Elizabeth (Betty) Sturtevant is a professor in the Literacy Program Area and has been a member the GMU faculty since 1994. She earned her Ph.D. at Kent State University in 1992 in Curriculum and Instruction with a major in Reading/Writing Education and a minor in Multicultural Education. Earlier in her career she was a middle and high school social studies teacher and reading specialist, working with diverse learners as well as teachers in Maryland and New York. Her research, which has been published in a variety of journals including the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, the Journal of Literacy Research, and Reading Research and Instruction, has focused on literacy coaching, adolescent learning in the content areas, and ways to improve instruction for diverse learners. In addition, she has studied contexts that support effective teacher decision making and student motivation. Over the past 15 years, Betty has provided leadership as co-chair of the International Reading Association's Commission on Adolescent Literacy and as an editor of the Journal of Literacy Research and the College Reading Association Yearbook. She also has authored or co-authored several books and monographs related to adolescent literacy and literacy coaching. Recently she has been involved in international work with teachers and policy makers through the Secondary Education Activity (SEA) project in the Republic of Macedonia and as International Editor for the BMENA Literacy Hub, an online peer-reviewed resource designed to provide information on research-based instruction for policy makers in the Middle East and North Africa. Both are projects of the International Reading Association in collaboration with US AID and other organizations.

• Adolescent literacy
• Teacher development
• Sociocultural influences on classrooms and learning

Favorite Links (each opens in a new window)

• International Reading Association - http://www.reading.org/
• National Reading Conference - http://www.nrconline.org/

• Graduate School of Education
• Center for Education Policy
• Center for International Education
• Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning
• Literacy and Reading

• School-Based Leadership in Literacy (EDRD - 634)
• Foundations of Literacy: Adolescence through Adulthood (EDRD - 831)
• Ways of Knowing (EDUC - 800)

• Advanced Literacy Foundations and Instruction, Adolescence through Adulthood (EDRD - 631)
• Advanced Topics in Education (EDRD - 797)
• Advanced Foundations of Literacy Education (EDRD - 829)
• Literacy Assessments and Interventions for Groups (EDRD - 632)