Charge
To identify and address issues of broad concern to NCTE members interested in advancing research in English language arts; to develop position statements and other publications helpful to teachers, administrators, and policymakers regarding research in English language arts; to maintain a presence in AERA and coordinate efforts to secure private grants and foundation funding for NCTE research initiatives; and to explore ways to increase support for literacy research by engaging other groups in collaborative projects and by creating support materials to help the Council make the case for governmental support for literacy research programs.
2009 Annual Report
Current Members
CHAIR, Anne DiPardo
(University of Colorado, Boulder)
Stephanie Carter
Chair, Research Foundation
(Indiana University, Bloomington)
Catherine Compton-Lilly
Co-Chair, Assembly on Research
(University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Mark Dressman
Co-Chair, Research in the Teaching of English
(University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Patricia Dunn
College Section Steering Committee
(SUNY at Stony Brook)
Anne Ruggles Gere
James R. Squire Office of Policy Research in ELA
(University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Christian Goering
Secondary Section Steering Committee
(University of Arkansas, Fayetteville)
Debra Goodman
Chair, Elementary Section Steering Committee
(Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY)
Lori Goodson
Middle Level Section Steering Committee
(Manhattan, KS)
Valerie Kinloch
Chair, Standing Committee on Research
(Ohio State University, Columbus)
Sarah McCarthey
Co-Editor, Research in the Teaching of English
(University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Marriana Pacheco
Co-Chair, Assembly on Research
(University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Paul Prior
Co-Editor, Research in the Teaching of English
(University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Joanna Wolfe
Chair, CCCC Research Committee
(University of Louisville, KY)
Kent Williamson
Executive Director
(National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL)
Executive Committee Liaison, Carol Jago
(Chicago, IL)
NCTE Administrative Liaison, Linda Walters
Past Members