Dana A. Robertson

Dana A. Robertson is an associate professor of reading and literacy in the School of Education at Virginia Tech and is the Program Leader for the Reading and Literacy Education Program.

He is a former classroom teacher, literacy specialist, and literacy coach. Dr. Robertson has conducted research focused on classroom discourse and oral language, comprehension instruction, reading and writing challenges, literacy coaching, and teacher professional learning. He was named an Emerging Scholar with the Reading Hall of Fame. He has also been awarded the Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Award, the Marvin Millgate Engaged Faculty Award, and the Mary Garland Early Career Fellowship, all from the University of Wyoming. He currently serves as Vice President of the International Literacy Association, and he is a frequent presenter at national and international conferences, and he was a collaborator on the International Literacy Association’s Standards for the Preparation of Literacy Professionals–2017. Dr. Robertson has co-authored two books and four chapters and has published in several journals, including Journal of Literacy Research, Theory Into Practice, Professional Development in Education, The Reading Teacher, Reading Psychology, Language Arts, Voices From the Middle, and Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy.