Special Education and Literacy Studies
College of Education and Human Development
Reading Horizons Journal
Editorial Board
Editor: Karen Thomas, PhD
Production Designer: Elizabeth Dellinger
Copy Editor: Melissa K. B. Murdock
Jennifer Altieri, School of Education
The Citadel School of Education, Charleston, South Carolina
Julie W. Ankrum, Literacy Education
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Bryan Bardine, Director of Teaching Assistant Training
University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
Mary Alice Barksdale, College of Human Resource and Education
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
Rita Bean, College of Education
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Angela Beumer Johnson, Department of English Language and Literatures
Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
William Bintz, Department of Teaching, Leadership, and Curriculum Studies
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
Stergios Botzakis, Reading Education
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
Catherine Costello, Literacy Consultant
Aurora, Ontario
Terri Duncko, Education
Mt. Union College, Alliance, OH
Debbie East
Indiana University, Columbus, Indiana
Ingrid Enniss, Education Department
Oakwood University, Huntsville, Alabama
Pamela J. Farris, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
Gay Fawcett, Consultant
Kent State University, Kent Ohio
Amy Seely Flint, Middle Secondary Education and Instructional Technology
Georgia State University, Decatur, Georgia
Mary Jo Fresch, School of Teaching and Learning
The Ohio State University, Marion, Ohio
Sara Helfrich, Literacy Education
Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
Holly Johnson, College of Education
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Diane Kern, School of Education
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island
Kathryn Kinnucan-Welsch, Department of Teacher Education
University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
Joan Livingston, Teacher Education
Adrian College, Canton, Michigan
Dorothy J. McGinnis, Professor Emeritus
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Susan McGowan, Education and Special Education
Longwood University, Farmville, VA
Aimee Morewood, Curriculum and Instruction, Literacy Studies
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Vanessa Morrison, Teacher Education
Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan
Maryann Mraz, College of Education
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina
Molly Ness, Division of Curriculum and Teaching
Fordham University, New York, New York
Brandi L. Noll, Literacy Coach
Canton Local Schools, Canton, Ohio
Michael Opitz, Department of Reading
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado
Linda T. Parsons, School of Teaching and Learning
The Ohio State University, Marion Campus, Marion, Ohio
Diana Quatroche, Elementary and Early Childhood Education
Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana
Alexa Sandman, Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
Jon Shapiro, Department of Language Education
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Michael Shaw, Education,
St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY
Allison Swan Dagen, Curriculum and Instruction, Literacy Studies
West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
Elisa Waingort-Jiménez, Spanish Bilingual Teacher
Dalhousie Elementary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Barbara A. Ward, Eighth Grade Teacher
Madison Middle School, Tallulah, Louisiana
Patricia Watson, Language and Literacy
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Donna Werderich, Department of Literacy Education
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
Katherine D. Wiesendanger, Graduate Literacy Program
Longwood University, Farmville, Virginia
Terrell Young, Teaching and Learning
Washington State University, Richland, Washington