WILLIAM G. BROZO

103 Harmony Drive, SE

Vienna, VA 22180

Business: (703) 993-3894

Residence: (703) 272-3473

wbrozo@gmu.edu

 

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

 

Professor of Literacy, Graduate School of Education, College of Education and Human Development, George Mason University, June 2004 to present, full-time, tenured.

 

Responsible for teaching graduate literacy courses, mentoring graduate students and directing doctoral dissertations.

 

Professor of Language and Literacy, Department of Theory and Practice in Teacher Education, College of Education, The University of Tennessee, June 2000 to June 2004, full-time, tenured.

 

Responsible for directing the reading center, teaching graduate reading courses, and mentoring doctoral students.

 

Professor of Reading, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, August 1993 to June 2000, full-time, tenured.

 

Responsible for teaching a range of undergraduate and graduate elementary and secondary reading courses, including clinical courses in diagnosis and remediation.

 

Associate Professor of Reading, Department of Teacher Education, College of Education, Eastern Michigan University, June 1988 to July 1993, full-time, tenured.

 

Responsible for teaching secondary/content-area graduate and undergraduate reading courses, language arts, reading seminar, critical literacy, and graduate diagnosis and remediation courses.

 

Assistant Professor of Reading, Department of Reading, College of Education, Northeastern Illinois University, September 1986 to June 1988, full-time, tenure track.

 

Responsible for teaching a range of undergraduate and graduate reading education courses.

Assistant Professor of Reading, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education, Northern Illinois University, August 1984 to August 1986, full-time, tenure track.

 

Responsible for teaching undergraduate and graduate teacher education courses in elementary, secondary, and diagnosis and correction of reading difficulties; directing dissertations.

 

Assistant Professor of Reading, Division of Developmental Studies, Georgia State University, September 1982 to August 1984, full-time, tenure track.

 

Responsible for teaching classes in developmental reading and writing.

 

Learning Skills Consultant, Academic Skills Development Center, University of South Carolina, August 1980 to August 1982, full-time.

 

Responsible for diagnosing reading and study problems, counseling students and teaching classes in developmental and remedial reading.

 

English Teacher, Battery Park School, Nesmith, South Carolina, August 1977 to June 1980, full-time.

 

Responsible for teaching 6th through 11th grade English classes.

 

 

PAPERS AND ADDRESSES

 

BROZO, W.G. (2007, August). Building reform communities in international literacy projects: Managing the politics of reform.. Symposium paper presented at the 15th European Conference on Reading, Berlin, Germany.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2007, August). Engagement in reading: Lessons from PISA. Symposium paper presented at the 15th European Conference on Reading, Berlin, Germany.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2007, August). Content area literacy for today's youth. Presentation for St. Bernard Parish, Chalmette, LA.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2007, May). PISA, PIRLS and the teaching of reading: New directions; Addressing achievement disparities in literacy for young adolescents through principled practices; Literacy in the lives of male youth: Honoring discourses of desire in academic settings; Constructive meaning-making in middle school and secondary classrooms: Building bridges between everyday and academic literacies. Papers presented at the International Reading Association Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2007, March). Helping boys find entry points to reading.

Presentation for Greece Central School District, Rochester, NY.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2007, February). Closing the reading achievement gap for boys by viewing them as a resource. Keynote presentation at the Will County Reading Council/Illinois Secondary Reading League, Chicago, IL.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2007, February) Making reading and writing a boy thing. Presentation at Kent Gardens Elementary School, Falls Church, VA.

 

BROZO, W.G., FISHER, D., & FREY, N. (2006, December). Fixing a new literacy lens on three popular secondary reading reform initiatives. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Los Angeles, CA.

 

BROZO, W.G., & HARGIS, C. (2006, October). The literacy level locator (L3): An assessment to help teachers match texts with readers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the College Reading Association, Pittsburgh, PA.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2006, October). Principled practices for adolescent literacy. Keynote presentation at the Adolescent Reading Network, Denver, CO.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2006, October). Principled practices for adolescent literacy: Implications for teacher education. University of Colorado-Denver, Denver, CO.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2006, September). Adolescent literacy: Principles to guide

policy and practice. National Governors Association Work Group, Orlando, FL.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2006, August). Content Literacy for Today's Adolescents:

