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Karl Alexander, Ph.D.
John Hopkins University
Isabel Beck, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh
Nanci Bell, M.Ed.
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Rudine Sims Bishop, Ph.D.
Ohio State University
Sylvia Diehl, Ph.D.
President, Knowledge Counts; Professor, University of South Florida
Guinevere Eden, D. Phil.
Georgetown University
Jack Fletcher, Ph.D.
University of Houston
Nancy Frey, Ph.D.
San Diego State University
Nadine Gaab, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
John Gabrieli, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Steve Graham, Ed.D.
Arizona State University
Lisa Guernsey
Early Education Initiative at New America
Jane Hansen, Ph.D.
University of Virginia
Karen R. Harris, Ed.D.
Arizona State University
Phyllis Hunter, Ph.D.
Literacy Consultant
Marcia Invernizzi, Ph.D.
University of Virginia
Carol Jago
California Reading and Literature Project at UCLA
James Kim, Ph.D.
Harvard University
Rick Lavoie, M.A., M.Ed.
Special Education Expert
G. Reid Lyon, Ph.D.
Neuropsychologist, Reading Development
Donalyn Miller
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Louisa Moats, Ph.D.
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Pedro Noguera, Ph.D.
New York University
Rebecca Palacios, Ph.D.
Preschool Educator and Consultant
Earl Martin Phalen
Summer Advantage USA
Robert Pianta, Ph.D.
University of Virginia
Sharon Ramey, Ph.D.
Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute
Todd Risley, Ph.D.
Meaningful Differences
Kristina Robertson
ELL Progam Specialist
Paul M. Rogers, Ph.D.
George Mason University
Maria Salvadore, MLS, M.A.
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Mark Seidenberg
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Rebecca Silverman, Ed.D.
Stanford University
Sylvia Vardell, Ph.D.
Children’s Literature and Poetry
Sharon Walpole, Ph.D.
University of Delaware
Julie Washington, Ph.D.
University of California—Irvine
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