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Education
Ph.D., Educational Psychology: Reading &
Language Arts, University of Michigan, 1985
M.Ed., Elementary
School Education, Rhode Island College, 1979
A.B., Political Science & Philosophy,
Providence College, 1971
University of Fribourg, Switzerland, Junior
Year Abroad Program, 1970 - 71
Professional
Experience
2003- present Chair
of the Department of Curriculum & Instruction, University of North Carolina
at Greensboro.
1999- present Professor,
Curriculum & Instruction, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2001-2002 Chair
of the Faculty Senate, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1999- 2001 Reading,
Writing, & Critical Thinking: International Reading Association and Soros
Foundation Project, Representative to Croatia & Bosnia
1992 - 1999 Associate
Professor, Curriculum & Instruction, University of North Carolina at
Greensboro
Full
Member of Graduate Faculty, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1992-1993 Assistant
Department Chair, Curriculum & Instruction, University of North Carolina at
Greensboro
1986 - 1992 Assistant
Professor, School of Education, Curriculum & Instruction, University of
North Carolina at Greensboro
1985 - 1986 Adjunct
Assistant Professor, School of Education, Curriculum and Psychological Studies,
University of Michigan
Research Associate, Direct
Children's Reading Program at Reading and Learning Skills Center, University of
Michigan
1981 - 1984 Clinical
Intern, Reading and Learning Skills Center, University of Michigan
1983 - 1985 Research
Assistant, Psychology Department, University of Michigan, Language and Sensory
Stimulation in Autistic Children Project
1982 - 1984 Research
Assistant, Achievement Motivation Research Project, Institute for Social
Research, University of Michigan
1983 - 1984 Graduate
Teaching Assistant, School of Education, Curriculum and Psychological Studies,
University of Michigan
1977 - 1981 Elementary
Classroom Teacher, Moses Brown Lower School, Providence, RI
1973 - 1977 Classroom
Teacher/Program Director, Providence Free School, Providence, RI
1970 - 1971 Preschool
Teacher, Romper Room Preschool, East Providence, RI
Miller, S. D.,
Duffy, G. G., Rohr, J., Gasparello, R, & Mercier, S. (2005). Preparing
teachers for high poverty-schools. Educational Leadership, 62, 62-65.
Gasparello, R., Mercier, S., Miller, S. D.,
Rohr, J., & Duffy, G. G. (2005). Sustaining School Reform at Hunter
Elementary: The Role of University School Partnerships. In G. Ponder and D.
Strahan (Eds), Deep Change: Cases and Commentary on Schools and Programs of Successful Reform in High
Stakes States. Information Age
Pub: Greenwich, CT.
Miller, S. D. (2003). Partners-in-Reading:
Using classroom assistants to provide tutorial assistance to struggling
first-grade readers. Journal of Education for Students Placed At-Risk.8, 333-349.
Miller, S.
D., (2003). How high and low
challenge tasks affect motivation and learning: Implications for struggling
learners. Reading & Writing Quarterly. 19, 39-57.
Schunk,
D. H. & Miller, S. D. (2002). Self-efficacy
and adolescentsÕ motivation. In F. Pajares & T. Urdan (Eds.) Adolescence
and education (Vol. 2). (pp. 29 – 52).
Meece, J.
L. & Miller, S. D (2001). A
longitudinal analysis of elementary school studentsÕ achievement goals in
literacy activities, Contemporary Educational Psychology, 26, 454-480.
Miller,
S. D. & Atkinson, T. S.
(2001). Cognitive and motivational
effects of seeking academic assistance: Others get it why don't I? The Journal of Educational Research, 323-335.
Miller,
S. D. & Meece, J. L. (1999) StudentsÕ motivational preferences for
different reading and writing tasks. Elementary School Journal, 19-36.
Meece, J.
L. & Miller, S. D. (1999). Children's achievement goals for reading
and writing in the late elementary years. Scientific Study of Reading, 3, 207-230.
Miller,
S. D. & Hayes, C. T., Atkinson, T. S. (1997). State officialsÕ efforts
to improve studentsÕ reading and language arts achievement with their newly
designed end-of-grade assessments.
National Reading Conference Yearbook.
