Read Oregon: An Oregon Collaborative for Improvement of K-12 Literacy

formerly known as CREADE
Collaborative Reading Education And Distance Education

ReadOregon Faculty
All ReadOregon faculty are reading/literacy faculty at one of the five universities in the consortium. Information about individual faculty and which courses they teach is in the following chart. As more courses are developed, additional faculty may be added.


Dr. Sue Dauer
Western Oregon University   
Associate Professor, Teacher Education. Coordinator of Reading Endorsement Program. (B.Ed.,University of Toledo; M.Ed., PhD in Curriculum and Instruction: Literacy Studies, University of Nebraska - Lincoln)
READ 591: Young Adult Literature: Gr 5-12 (3 cr)
READ 580: Leadership in Literacy Programs
READ 509: Practicum for WOU home institution students only.
Dr. E. Ruth Davenport
Eastern Oregon University
Associate Professor, School of Education & Business. Literacy consultant in miscue analysis. (BS, MS, SW Missouri State University; Ph.D., University of Missouri)
ED 560: Foundations of Literacy Learning (2 cr)
ED 562: Literacy in Elementary Grades (3 cr)
ED 564: Literacy in Literature Programs (2 cr)
ED 510: Miscue Analysis (1 cr)
Sharon Evoy
Eastern Oregon University
Assistant Professor, Language Arts & Reading. (BA, Illinois Benedictine University; MA, National-Louis University, Evanston, IL)
READ 536: Teaching Phonics and Word Study: ECE/Elem (1 cr)
Dr. David Hargreaves
Western Oregon University
Associate Professor, Linguistics & Humanities. (PhD in Linguistics, University of Oregon. Psycholinguistics; Second Language Acquisition; Himalayan and Tibeto-Burman Linguistics.)
READ 514: Linguistics for Teachers: ECE/Elem (3 cr)
Dr. Phillip Hofmann
Eastern Oregon University
Adjunct Professor of Literacy and Education (BA, San Diego State University; MA and PhD, Claremont Graduate University)
ED 563: Literacy in Content Areas (2 cr)
READ 542: Reading Specialist PRAXIS Preparation (1 cr)
ED 565: Techniques of Literacy Assessment for Classroom Teachers (2 cr)
ED 569: Issues and Research in Literacy (2 cr)
Dr. Jo-Anne Lau-Smith
Southern Oregon University
Assistant Professor, School of Education. (B.A., M.Ed., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of Hawaii, Manoa)
READ 570: Classroom assessment & reading instruction (3 cr)
READ 581: Action Research in Leadership in Literacy (3 cr)
READ 509S: Practicum for SOU home institution students only (3 cr)
Dr. Carol Lauritzen
Eastern Oregon University
Professor, School of Education & Business. Coordinator of reading endorsement program. (BA, University of Nebraska; MA, Ph.D., University of Missouri)
READ 512: Foundations of Literacy: ECE/Elementary (3 cr)
READ 594: Young adult literature, 5-12 (3 cr)
ED 561: Emergent literacy (3 cr)
ED 567: Spelling matters (2 cr)
ED 568: School reading programs (3 cr)
ED 582: Techniques of diagnosis/instruction for reading specialists (3 cr)
READ 509: Practicum for EOU home institution students only (3 cr)
Dr. Susan Lenski
Portland State University
Professor, Graduate School of Education, Portland State University. International literacy consultant. (B.A., Trinity College, IL; MS Ed. and Ed.D., Northern Illinois University, DeKalb).
READ 582: Reading Leadership in Middle and High Schools (3 cr)
Dr. Lee Ann McNerney
Eastern Oregon University
Assistant Professor of Bilingual and ESOL Education. (BA, Foreign Languages, Portland State University; MA, Bilingual/bicultural education, Columbia University; PhD, Sociolinguistics, Georgetown University)
READ 514: Linguistics for Teachers: K-12 (3 cr), with Wenger, EOU
READ 595: Multicultural Literature: PK-12 (1 cr)
ED 548: 2nd language and ESOL strategies (3 cr)
Dr. Bonnie Morihara
Western Oregon University
Assistant Professor and grants coordinator. (BA, University of Michigan; M.Ed. and PhD, Oregon State University)
READ 541: Literacy and the Internet, K-12 (3 cr)
READ 556: Literacy and Cultural Competence, K-12
ED 609: Literacy practicum for WOU home students only (3 cr)
Megan Owens
Portland State University
Adjunct Instructor, Graduate School of Education. (BA in English, M.Ed., Portland State University)
READ 530: Reading/Composition in Content Areas, Gr 4-12 (3 cr)
Lisa Snyder
Eastern Oregon University
Adjunct Instructor, School of Education and Business. (BA, State University of New York College at New Paltz; MS, State University of New York at Albany)
READ 513: Foundations of Literacy: Middle/High (3 cr)
READ 574: Reading Assessment: Middle/High (3 cr)
ED 581: Literacy in middle/high schools (2 cr)
Kay Stephens
Oregon State University
Instructor and Coordinator of Professional Teacher Education in Language Arts Licensure, College of Education. (BS, Valley City State University; MA, Fort Hays State University)
TCE 593: Reading & Writing in Middle and Secondary Schools (3 cr)
Dr. Carrol Tama
Portland State University
Professor of Reading and Secondary Education, Graduate School of Education. (BA, Alvernia College; MA California State College, M.Ed.; Ph.D., Syracuse University)
READ 532: Writing across the Curriculum: Gr 5-12 (3 cr)
READ 509: Practicum for PSU home institution students only. (3 cr)
Dr. Kerri Wenger
Eastern Oregon University
Assistant Professor, School of Education and Business. (B.A., English, B.A., Secondary Education, University of Wyoming; Ed.M., Ph.D., Washington State University)
READ 514: Linguistics for Teachers: K-12 (3 cr)
READ 550: Literacy Development for English Language Learners (3 cr)
ED 545: Foundations of 2nd language learning (3 cr)
ED 549: Applied linguistics (3 cr)
Dr. Ken Winograd
Oregon State University
Associate Professor, College of Education. (BA, Rider College; Ed.M., Rutgers University - elementary education; EdD University of Northern Colorado - curriculum and instruction.)
TCE 544: Literacy & Reading Curriculum Design (3 cr)
TCE 509: Practicum for OSU home institution students only. (3 cr)

ReadOregon is a consortium of five Colleges/Schools of Education of the Oregon University System
in cooperation with OUS Departments of Distance and Continuing Education.
The ReadOregon programs were developed with grant funds from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Dept. of Education

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