Dr. Morrison was a special education teacher and school administrator for ten years prior to beginning her doctoral work in Literacy Curriculum and Instruction. Her research involves literacy instruction for urban, at-risk kindergartners, teacher preparation for literacy instruction, and Response to Intervention. Ann is a member of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading and the American Educational Research Association, among others. She holds a Ph.D. in Literacy Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Colorado at Boulder, an M.A. in Special Education from the University of Colorado at Denver, and a B.A. in American Political Economy from the University of California at Berkeley. Contact Dr. Morrison at cmorri46@msudenver.edu or 303-352-7083