Carol Lauritzen, Ph.D.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Dr. Lauritzen (Ph.D. University of Missouri-Kansas City) has 30 years of experience in the field of Education: fifteen of those are in K-12 education, and the remainder is in higher education as a professor and consultant. She has served as a literacy project leader in Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, and the United States. Currently, Dr. Lauritzen serves as a Professor of Education and the Director of Teacher Education. Her research interests include early literacy, the reading process, the role of story and music in literacy learning, inquiry and integrated curriculum. She is the author of two books and various articles published in journals such as The Reading Teacher and Language Arts.

 

GRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT

READ 512:      Foundations of Literacy-- Building a Knowledge Base

READ 594:      Young Adult Literature

ED 561:          Emergent Literacy

ED 567:          Spelling Matters

ED 568:          School Reading Programs

ED 582:          Diagnosis and Techniques for the Reading Specialist

ED 583/READ 509:  Practicum in Literacy

 

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