simulates dynamic processing
over the course of reading. Has served as Chair of Department
of Psychology, Editor of Cognitive Psychology, and Associate
Editor of the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.
Member, Psychonomic Society, Society for Research in
Child Development, American Educational Research Association,
International Reading Association, National Reading
Conference, American Psychological Society, Society
for Discourse and Text Processing (Founding Member and
Chair), and Society for the Scientific Study of Reading.
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Dr. Joanna
Williams
New York, New York; Professor of Psychology and Education,
Columbia University. Internationally recognized scholar
for research on linguistic, cognitive, and perceptual
bases of reading development and disorders. Fulbright
Scholar, University of Paris; Oscar S. Causey Award
for Outstanding Contributions to Reading Research from
the National Reading Council; elected to Reading Hall
of Fame (1994); and recognized as a Guy Bond Scholar
by the University of Minnesota (1997). Currently serves
as Editor of Scientific Studies in Reading and has served
as the Editor of the Journal of Educational Psychology.
Member, American Educational Research Association, American
Psychological Association (Fellow), Council for Exceptional
Children, International Reading Association, National
Conference on Research in English, National Reading
Conference, New York Academy of Sciences, and Society
for the Scientific Study of Reading.
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Dr. Dale Willows
Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Professor, Department of Human
Development and Applied Psychology, Ontario Institute
for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. Internationally
recognized scholar in reading development and reading
difficulties. Has served on the editorial boards of
the Journal of Research on Reading and Reading Research
Quarterly. Member, American Educational Research Association,
International Dyslexia Association, International Reading
Association, and National Reading Conference.
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Dr. Joanne
Yatvin
Portland, Oregon; Principal, Cottrell and Bull Run Schools,
Boring, Oregon. Forty-one years' experience as a classroom
teacher and school administrator. Served as Chair of
the Committee on Centers of Excellence for English and
the Language Arts, National Council of Teachers of English.
President of the Wisconsin Council of Teachers of English
and the Madison (Wisconsin) Area Reading Council, and
a member of the National Advisory Board, Educational
Resources Information Center on Reading and Communication
Skills ERIC/RCS. Named Elementary Principal of the Year
by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and
the Wisconsin State Reading Association. Received the
Distinguished Elementary Education Alumni Award from
the University of Wisconsin School of Education. Member,
National Council of Teachers of English, International
Reading Association, Association for Supervision and
Curriculum Development, and Oregon Reading Association.
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