Miller,
S. D., Hayes, C. T., & Atkinson, T. S. (1997). State efforts to improve studentsÕ
reading and language arts achievement: Does the left hand know what the right
is doing? Reading Research & Instruction, 36, 267-287.
Miller, S. D. & Meece, J. L. (1997). Enhancing elementary studentsÕ
motivation to read and write: A classroom intervention study. The Journal of
Educational Research, 89, 286-299.
Miller,
S. D. (1995). Teachers'
responses to test-driven accountability pressures: "If I change, will my
scores drop?", Reading Research and Instruction, 34, 332-351.
Miller, S. D., Adkins, T., & Hooper, M. L.
(1993). Why teachers select
specific literacy assignments and studentsÕ reactions to them. Journal of
Reading Behavior, 25, 69-95.
Strahan, D. B., & Miller, S. D.
(1993). The development of
collaborative procedures for supervising student teachers in UNCG's
Professional Development School. North
Carolina Journal Of Teacher Education,
32-41.
Miller, S. D., & Blumenfeld, P.
C. (1993). Characteristics of
tasks in basal skill instruction. Elementary School Journal, 94, 33-48.
Yochum, N., & Miller, S. D. (1993). Parents' teachers' and children's views of reading problems.
Reading Research and Instruction, 33, 59-71.
Miller, S. D., & Yochum, N. (1991). Asking students about the nature of their reading
difficulties. JRB: A Journal of Literacy, 23, 465 - 485.
Hooper, M. L., & Miller, S. D.
(1991). The motivational responses
of high, average, and low achievers to simple and complex language arts
assignments. Research in Middle
Level Education, 15,
105-119.
Miller, S. D., & Yochum, N. (1990). Student awareness of their reading difficulties: A question
of accuracy? Journal of Clinical Reading, 3, 12-16.
Miller,
S. D. (1990). Low- and
high-achieving fourth graders' ability to understand basal worksheet
directions. Elementary School Journal, 90, 485- 495.
Miller, S. D., & Smith, D. E. P. (1990). Relationships among oral reading,
silent reading, and listening comprehension of students at differing competency
levels. Reading Research & Instruction, 29, 73 - 84.
Horowitz, R., Johnson, J., Kapinus, B., Miller,
S. D., Smith, L., Vavrus, L., & Winograd, P. (1989). NRC (National Reading Conference) and
the politics of literacy. In S.
McCormick & L. Zutell (Eds.), Cognitive and social perspectives for
literacy research and instruction. Thirty-eight Annual Yearbook of the
National Reading Conference (pp. 537-544). Chicago: National Reading
Conference.
Miller, S. D. (1988). Basal worksheet directions: Are they constructed by
publishers according to a student's competency level? Reading Improvement,
25, 319 - 325.
Smith, D. E. P., Miller, S. D., Stewart, M.,
McConnell, J., & Walter, T. L. (1988). Conductive hearing loss in autistic, learning disabled and
normal children. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 18, 53 - 65.
Walter, T. L., Smith, D. E. P., Miller, S. D.,
& Hoey, G. (1987). Predicting
the academic success of college athletes. Research Quarterly for Exercise
and Sport, 58, 273 - 279.
Miller, S. D., & Smith, D. E. P.
(1985). Differences in literal and
inferential comprehension after silent and oral reading. Journal of
Educational Psychology, 77,
341 - 348 (Reported in Psychology Today, 1985.)
Smith, D. E. P., McConnell, J. V., Walter, T.
L., & Miller, S. D.
(1985). Effects of using an
auditory trainer on the attention, language, and social behaviors of autistic
children. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 285 - 302.
Invited
Publications
Miller, S. D., & Olson, M. W. (1993). Research into practice: Program
evaluation-Part 2., Reading Psychology: An International Quarterly, 14.
Olson, M. W., & Miller, S. D. (1991). Research into practice: Program
evaluation - Part 1. Reading Psychology: An International Quarterly, 12, 281 - 287.
Yochum, N., & Miller, S. D., (1990). Classroom reading assessment: Using subjects' perceptions. Reading
Psychology: An International Quarterly, 11, 159 - 165.
Book Reviews
Miller, S. D. (1991). Lost in a book: The psychological of reading for pleasure.
