Getting Smarter

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Getting Smarter

The podcast where knowledge meets curiosity. Join professor Margaret Vaughn as she explores groundbreaking ideas with top scholars, aimed at sharpening our thinking. With her guests, Dr. Vaughn dives into a world of profound insights and intellectual adventure. Our journey to getting smarter starts here.

  1. S02E05 (16). Jim Cunningham, Ph.D.

    OCT 11

    S02E05 (16). Jim Cunningham, Ph.D.

    James W. Cunningham is Professor Emeritus of Literacy Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has over 100 publications, including books, book chapters, research articles, professional articles, and scholarly reviews. He has presented many papers at national and international conferences. He was on the editorial boards of Reading Research Quarterly, Journal of Literacy Research, National Reading Conference Yearbook, Literacy Teaching and Learning: An International Journal of Early Reading and Writing, and Reading Psychology prior to his retirement from the university. He was elected Fellow by the National Conference on Research in Language and Literacy, and was an elected member of the Board of Directors of the National Reading Conference. Jim was a member of the Text Complexity Committee for the Common Core Standards in English Language Arts. He has taught at the elementary and secondary levels, and has served as a consultant to public schools, school systems, and other education agencies in 28 states.

    43 min
  2. S02E04 (15). Karen Wixson, Ph.D.

    OCT 4

    S02E04 (15). Karen Wixson, Ph.D.

    Dr. Karen Wixson, Professor Emeritus of Education, retired from active faculty status at the the University of Michigan's Marsal School in 2011. Wixson received her bachelor of science degree in behavioral disabilities from the University of Wisconsin in 1972 and her master of science in education from SUNY-Binghamton in 1975. She earned her master's degree in reading education in 1978 and her doctor of philosophy degree in reading education in 1980, both from Syracuse University. Professor Wixson was appointed assistant professor at the University of Michigan in 1980, promoted to associate professor in 1985, and promoted to professor in 1991. She served as dean of the Marsal Family School of Education from 1998 to 2005. Wixson has published widely in the areas of literacy curriculum, instruction, and assessment in books and journals such as Reading Research Quarterly, The Reading Teacher, Elementary School Journal, Review of Research in Education, and the Handbook of Reading Research. She is also an author on the Scott Foresman reading program and co-author of a popular text on the assessment and instruction of reading and writing problems. Professor Wixson co-directed the federally funded Michigan English Language Arts Framework standards project, and served as co-director and principal investigator in the Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (CIERA). She has been a long-time consultant to the National Assessment of Educational Progress reading tests, and recently served as a member of several National Research Council committees and as a member of the extended work group for the Common Core English-Language Arts Standards. She served as a member of the Board of Directors of both the National Reading Conference and the International Reading Association and is currently co-chair of the Reading Association's Commission on Response to Intervention.

    56 min
  3. S02E03 (14). Tim Rasinski, Ph.D

    SEP 27

    S02E03 (14). Tim Rasinski, Ph.D

    Timothy Rasinski is a professor of literacy education at Kent State University and director of its award winning reading clinic. He has written over 200 articles and has authored, co-authored or edited over 50 books or curriculum programs on reading education. He's published numerous best-selling books with Teacher Created Materials and Shell Education, and has also authored books for Scholastic. His scholarly interests include reading fluency and word study, reading in the elementary and middle grades, and readers who struggle. His research on reading has been cited by the National Reading Panel and has been published in journals such as Reading Research Quarterly, The Reading Teacher, Reading Psychology, and the Journal of Educational Research. Dr. Rasinski is the first author of the fluency chapter for the Handbook of Reading Research. Dr. Rasinski served a three year term on the Board of Directors of the International Reading Association and was co-editor of The Reading Teacher, the world's most widely read journal of literacy education. He has also served as co-editor of the Journal of Literacy Research. Dr. Rasinski is past-president of the College Reading Association and he has won the A. B. Herr and Laureate Awards from the College Reading Association for his scholarly contributions to literacy education. In 2010, Dr. Rasinski was elected into the International Reading Hall of Fame. Prior to coming to Kent State, Timothy Rasinski taught literacy education at the University of Georgia. He taught for several years as an elementary and middle school classroom and Title I teacher in Nebraska. Tim is a veteran of the US armed forces.

    53 min
  4. S02E02 (13). Donna E. Alvermann, Ph.D

    SEP 6

    S02E02 (13). Donna E. Alvermann, Ph.D

    Dr. Donna E. Alvermann is University of Georgia Appointed Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus. She is also The Omer Clyde and Elizabeth Parr Aderhold Professor in Education Emeritus. Formerly a public classroom teacher in Texas and New York for 12 years, her current research focuses on critical media literacy and young people’s uses of popular media. She is the author of numerous articles and several books in multiple editions. She co-designed an interactive research website (https://www.becoming3lectric.com/) to learn how a community of researchers and researched objects can push boundaries associated with creating and disseminating “original” work that is remixed online using a Creative Commons license. A key element in her career includes serving as principal researcher and co-director of the U.S. Department of Education’s National Reading Research Center located at the University of Georgia from 1992-1997. She is the recipient of numerous awards presented by major education organizations, including the Literacy Research Association’s Oscar Causey Award for Outstanding Contributions to Reading Research; ALER’s Laureate Award; and the International Literacy Association’s highest honor, the William S. Gray Citation of Merit. Elected early in her career to the Reading Hall of Fame, Dr. Alvermann was later elected to Fellow Status in the American Educational Research Association.

