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Reading and Literacy Experts
The University of Maryland has a number of experts who can talk about literacy issues and reading fun this summer.
Feel free to contact them directly. Faculty experts are listed alphabetically.
Number of experts found: 8
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Peter P. Afflerbach
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Professor
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Curriculum & Instruction
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Expertise Key Words:
Children and reading - the best ways to develop a love of reading. How the Harry Potter series helps get kids to read.
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Contact Information:
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Work phone(s)
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E-mail(s)
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301 405 3159
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afflo@umd.edu
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Marilyn J. Chambliss
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Associate Professor
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Curriculum & Instruction
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Expertise Key Words:
Reading Education, High Quality Teaching of Reading, Improving the Quality of Textbook Writing, Reading in Science, Reading in Social Studies
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Contact Information:
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E-mail(s)
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301 405 7410
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marilyn@umd.edu
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Mariam Jean Dreher
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Professor
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Curriculum & Instruction
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Expertise Key Words:
What works to help students become great readers in elementary school and ways to help them understand and write about what they have read.
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Contact Information:
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E-mail(s)
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301 405 3158
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mjdreher@umd.edu
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Allison J. Druin
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Associate Professor
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College of Information Studies
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Expertise Key Words:
Children's technology; k-12 education; educational computing; libraries; digital libraries; technology policy issues; human-computer interaction; mobile computing.
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Contact Information:
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Work phone(s)
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Home phone
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Cell phone
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E-mail(s)
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301 405 7406
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301 864 7345
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301 332 2551
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allisond@umiacs.umd.edu
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Elizabeth A. Marshall
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Assistant Professor
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Curriculum & Instruction
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Expertise Key Words:
Children's and Young Adult Literature, especially representations of gender and sexuality; Constructions of Adolescent Girlhood in Cultural Texts; Gender and Schooling; Critical Literacy.
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Contact Information:
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Work phone(s)
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E-mail(s)
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301 405 2985
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emarshal@umd.edu
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Olivia N. Saracho
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Professor
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Curriculum & Instruction
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Expertise Key Words:
Early childhood education and teaching social values to young children; fathers and their role in a child's literacy development as well as home literacy for fathers of bilingual children.
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Contact Information:
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Work phone(s)
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E-mail(s)
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301 405 3155
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ons@umd.edu
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Jennifer D. Turner
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Assistant Professsor
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Curriculum & Instruction
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Expertise Key Words:
Elementary reading education, including; (a) urban literacy education; (b) effective reading instruction for African American students; (c) culturally responsive literacy instruction; (d) preservice teacher education. Great summer reading tips. Developing a love of reading in kids.
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Contact Information:
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Work phone(s)
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E-mail(s)
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301 405 0433
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jdturner@umd.edu
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Allan L. Wigfield
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Professor and Chair
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Human Development
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Expertise Key Words:
The development of motivation in children; motivation to increase student's reading achievement in school; gender differences in motivation and self-concept.
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Expertise Credentials:
Prof. Wigfield is the author of numerous articles about motivation in students and the differences caused by gender.
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Web Site(s):
 www.education.umd.edu/EDHD/faculty2/Wigfield/
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Contact Information:
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Work phone(s)
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E-mail(s)
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301 405 2809
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awigfiel@umd.edu
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Address:
3304L Benjamin Building
College Park, MD 20742
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Degrees:
Ph.D., Educational Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana
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Publication(s):
See Vitae.
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