Open Court Reading and SRA Imagine It! authors are involved in the planning of all literacy courses and play a key role in the development of the course resources. Information about each author is provided below.

• Carl Bereiter, Ph.D. A professor emeritus and special advisor on learning technology at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. Dr. Bereiter also invented Computer Supported Intentional Learning Environments, the first networked system for collaborative learning, with Dr. Marlene Scardamalia.


• Andrew Biemiller, Ph.D. A coordinator of elementary teacher education at the University of Toronto for thirty-six years, Dr. Biemiller’s research on vocabulary development and instruction has had a significant effect on the shape of vocabulary instruction for elementary education in the twenty-first century.


• Joe Campione, Ph.D. A professor emeritus in the School of Education at University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Campione is a leading researcher on cognitive development, individual differences, assessment, and the design of innovative learning environments.


• Iva Carruthers, Ph.D. Equipped with both hands-on and academic experience, Dr. Carruthers serves as a consultant and lecturer in educational technology and matters of multicultural inclusion.


• Doug Fuchs, Ph.D. The Nicholas Hobbs Professor of Special Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Fuchs has conducted research on response-to-intervention as a method for preventing and identifying children with learning disabilities and on reading instructional methods for improving outcomes for students with learning disabilities.


• Lynn Fuchs, Ph.D. A co-director of the Kennedy Center Reading clinic at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Fuchs has conducted research on assessment methods for enhancing instructional planning and instructional methods for improving reading and math outcomes for students with learning disabilities.


• Steve Graham, Ph.D. A professor in the Mary Lou Fulton Teacher’s College at Arizona State University. Dr. Graham’s research focuses on identifying the factors that contribute to writing development and writing difficulties.


• Karen Harris, Ph.D. A professor in the Mary Lou Fulton Teacher’s College at Arizona State University. Dr. Harris’s research focuses on theoretical and intervention issues in the development of academic and self-regulation strategies among students who are at risk.


• Jan Hirshberg, Ed.D. Focusing on how children learn to read and write and the logistics of teaching reading and writing in the early grades, Dr. Hirshberg works as a language arts resource coordinator and consultant in Alexandria, Virginia.


• Anne McKeough, Ph.D. A professor in the Division of Applied Psychology at the University of Calgary. Dr. McKeough teaches graduate courses in cognitive development and educational assessment, as well as teacher preparation courses to undergraduates.


• Peter Pannel, MA A principal of Longfellow Elementary School in Pasadena, California, Mr. Pannell has worked to develop the literacy of countless students. To help accomplish this goal, he wrote and implemented a writing project that allowed his students to make great strides in their writing performance.


• Michael Pressley, Ph.D. was a professor of Teacher Education and Educational Psychology at Michigan State University. Dr. Pressley’s research interests included a mixture of experimental psychology and ethnographic projects. He did both basic laboratory research on cognition and learning and applied work in educational settings. Memory development and reading comprehension strategies received much of his attention.


• Marsh Roit, Ed.D. A retired national consultant on reading. Dr. Roit spent considerable time in classrooms developing reading curricula and working with teachers and administrators in effective instructional practices.


• Marlene Scardamalia, Ph.D. The Presidents’ Chair in Education and Knowledge Technologies at the University of Toronto and is also the Director of the Institute for Knowledge Innovation and Technology. She received the 2006 World Award of Education from the World Cultural Council for outstanding work in education.


• Marcy Stein, Ph.D. A professor and founding faculty member of the education program at the University of Washington, Tacoma. Dr. Stein teaches At-Risk and Special Education graduate and teacher certification programs.


• Gerald H. Treadway Jr, Ph.D. The Chair of the Literacy Education Program and a professor of education at San Diego State University. Dr. Treadway teaches classes on reading methods, English Language Learner methods, balanced reading programs, assessment, and reading comprehension.