Victor Nell, 1988. Yale University Press (New Haven, Conn. & London,
England). Soft cover. 336 pp. JRB: A Journal of Literacy, 23, 255 - 257.
Miller, S. D., & Strahan, D. B.
(1992). Literacy for a diverse
society: Perspectives, practices, and policy. Elfrieda Hiebert
(Ed.) Teacher's College Press (Columbia University, New York: New York). Soft cover 288 pp. JRB: A Journal of Literacy, 24, 533-538.
Texts
Olson, M. W., & Miller, S. D. (1992) Guide
to the evaluation of reading and language arts programs.
Corwin Press.
Technical Manuals
Olson, M. W., & Miller, S. D. (1990). Guide to evaluation of reading and
language arts programs by professionals in Georgia's public schools. Greensboro, NC: Center for Educational Research
and Evaluation, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Olson, M. W., & Miller, S. D. (1990). Standards and indicators for evaluation
of the reading and language arts programs in Georgia's public schools. In R.
Jaeger (Ed.), Standards and indicators of quality for evaluation of selected
programs by personnel in Georgia's public schools. Greensboro, NC: Center for Educational Research
and Evaluation, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Olson, M. W., & Miller, S. D. (1990). Standards and indicators for evaluation
of the reading and language arts programs in Georgia's public schools. In R. Jaeger (Ed.), Revised
standards and indicators of quality for selected programs provided by the public
schools of the state of Georgia.
Greensboro, NC: Center for Educational Research and Evaluation, University of
North Carolina at Greensboro.
Olson, M. W., Miller, S. D., & Edwards, B. (1989). Standards and indicators for evaluation of the reading and
language arts programs in Georgia's public schools. In R. Jaeger (Ed.), Draft standards and indicators of
quality for selected programs provided by the public schools of the state of
Georgia. Greensboro, NC:
Center for Educational Research and Evaluation, University of North Carolina at
Greensboro.
Miller, S. D., (under review).
Evaluating the reading and motivational profiles of low-achieving minority
adolescents
Conference
Presentations
Miller, S. D., Duffy,
G. G., Salas, R., & Rohr, J., Mercier, S., Siegel, C., Simpson, S., &
Stump, N. (2004, October). Closing one gap by closing another: Teacher
education as a vehicle for promoting school reform. Paper presented at the Elementary School
Conference, Durham, NC.
Miller,
S. D., Duffy, G. G., Salas, R., & Rohr, J., (2004, September). Teacher Education as a Vehicle for Promoting School
Reform: Using the University-Public Schools Gap to Close the Achievement Gap. Paper presented at the NC Teacher Education Conference,
Raleigh, NC.
Miller,
S. D., Duffy, G., Mercier, S., Gasparello, R., Ferrell, J., & Rohr, J.
(2004, April). Teacher education and school reform: You shouldnÕt have one
without the other. Paper
presented at the Closing the Gap: Race & Education 50 Years After Brown
Conference, Institute for the Study of Race Relations, Virginia State
University.
Graham, A., Massey, D.
S., & Miller, S. D. (2004, April). Does comprehension have something to
this? How academic measures fail to predict studentsÕ academic abilities. Paper presented at the Closing the Gap: Race
& Education 50 Years After Brown Conference, Institute for the Study of
Race Relations, Virginia State University.
Mercier, S.,
Gasparello, Miller, S. D., Ferrell, J., & Rohr, J. (2004, March). On the
steady, focused track to achievement at Hunter Elementary. Presentation at the Raising Achievement and
Closing the Achievement Gap Conference VIII, Public Schools of North Carolina
in Greensboro, NC.
Miller, S. D., Duffy,
G., Mercier, S., Gasparello, R., Ferrell, J., & Rohr, J. (2004, February). Teacher
education and school reform: Does the left hand know what the right is doing?
Paper presented at the Mary Lois Staton Reading/Language Arts Conference
at Eastern Carolina University.
Miller, S. D., Heafner, T., Massey, D (2002).
Promoting self-regulated learning with high school students: Is there a first
step? Paper presented at the annual conference of the National Reading
Conference, Miami, FLA.
