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Shane Templeton Editor & Author

Shane Templeton is Foundation Professor Emeritus of Literacy Studies, University of Nevada, Reno.  A former classroom teacher at the primary and secondary levels, he has focused his research on the development of orthographic and vocabulary knowledge.  He has written several books on the teaching and learning of reading and language arts and is a member of the Usage Panel of the American Heritage Dictionary.   Kristin M. Gehsmann is Associate Professor of Education and Coordinator of the Master’s in Reading Concentration at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont.  A former elementary school teacher and preK-12 literacy consultant, she conducts research on narrowing the achievement gap in high poverty communities and bringing research-based practices to scale through ongoing professional development.