From the archiveAbout Us (2007) and Affiliated Faculty (2016) pages
Meet our Affiliated Faculty
The Institute drew on professors from VCU’s School of Education for its research and for the Early Reading First grants, where several served as principal investigators.
2007
- Christopher E. Chin, PhDChild Psychology and Reading Development and Disabilities. Evaluator, Richmond Early Reading First
- William R. Muth, PhDAdult Literacy, Family Literacy, and Correctional Education
- Joan A. Rhodes, PhDReading Education. Co-Principal Investigator, Richmond Early Reading First
- Evelyn Reed-Victor, PhDEarly Childhood Special Education. Co-Principal Investigator, Richmond Early Reading First
2013
- William R. Muth, PhDAssociate Professor, Teaching and Learning, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Joan A. Rhodes, PhDAssociate Professor, Teaching and Learning, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Yaoying Xu, PhDAssociate Professor, Special Education and Disability Policy, Virginia Commonwealth University
Bill Muth also wrote one of the research papers in the 2006 LESLLA proceedings: a reading components assessment of English language learners in U.S. prisons. Christopher Chin went on to direct SEELLS, the third Early Reading First project.
Questions readers ask
What did affiliated faculty do for the Institute?
They led research and served as principal investigators or evaluators on grants. On Richmond Early Reading First, Joan Rhodes and Evelyn Reed-Victor were co-principal investigators and Christopher Chin was the evaluator.
Did any of them write for the LESLLA proceedings?
Yes. Bill Muth contributed a reading components assessment of English language literacy learners in U.S. prisons to the 2006 volume.