Miller, S. D., Heafner, T., Massey, D., &
Strahan, D. B. (2002). High-school teachers attempt to promote
self-regulated learning: ÒI may learn from you, yet how do I do it?Ó Paper presented at the annual conference of
the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
Miller, S. D. (2001). If they donÕt read at grade
level, they canÕt be promoted: One schoolÕs response to its stateÕs new
accountability mandates. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading
Conference in San Antonio, TX.
Miller,
S. D. (2000, December). Partners-in-Reading:
A low cost alternative tutoring program with classroom assistants. Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the National Reading Conference in Phoenix, AZ.
Miller,
S. D. & Strahan, D. (1999, December). Evaluating the reading and
motivational profiles of low achieving middle school students. Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the National Reading Conference in Orlando, FL
Miller,
S. D., Luquire, D., Lyle, A., Dabbs, S., McLaughlin, J. & Watlington, B.
(1999, March). Using classroom assistants to provide tutorial assistance to
struggling upper grade elementary readers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
North Carolina Conference of the International Reading Association,
Winston-Salem, NC.
Hayes, C. T., Atkinson, T. S., & Miller, S.
D. (1999, December). TeachersÕ perspectives on state educational reform. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
National Reading Conference in Orlando, FL.
Atkinson, T. S., & Miller, S. D. (1999, December). PolicymakersÕ
perspectives of state education reform: What happens when you swim upstream? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
National Reading Conference in Orlando, FL.
Miller,
S. D. (1998) A low-cost
tutorial program for struggling first grade readers: Partners in Reading. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
National Reading Conference in Austin, TX
Miller,
S. D. & Voigt, M. E. (1998,
December). Literacy pressures to influence literacy instruction and
research: What can we do when it seems like there is nothing we can do? Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the
National Reading Conference in Austin, TX.
Miller,
S. D., Patterson, P. S., Smith, G., & Hickman, D. (1998, March).
Partners-in-Reading: A collaborative effort to provide low-cost tutoring to
struggling first grade readers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
North Carolina Conference of the International Reading Association,
Winston-Salem, NC.
Miller, S. D. &
Strahan, D. (1998, April). Middle
School students reading at primary grade levels: A collaborative project to
help the Ò1ÕsÓ who need the most help. Paper presented at the annual meeting
of the Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development in San Antonio,
TX.
Miller, S. D., &
Maniotes, L. (1998, May). Community
volunteers and instructional change: An ecological model for intervention and
sustainability. Paper presented at the annual meeting
of the International Reading Conference, Orlando, FL.
Miller,
S. D. & Voigt, M. E. (1997, December). Who are they and why are they doing this to us? Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the National
Reading Conference in Phoenix, AZ.
Miller,
S. D. & Atkinson, T. S. (December, 1997) The motivational and cognitive
effects of seeking formal academic assistance: Why donÕt I get it when others
do? Paper to be presented at
the National Reading Conference, Tucson, AZ.
Miller,
S. D. (1997, March). Partners in Reading: A tutorial
program for at-risk readers. Paper presented at the Association for
Supervision & Curriculum Development annual, conference, Baltimore, MD.
Miller,
S. D., Hayes, C. T., & Atkinson, T. S. (1996, December). State officialsÕ efforts to improve
studentsÕ reading and language arts achievement with performance-based
assessments. Paper presented at the National Reading
Conference annual conference, Charleston, SC.
Meece,
J. L., & Miller, S. D. (1996,
April). Developmental changes
in childrenÕs self reports of achievement goals, competence, and strategy use
during the late elementary grades. Paper presented at the American
Educational Research Conference, New York, NY.
Miller,
S. D., & Atkinson, T. (1996,
February). To be or not to be
LD: Is that the question? Paper presented at the Eastern American
Educational Research Conference, Boston, MA.
Miller,
S. D. & Meece, J. L. (1995, December). StudentsÕ preferences for completing
various literacy assignments. Paper presented at the National Reading
Conference annual, New Orleans, LA.
Miller,
S. D., Hayes, C., & Atkinson, T. (1995, April). Teachers responses to state efforts to promote literacy
reform: Does the left hand know what the right is doing?.
Paper presented at the American Educational Research Conference, San
Francisco, CA.
