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GSE Profiles
 | P. David Pearson
Dean of the Graduate School of Education
Professor
Language and Literacy, Society and Culture
Office: 1501 Tolman Hall
Phone: 510-643-6644
Email: ppearson at berkeley.edu
Website: | Staff Contact: Claire Lynch
Office: 1501 Tolman Hall
Phone: 510-643-6644
Email: cmlynch at berkeley.edu
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David Pearson’s research interests include practice and policy in literacy instruction and assessment. A member of the National Academy of Education, he is a former dean of the College of Education of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he also co-directed the Center for the Study of Reading. Before coming to Berkeley he was the John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of Education at Michigan State University. He has served as president of the National Reading Conference and on the boards of directors for the International Reading Association, the National Reading Conference, and the Association of American Colleges of Teacher Education. His honors include the William S. Gray Citation of Merit from the International Reading Association, the Oscar Causey Award for Contributions to Reading Research from the National Reading Conference, and the Alan Purves Award from the National Council of Teachers of English. Among his books and articles are the Handbook of Reading Research, now in its third volume; and Learning to Read: Lessons for Effective Schools and Accomplished Teachers (with B. Taylor, 2000).
1963 BA, History, UC Berkeley
1969 Ph.D., Education, University of Minnesota
| Macy's Inc., San Francisco Systems Analyst | 1963-1964 |
| Porterville, California School, Classroom Teacher | 1964-1966 |
| University of Texas, Austin, Post-Doctoral Fellow | 1969-1970 |
| University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Assistant-Full Professor | 1969-1979 |
| University of Illinois, Professor | 1978-1995 |
| Co-Director, Center for the Study of Reading | 1985-1989 |
| Dean | 1989-1995 |
| Michigan State University, John A. Hannah Professor | 1995-2001 |
| Co-Director, (CIERA) | 1997-2001 |
| University of California, Berkeley, Professor and Dean | 2001- |
Courses and Professional Programs
Educ 252A, Reading Research: Sociocognitive Perspective
Educ 290E, Curriculum, Assessment and Professional Development in Literacy Education
Books Pearson, P.D. (Eds.) (1977). Reading: Research, theory and practice. Clemson, SC: National Reading Conference.
Beach, R., & Pearson, P.D. (Ed.) (1978). Perspectives on literacy. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota.
Johnson, D.D., & Pearson, P.D. (1978). Teaching reading vocabulary. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
Pearson, P.D., & Hansen, J. (Eds.) (1978). Reading: Disciplined inquiry in process and practice. Clemson SC: National Reading Conference.
Pearson, P.D., & Johnson, D.D. (1978). Teaching reading comprehension. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
Pearson, P.D., Barr, R., Kamil, M.L., & Mosenthal, P. (Eds.) (1984). Handbook of reading research. New York: Longman, Inc.
Johnson, D.D., & Pearson, P.D. (1984). Teaching reading vocabulary (2nd Edition). New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
Samuels, S. J. & Pearson, P. D. (Eds.) (1988). Changing school reading programs: Principles and case studies. Newark DE: International Reading Association.
Taylor, B., Harris, L., & Pearson, P. D. (1988). Reading difficulties: Instruction and assessment. New York: Random House.
Barr, R., Kamil, M.L., Mosenthal, P., & Pearson, P.D. (Eds.) (1991). Handbook of reading research (Vol. 2). New York: Longman, Inc.
Taylor, B., Harris, L., Pearson, P.D., & García, G.E. (1995). Reading difficulties: Instruction and assessment (2nd Edition). New York: Random House.
Kamil, M., Mosenthal, P., Pearson, P.D., & Barr, R. (Eds.) (2000). Handbook of reading research (Vol. 3). Hillsdale NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Taylor, B.M., & Pearson, P.D. (Eds.) (2002). Teaching reading: Effective schools, accomplished teachers. Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Raphael, T. E., & Pearson P. D. (in press). Making meaning in the middle. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Pearson, P.D., Kamil, M., Afflerbach, P., & Moje, E. (Eds.) (in preparation). Handbook of reading research (Vol. 4). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Areas of Specialization / Interests
Educational Equity
Learning
Literacy
Poverty and Children
Reading Development
Writing and Literature
Last Modified: 8/31/09
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