Leadership Profiles

Vice President for Accreditation Relations at the Higher Learning Commission

Ph.D., Professor Emerita, Department of Special Education, Southern Connecticut State University

Retired Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Technology for North Olmsted Schools, Cleveland, Ohio

Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor of Reading and Language Arts Education, Reading and Language Arts Program Area Coordinator and Director of the Reading Clinic at Texas A&M University

Martha “Marty” Hougen, Ph.D. is an author of reading textbooks and a consultant with state departments and teacher preparation programs, recently retired from working with teacher preparation initiatives at the university level.

Erin K. Washburn, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Reading Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where she teaches courses in Literacy Assessment and Intervention and conducts research on teacher knowledge and the use of data-based decision making for literacy instruction.