Meece,
J. L., Miller, S. D., & Ferron, J. (1995, April). Longitudinal evaluation of studentsÕ motivational goal
orientations during the upper elementary years. Paper
presented at the American Educational Research Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Miller,
S. D., Hayes, C., & Atkinson, T.
(1995, March). Building
community: Engaging at-risk children and their parents in sharing sessions
about literacy learning. Paper presented at the North Carolina
International Reading Association conference, Raleigh, NC.
Hayes,
C., Atkinson, T., & Miller, S. D. (1994, March). Teachers' reactions to their state literacy tests: What's
on second? Paper presented at the annual conference
of the North Carolina Association for Research in Education, Greensboro, NC.
Miller,
S. D., Hayes, C., & Atkinson, T. (1993, December). Teachers' understanding of new state
literacy tests: Who's on first? Presented at the National Reading Conference,
Charleston, and SC..
Yochum,
N., Bosky, A., & Miller, S. D. (1993, December). Enhancing literacy learning through the use of
child-parent-teacher conferences. Presented at the National Reading
Conference, Charleston, SC.
Yochum,
N., Bosky, A., & Miller, S. D. (1993, March). Parents, teachers, and Children: A collaboration to
improve literacy. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Michigan Reading Association.
Miller,
S. D., & Hayes, C. (1993, February).
How practitioners interpret new state assessments. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
North Carolina Research Association.
Miller,
S. D. (1992, December). How
complex literacy tasks influence achievement test performances, retention, and
special education referrals. Paper
presented at the National Reading Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Miller,
S. D. & Meece, J. L. (1992, December). Promoting independent literacy abilities and motivation
to learn by developing complex literacy assignments. Paper presented at the National Reading
Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Olson,
M. W., Gee, T., Miller, S. D., & Gillis, M. K. (1992, May). School-based program evaluation of
reading and writing curricula.
Paper presented at the Conference of the International Reading Association, Orlando, FL.
Miller,
S. D. (1992, July). Similarities and differences in the ways in which
children, parents, and teachers view reading difficulties: The learner's
perspective. Paper presented
at the World Congress of the International Reading Association, Maui, HI.
Miller,
S. D., & Meece, J. (1992, April).
Promoting independent literacy skills and motivation to learn in low
achieving elementary school students. Paper presented at the American
Educational Research Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Miller,
S. D., & Morrison, S. B. (1991, November). Maximizing student learning and motivation: A gifted
curriculum for all students. Paper presented at the Southeast
Regional Conference of the International Reading Association, Winston-Salem,
NC.
Yochum, N., & Miller, S. D. (1991,
December). Reading
(dis)abilities: Views of children, parents, and teachers.
Paper presented at the National Reading Conference, Palm Springs, CA.
Miller, S. D., & Meece, J. L. (1991, April). The effects of different classroom
assignments on students' motivation to learn. Paper presented at the American Educational Research
Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
Miller, S. D., & Yochum, N. (1991,
April). Parents', teachers' and
students' perceptions of reading problems. Paper presented at
the International Reading Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
Miller, S. D., & Blumenfeld, P. C. (1990,
December). A task evaluation of
basal teacher manuals. Paper presented at the National Reading
Conference, Miami, FL.
Miller, S. D., Adkins, T., & Hooper, M. L.
(1990, December). The effects
of accountability-based instruction on student learning and motivation.
Paper presented at the National Reading Conference, Miami, FL.
Adkins, T., & Miller, S. D. (1990,
December). The effects of
test-driven instruction on student literacy development.
Paper presented at the National Reading Conference, Miami, FL.
Miller, S. D., & Yochum, N. (1990,
July). Using student
perceptions to diagnosis their reading difficulties: An overlooked source of
information. Paper presented at the World Congress
of the International Reading Association, Stockholm, Sweden.
Miller, S. D., & Yochum, N. (1990, April). Asking students about the nature of
their reading difficulties. Paper presented at the American
Educational Research Association, Boston, MA.
Miller, S. D., Adkins, T., & Hooper, M. L. (1990, March). Effects of accountability on teacher
practices, student learning and motivation: Implications for school
improvement. Paper presented at the North Carolina
Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Durham, NC.
Miller, S. D. (1989, April). Investigating the strategies
high-risk students use while reading. Paper presented at the International
Reading Association, New Orleans, LA.