Honoring Diversity and Building Competence. Loudoun County Professional Development Conference, Sterling, VA.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2006, August). An Historical and Policy Context for the Secondary Educational Activity (SEA) Project in Macedonia. Paper presented at the International Reading Association World Congress, Budapest, Hungary.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2006, July). Luncheon keynote speaker. Just Read, Florida! K-12 Literacy Leadership Conference, Orlando, FL.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2006, April/May). Helping teachers to work with adolescents; Helping boys find entry points to lifelong reading: book clubs and other strategies for struggling adolescent males; Using assistive technology to mediate content literacy strategies. Papers presented at the Annual Convention of the International Reading Association, Chicago, IL.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2006, March). Boys and books: Closing the reading achievement gap. Paper presented at the Illinois Reading Council Annual Conference, Springfield, IL.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2005, December). "Guys like us": Explorations of identity, agency, and culturally informed practice in an all boys book club. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2005, August). A common shoulder to the wheel: Creating a schoolwide literacy effort. Paper presented at Oakton High School, Vienna, VA.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2005, August). Boys and books: Making room for reading in masculine identities. Paper presented at the Fairfax County Public Schools Literacy and Library Forum, Fairfax, VA.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2005, August). Teacher prerogative in a cross-cultural collaborative: From centralization to independent decision making. Paper presented at the14th European Conference on Reading, Zagreb, Croatia.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2005, June). Boys and books: Making room for literacy in masculine identities. Paper presented at the Northern Illinois Reading Council Summer Reading Conference, DeKalb, IL.

 

BROZO, W.G.(2005, June). Successful meaning making for adolescent readers. Paper presented at the 9th annual Teaching and Learning Conference, Columbia, MO.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2005, May). Comprehension: Why it's not hot, what you should do. Paper presented at the International Reading Association, San Antonio, TX.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2005, May). Lessons learned from PISA 2000: Implications for policy and practice in the USA. Paper presented at the International Reading Association, San Antonio, TX.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2005, May). From workshop to classroom: Teachers learning to apply assistive technology to teach content area literacy in inclusion settings. Paper presented at the International Reading Association, San Antonio, TX.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2005, May). Teacher Prerogative in a Cross-Cultural Collaborative: From Centralization to Independent Decision Making. Paper presented at the International Reading Association, San Antonio, TX, May 2005.

 

BROZO, W.G., & Hargis, C. (2005, April). Beyond standards-based assessment: Turning low-stakes reading achievement testing into educational reform. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2005, February). The right stuff at the right level in the right ways: Building literacy into boys' masculine identities. Paper presented at the Colorado Council of the International Reading Association, Denver, CO.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2005, February). Boys and reading: Achieving compatibility. Paper presented at the Virginia State Reading Association, Crystal City, VA.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2004, December). Attribution theory reconsidered: corroborating struggling readers' explanations for academic failure. Paper presented at the National Reading Conference, San Antonio, TX.

 

BROZO, W.G., & PUCKETT, K. (2004, October). Assistive technology mediated content literacy strategies: Teacher innovations and perceptions. Paper presented at the College Reading Association, Del Rey Beach, FL.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2004, October). Helping boys find entry points to reading. Teleconference presentation for the Canadian Educational Institute, Toronto, Canada.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2004, July). The role of teacher leaders in a schoolwide literacy effort: from reading across the curriculum to meeting the needs of special learners; Adolescent literacy practices that make a difference: A workshop for teacher leaders. Papers presented at the Southern Regional Education Board's Staff Development Conference, Atlanta, GA.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2004, June). Literacy in the secondary school. Paper presented at the 8th Annual Teaching and Learning Conference, Columbia, MO.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2004, June). Schools where literacy thrives. Paper presented at the International Development of Europe Committee and International Reading Association PISA/PIRLS Task Force Meeting, Linköping, Sweden.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2004, May). What should be hot? The reading needs of boys;

Helping adolescents find entry points to literacy. Papers presented at the International Reading Association Annual Convention, Reno, NV.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2003, November). Eliminating the achievement gap: Adolescent literacy. Paper presented at the Council of Chief State School Officers Annual Policy Forum, Indianapolis, IN.

 

BROZO, W.G., & PUCKETT, K. (2003, November). Using assistive technology to teach content area literacy for students with disabilities. Paper presented at the College Reading Association, Corpus Christi, TX.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2003, November). Our public voice: Strategies for informing the public and affective legislative policy related to literacy education. Paper presented at the College Reading Association, Corpus Christi, TX.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2003, October). The right stuff at the right level: Building literacy into boys' masculine identities. Paper presented at the IRA Midwest Regional Conference, Des Moines, IA.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2003, July). Why do girls read better than boys? Explanations of global patterns of gender-based reading achievement for adolescents. Paper presented at the 13th European Conference on Reading, Tallinn, Estonia.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2003, July). A common shoulder to the wheel: Creating a schoolwide literacy effort at the secondary level. Paper presented at the University of Southern Mississippi Annual Reading Conference, Hattiesburg, MS.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2003, May). Boys and books: The discourses of desire of adolescent males. Paper presented at the International Reading Association, Orlando, FL.

BROZO, W.G. (2003, May). The literacy needs of boys. Paper presented at the International Reading Association, Orlando, FL.

 

BROZO, W.G. (2003, May). Program for International Student Assessment (PISA): Presenting the PISA findings. Paper presented at the International Reading Association, Orlando, FL.