My research interests are rural education, school leadership, pre-service teacher preparation in reading, and best practices for foundational reading instruction.

Dr. Marencin’s research is broadly focused on reading learning disabilities and dyslexia, with consideration of cultural and linguistic diversity and the unique cognitive and language processes that underly a child’s development of and access to high-quality word representations.

Ms. Garcia’s research interests are literacy, early intervention, and special education.

Mr. Bone will be working with the National Center on Improving Literacy in translational science surrounding Dyslexia, assessment and screening, and academic intervention.