Miller, S. D., & Hooper, M. L. (1989,
March). The integrated
curriculum project. Paper presented at the North Carolina
Meeting of the International Reading Association, Winston-Salem, NC.
Yochum, N., & Miller, S. D. (1989,
April). Parent perceptions of
their child's reading difficulties. Paper presented at the American
Educational Research Association Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Miller, S. D., & Yochum, N. (1988,
December). Using student
perceptions to diagnose their reading strategies.
Paper presented at the National Reading Conference, Austin, TX.
Miller, S. D. (1988, April). Student perceptions of their reading
difficulties: A question of accuracy?
Paper presented at the
American Educational Research Association Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Miller, S. D. (1988, April). An evaluation of students' ability
to understand basal worksheet directions. Paper presented at
the American Educational Research Association Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Miller, S. D., & Yochum, N. (1988, March). Using students perceptions of their
reading difficulties to diagnose their reading difficulties.
Paper presented at the Michigan Meeting of the International Reading
Association, Grand Rapids, MI.
Miller, S. D. (1988, December). Basal worksheet directions: Are they
constructed according to a student's competency level?
Paper presented at the National Reading Conference, St. Petersburg, and
FL.
Miller, S. D., &
Pittenger, S. (1985, April). The effects of repeated school
failure: An investigation of Seligman's
learned helpless model.
Paper presented at the American
Educational Research Association Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Miller, S. D. (1985, December). Modality differences in reading
comprehension. Paper presented at the National Reading
Conference, San Diego, CA.
Miller, S.
D. (1984, February). Testing
common assumptions regarding inferential comprehension.
Paper presented at the Finley Carpenter Research Conference, School of
Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Miller, S. D. (1984, May). The effects of reading modality and
question type on comprehension. Paper presented at the International
Reading Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Miller, S. D., & Smith, D. E. P. (1984, November). The effect of augmented sound on the
attentional behavior of autistic children. Paper presented at
the Severe Behavior Disorders Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
Miller, S. D. (1984, April). Differences in teacher-child
interactions in elementary and junior high schools.
Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association
Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Rueman, D. A., Miller, S. D., & Eccles, J.
(1983, August). Social
comparison and ability grouping effects on ability evaluations in
mathematics. Paper presented at the American Psychological
Association Conference, Anaheim, CA.
Awards &
Nominations
Outstanding Teacher, University Finalist 1998, University of North
Carolina at Greensboro.
Outstanding Teacher, University Nominee 1998, University of North
Carolina at Greensboro.
Outstanding Teacher, School of Education Recipient 1997, University
of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Outstanding Researcher, School of Education Nominee 1994-96, University
of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Outstanding Teacher, School of Education Nominee 1996, University of
North Carolina at Greensboro.
Outstanding Teaching Fellow, School of Education Nominee. University of
Michigan, June 1984.
Outstanding Dissertation, Division of Teaching, Curriculum &
Psychological Studies, School of Education, University of Michigan, June, 1985.
Outstanding Dissertation, School of Education, University of Michigan,
June, 1985.
Funded
Proposals/Contract Services
America Reads Tutorial Reading Program.
Funded proposal to purchase materials to establish tutorial programs at
Lindley Elementary School.
Guilford County Public Schools, October, 1997, $4,600.00.
Enhancing achievement through teaching to
diversity. Funded proposal through USTEP for
development and implementation of a tutorial program at Jackson Middle
School. $10,000.00.
Partners in Reading ($6,000.00). Contract services from Jesse Wharton Elementary School,
Guilford County School District, Greensboro, NC for implementation of a
tutoring system and teacher professional development. January, 1996 to June, 1996.
Partners in Reading ($5,400.00). Contract services from Iron Station Elementary School for
implementation of a tutorial program.
August, 1995 - June, 1996.
Teacher Advancement Program.
($7,300.00). Research grant
from North CarolinaÕs State Department of Education to consult with at-risk
Chapter 1 schools. August, 1994 -
July, 1995.
Teacher Advancement Program.
($9,700.00). Research grant
from North CarolinaÕs State Department of Education to consult with at-risk
Chapter 1 schools. August, 1993 -
July, 1994.
Maximizing Student Learning and Motivation:
A "Gifted Curriculum" for All Students. ($4,500.00).
