A former high school special education reading teacher, Dr. Wexler investigates reading instruction across content areas and in supplemental intervention settings for adolescents with reading disabilities and behavior disorders. Dr. Wexler was principal investigator on an IES-funded project on high school reading and dropout prevention, and she has extensive experience directing large-scale intervention studies funded by private foundations and state organizations. She has also conducted several studies in juvenile correctional and alternative school settings. Dr. Wexler has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals, and she is a co-author of two books on adolescent literacy and related topics. She frequently consults for federally funded centers such as the National Center on Intensive Intervention, providing professional development for schools and teachers on evidence-based adolescent literacy practices.