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Timothy
Shanahan
Timothy
Shanahan is a Professor of Urban Education at the University of Illinois
at Chicago and Director of the UIC Center for Literacy. He has served as Director
of Reading for the Chicago Public Schools, and is a former first grade
teacher. His research focuses on the relationship of reading and writing,
the assessment of reading ability, family literacy, and school
improvement. He has published more than 100 articles, chapters, and books
on these topics.
Professor Shanahan is Vice President of the International Reading
Association, and is a member of the Board of Advisors for the National
Family Literacy Center. He served on the National Reading Panel, a group
convened by the National Institute of Child Health and Development at
the request of Congress to determine what research says about reading.
The report that resulted became the basis of federal education policy
(Reading FIRST). He is chair of the National Literacy Panel on Language
Minority Children and Youth and the National Early Literacy Panel.
He
co-developed Project FLAME, a family literacy program for Latino
immigrants that received an Academic Excellence Award from the U.S.
Department of Education. His research and service efforts have garnered
more than $4 million in funding.
Dr.
Shanahan received his Ph.D. in Education from the University of Delaware
in 1980.
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Publications
Vita
Contact Info:
Phone #: 312-413-1914
Fax #: 312-413-8083
Email: shanahan@uic.edu
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