Research Grant from the state of North Carolina, Small Grants
School-Based Research Program, September, 1991 - June, 1992.
A "Gifted Curriculum" for All
Students: Stage III.
($1,500.00). Research Grant from
Guilford County School System (Guilford Middle School), Greensboro, NC.
September - December, 1992.
Improving On-Site Teacher Education in
Professional Development Schools: A Model for Collaboration. ($20,000.00). January, 1992 - July, 1992
(with Dr. D. B. Strahan).
A "Gifted Curriculum" for All
Students. ($3,000.00). Research Grant from Greensboro Public
Schools (Sternberger Elementary School), Greensboro, NC. September - December,
1991.
A "Gifted" Curriculum for All
Students: Stage II ($1,500.00). Research Grant from Guilford County
School System (Guilford Middle School), Greensboro, NC, August, 1991 - June,
1992.
A "Gifted" Curriculum for All
Students. ($1,500.00). Research Grant from Guilford County School System (Guilford
Middle School), Greensboro, NC, August, 1990 - June, 1991.
Maximizing Student Learning and Motivation:
A "Gifted" Curriculum for All Students. ($1,500.00). Research Grant from Guilford County School System (Guilford
Middle School), Greensboro, NC, August, 1989 - June, 1990.
Integrated Curriculum Project. ($1,500.00). Research Grant from Guilford County School System (Guilford
Middle School), Greensboro, NC, August, 1989 - June, 1990.
Literacy Evaluation Program. ($7,500.00). Research Grant from Guilford Technical Community College,
Guilford County, NC, December, 1987 - June, 1988.
Research Council Grant. ($1,500.00). School of Education, University of North Carolina at
Greensboro, Spring, 1987.
Excellence Foundation Faculty Summer
Fellowship. ($3,000.00). School of Education, University of
North Carolina at Greensboro, Summer, 1987.
Reading & Learning Skills Center
Research Grant Recipient
($500.00), University of Michigan, June, 1984.
Editorial
Responsibilities
Co-Editor, Reading Research and Instruction, January, 1999 – 2001
Editorial Advisory Board, Literacy,
Teaching, & Learning: An International Journal of Early Reading and Writing, 1998 –
Editorial Advisory
Board, Journal of Literacy Research, 2002 –
Editorial Advisory
Board, Reading Research Quarterly,
1994- 2001
Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of
Clinical Research, 1991-1995
Editorial Advisory Board, Research in Middle
Level Education, 1991- 1999
Editorial Advisory
Board, Reading Research & Instruction, 1994-1998
Editorial Advisory Board, JRB: Journal of
Literacy, 1990-1994, 2001 -
Adjunct reviewer for Journal of Reading, 1989-1992.
Guest Reviewer for Educational
Psychologist, 1995
Reviewer for Annual Yearbook of the National
Reading Conference, 1988,
1989, 1991, 1993, 1994. 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Editorial Advisory Board, Sports Illustrated
for Kids, 1998 - 2000
Reviewer for Annual Conference of American
Educational Research Association,
Division C, 1986-1991, 1997, 1998, 2000
Reviewer for North CarolinaÕs Annual
Conference of American Educational Research Association, 1990-1995.
Related
Professional Duties
Member of Legislative Committee, National
Reading Conference, 1987-.
Field Council Representative for National
Reading Conference, 1987-1992, 1994-1997
Southeast Regional Coordinator for Field
Council of National Reading Conference, 1997-
Co-Chair of Legislative Committee, National
Reading Conference, 1991-1994. 1998-
Board Member of North Carolina's Association
for Research in Education, 1992-1994
President of PTA at Sternberger Elementary
School, Greensboro, NC 1992-1993
Chairman of the Studies and Research Committee
for the North Carolina Council of the International Reading Association,
1988-89.
Member and Chairman-Elect of Advisory Board for
Special Education for the Greensboro Public Schools & Chair of Subcommittee
for Special Education Services, Greensboro Public Schools, Greensboro, NC,
1987-90.
Member of Advisory Board for Integration of
Students with Exceptionalities, Greensboro Public Schools, Greensboro, NC,
1990.
Member of Advisory
Board for Magnet School Evaluation, Guilford County Schools, 1996-97