Dr. Chase Young is an associate professor in the Department of Language, Literacy, and Special Populations at Sam Houston State University. Dr. Young received his PhD in Reading Education from the University of North Texas, where he was named the 2011 Outstanding Doctoral Student in Reading Education. Previously, he was the Silverman Endowed Chair in Literacy at Texas AM University in Corpus Christi. Prior to entering higher education, he taught in the primary grades and served as an elementary reading specialist. Dr. Young's primary research interests include reading fluency, supporting struggling readers, and integrating technology in elementary literacy instruction.
He served as the editor of the Journal of Teacher Action Research and the co-editor of the Texas Journal of Literacy Education. In 2014 the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers selected him to receive the Jerry Johns Promising Researcher Award. His research has appeared in such journals as the Journal of Educational Research, Reading Teacher, and Literacy Research and Instruction. Dr. Timothy Rasinski is a professor of literacy education at Kent State University and director of its award-winning reading clinic. He has written more than 200 articles and has authored, co-authored, or edited more than 50 books or curriculum programs on reading education. He is the author of the best selling books on reading fluency The Fluent Reader and The Fluent Reader in Action. His scholarly interests include reading fluency and word study, reading in the elementary and middle grades, and readers who struggle.
His research on reading has been cited by the National Reading Panel and has been published in journals, such as Reading Research Quarterly, The Reading Teacher, Reading Psychology, and the Journal of Educational Research. Tim has served a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the International Reading Association and was co-editor of The Reading Teacher. He has also served as co-editor of the Journal of Literacy Research. Rasinski is past-president of the College Reading Association, and he has won the A. B. Herr and Laureate Awards from the College Reading Association for his scholarly contributions to literacy education. In 2010, Tim was elected to the International Reading Hall of Fame. Prior to coming to Kent State, Tim taught literacy education at the University of Georgia.
He also taught for several years as an elementary and middle school classroom and Title I teacher in Nebraska.