About the Authors

Barbara A. Marinak, Ph.D, Author,

is an Associate Professor of Reading at Mount St. Mary's University. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses.

Dr. Marinak received a Ph.D. in literacy from the University of Maryland, College Park. Her dissertation was awarded the 2005 Dissertation Research Award from the College Reading Association. Dr. Marinak serves as co-chair of IRA's Response to Intervention Task Force and is a member of the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities.

Susan A. Mazzoni, M.Ed., Author,

is an independent literacy consultant who works with administrators and teachers to improve literacy practices in elementary school classrooms. For the past ten years, she has worked with teachers on implementing guided reading practices for the purpose of building reading fluency, miscue analysis and prompting, and comprehension instruction.

Ms. Mazzoni is an adjunct faculty member at Penn State-Harrisburg. She received her M.Ed. in reading education from the University of Maryland, College Park. She has taught reading courses there and served as a research assistant for the National Reading Research Center.

Linda B. Gambrell, Ph.D., Consulting Author,

is a Distinguished Professor of Education in the Eugene T. Moore School of Education at Clemson University, where she teaches literacy courses. Prior to coming to Clemson University in 1999, she was Associate Dean for Research in the College of Education at University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Gambrell has served as an elected member of the Board of Directors and president of three leading professional organizations: the International Reading Association, National Reading Conference, and College Reading Association.