    1h 2m
  5. S02E01 (12). P. David Pearson, Ph.D.

    AUG 23

    S02E01 (12). P. David Pearson, Ph.D.

    P. David Pearson is an emeritus faculty member in the School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley, where he served as Dean from 2001-2010. His current research focuses on literacy history and policy. He also holds an appointment as a Professor of the Graduate School and is the Evelyn Lois Corey Emeritus Chair in Instructional Science. He has been active in professional organizations, serving the International Reading Association (IRA) and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) in many capacities (including the IRA Board of Directors), both the National Reading Conference (NRC) and The National Conference of Research in English as President, and the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education as a member of the Board. He currently serves as the Chair of IRA’s Literacy Research Panel. He has served as an advisor to the National Academy of Science, the Children's Television Workshop (now the Sesame Workshop), a myriad of school districts and state agencies, and many educational public and private educational enterprises. He has been a reading program author for several publishers, including Ginn & Co. (Ginn Reading Program), Silver Burdett & Ginn (World of Reading and Literature Works), National Geographic (Reading/Writing Workshop), and Pearson Scott-Foresman (Reading Street).

    48 min
  6. S01E11. Patricia Anders, Ph.D.

    JUL 3

    S01E11. Patricia Anders, Ph.D.

    Patricia (Patty) Anders holds the Jewell Lewis Distinguished Professor of Reading in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies, College of Education, the University of Arizona. She received her doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1976. Dr. Anders’ research and scholarship focuses on secondary school student’s language and literacy development, particularly in the content areas and reading comprehension; teacher’s beliefs, theories and practices, especially as related to the teaching of literacy across the curriculum/academic literacies and to school leadership; and adult, family, community and workplace literacies.  She is the co-author of Literacy Instruction in the Content Areas, and the co-editor of three books, Understanding Readers’ Understanding, Literacy Development of Students in Urban Schools:  Research and Policy, and the Handbook of Reading Disabilities.  Her journal publications include the award-winning article “The relationship between teachers’ beliefs and practices in reading comprehension” in the American Educational Research Journal and others in leading journals in the field.  She co-edited the Journal of Literacy Research, a journal of the Literacy Research Association. She is an elected member of the Reading Hall of Fame and served as Treasurer. She is also a Fellow of the National Council Research in Language and Literacy and served as President. She is Past President of the Literacy Research Association (formerly the National Reading Conference) and has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the International Reading Association (currently the International Literacy Association). She also served as the secretary of the American Education Research Association’s Division C and the Chair of the Basic Reading Research Special Interest Group. She was awarded the Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award from the Graduate College, University of Arizona and the Outstanding Faculty Service/Outreach Award from the College of Education.

    54 min
  7. S01E10. David Reinking, Ph.D.

    MAY 10

    S01E10. David Reinking, Ph.D.

    Professor David Reinking is semi-retired with a courtesy appointment as an Adjunct Professor in the University of Georgia's Mary Frances Early College of Education. He serves the department as a consultant, advisor, mentor, and resource, drawing on his diverse past experiences and leadership positions in the field. These include editorships of the field’s two leading journals (Reading Research Quarterly and the Journal of Literacy Research), the presidency of its major research organization (Literacy Research Association), substantial federal funding for research, 10-year service as a department head, and a strong record of peer-reviewed publication. Included among his interests are: Understanding and developing literacy in digital environments; Formative experiments and design-based research; Theory's role in education research.

    51 min
  8. S01E09. Doug Fisher, Ph.D.

    MAY 3

    S01E09. Doug Fisher, Ph.D.

    Douglas Fisher, Ph.D., is professor and chair of educational leadership at San Diego State University. Doug is a credentialed teacher and administrator in California. He has published over 250 books, chapters, and articles focused on school improvement and was elected into the Reading Hall of Fame in 2022. Doug has lived in the San Diego area his entire life. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, traveling, and staying healthy through running and yoga. He loves being an educator and hopes to share that passion with others. And now we know that he's awesome on podcasts and helps make us smarter.

    37 min
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The podcast where knowledge meets curiosity. Join professor Margaret Vaughn as she explores groundbreaking ideas with top scholars, aimed at sharpening our thinking. With her guests, Dr. Vaughn dives into a world of profound insights and intellectual adventure. Our journey to getting smarter starts here.

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