Sue Dymock Author

Sue Dymock, originally from Portland, Oregon, started her career as a primary and intermediate school teacher and later became a Senior Lecturer at the University of Waikato (New Zealand) where she taught pre- and in-service teachers for 20 years. Sue’s PhD thesis won the National Reading Conference (now Literacy Research Association) outstanding research award, the first time it had been awarded to anyone outside the United States. Sue directed the long running University of Waikato Reading Centre for children with reading difficulties and won a University Community Impact Research Excellence Award for her work. Sue was a Fellow of the International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities.

Tom Nicholson originally from Sydney, Australia, started his career as a high school teacher, then as a researcher in the Education Department of South Australia. After completing a PhD at the University of Minnesota, he took a University position in New Zealand, taught pre- and in-service teachers for many years, held a persona chair at The University of Auckland and is currently Professor Emeritus of Education at Massey University. He directed for nearly ten years an after-school literacy program in inner city Auckland for children. Tom is a member of the Reading Hall of Fame.