Susan Dougherty, Ed. D., received her doctoral degree from Boston University and is currently an Assistant Professor of Literacy Education at Rutgers University.

Her research interests focus on explanatory talk in parent-child and teacher-student conversations and on the training of elementary teachers and reading specialists.  She was an elementary classroom teacher for ten years prior to pursuing her doctorate.

Recently, she developed and investigated the impact of Dads Read, a book club for children and their male mentors, which is conducted at an urban public school.

Title(s): Assistant Professor

Education:
Ed.D., Boston University, 2009
M.Ed., Boston University, Boston, 2002
M.Ed., Rutgers University, 1998
B.S., Penn State University, 1990

Affiliations:

International Reading Association
National Reading Conference
American Educational Research Association

Research interests:

Parent-child discourse; educational television; teacher training.

Recent publications:

Paratore, J.R., & Dougherty, S. (in press). Home differences and reading difficulty. In A. McGill-Franzen and R. Allington. (Eds.) Handbook of Reading Disability Research, Lawrence Erlbaum, Inc.

Bohlin, K, Dougherty, S. & Farmer, D. (2002) Practices of Teacher Educators Committed to Character. Washington, D.C: Character Education Partnership.