Profile:

Background:

• Professor in the Department of Reading and Elementary Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• Former reading teacher, reading specialist and K-12 instructional coordinator in the public schools
• Received Ph. D. in Reading Education (K-12) from the University of Georgia; Educational Specialist’s and Master’s degrees in Reading Education from Appalachian State University

Awards and Scholarship:

• Author of over 200 articles, chapters and books.  Articles have appeared in journals such as The Reading Teacher, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, Reading and Writing Quarterly, Literacy Research and Instruction, Language Arts and the Middle School Journal, for example.
• Recipient in 2007 of the Harshini de Silva Graduate Mentoring Award at UNCC
• First Citizen’s Bank Scholars Award at UNCC (one of 3 finalists in 1999)
• Finalist for the Bank of America Teaching Award in 2000 and 2006
• First recipient of the UNCC College of Education Excellence in Teaching Award in 1995.
• Originated the “Research into Practice” column for the Middle School Journal in 1986 and continued as the column editor until 2013.
• Former co-editor of Reading Research and Instruction
• Editorial board member for:  Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy; Voices from the Middle; Reading and Writing Quarterly; Digital Tools for Writing Instruction in K-12 Settings
• Member of the authorship team for McGraw-Hill basal reader series from 1989 to 2004.
• Presenter at conferences and schools nationwide

New Research-based, practitioner-oriented publications such as:

Wood, K.D., Taylor, D.B., Stover, K (2016) Smuggling Writing

Wood, K. D., Paratore, J., Kissel, B. & McCormack, R. Editors  (2015) What’s New in Literacy Teaching, Weaving Together Time-honored Practices with new Research

Click here for a chapter on Conversation, Collaboration and the Common Core that features three of our recent graduates! 
 
 

Wood, K.D., Soares, L.B., (2015) Questions from the Classroom

Lapp, D., Wolsey, T. D., Wood, K. D. (2014) Mining Complex Text in Grades 2-5: Using and creating graphic organizers to grasp content and share new understandings.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin

Click here for a link:  http://www.sagepub.com/booksProdDesc.nav?prodId=Book243286

Lapp, D., Wolsey, T. D., Wood, K. D. & Johnson, K. (2014) Mining Complex Text in Grades 6-12: Using and creating graphic organizers to grasp content and share new understandings.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin

Click here for a link:  http://www.corwin.com/books/Book243287/reviews

Wood, K., Taylor, D.B., & Stover, K.  (2015) Smuggling writing in 6-12 classrooms: Standards based instruction for the 21st century learner.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.

Wood, K., Stover, K. & Taylor, D. B. (2015) Smuggling writing in K-5 classrooms: Standards based instruction for the 21st century learner.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.

Wood, K. D. & Soares, L. B. (2015) How to integrate comprehension, vocabulary and writing across the subject areas: Questions from the classroom.  Westerville, OH: Association of Middle Level Education.

Other selected publications: 

Wood, K. D., Stover, K., Pilonieta, P, & Taylor, D. B. (2012). Don’t skip the graphics! Focusing students’ attention on the visual aids in digital and traditional text. Middle School Journal, 43, (4), 60-68.

*Wood, K.D., Jones, J., Stover, K., & Polly, D. (2011). STEM Literacies: Models and methods of integrating reading, writing and technology in science and mathematics. Middle School Journal, 43 (1), 55-62.

Wood, K. D., & Blanton, W. E., Editors (2009). Literacy instruction for adolescents: Research-based practices. New York, NY: Guilford.  [Nominated for Edward Fry Book Award, National Reading Conference – Fall 2009]

Wood, K. D., Lapp, D., Flood, J., & Taylor, B. (2008). Guiding readers through text: Strategy guides for new times. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
[International Reading Association Book Club Selection – 2008]

Fisher, D., Lapp, D. & Wood, K.D. (2011) Reading for details in online and printed texts: A prerequisite for deep reading. Middle School Journal, 58-63.

Roser, N., Martinez, M., & Wood, K. D. (2011). Recent research on children’s literacy responses. In D. Lapp & D. Fisher (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts (3rd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Wood, K.D., Harmon, J.M., Kissel, B., & Hedrick, W.B. (2011). Research-based  vocabulary instruction: Recommendations for struggling readers.  In R.L. McCormack & J.R. Paratore (Eds.), After early intervention, then what?: Teaching struggling readers in grades 3 and beyond. (2nd ed.) (pp. 66-89). New York, NY:  Guilford Press.

Harmon, J.M., Hedrick, W.B., Wood, K.D., & Vintinner, J. (2011). An investigation of current secondary reading programs. Literacy Research and Instruction. 50(2), 105-119.

Fraga, L., Harmon, J.M., Wood, K.D., & Buckelew-Martin, E. (2011). Digital word walls and vocabulary learning: The use of iPods to facilitate vocabulary instruction with ESL students. Journal of the Research Center for Educational Technology.   http://www.rcetj.org/index.php/rcetj/issue/current

Wood, K. D. (2011) Bridging print literacies and digital literacies using strategy guides Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 55(3), 244-248.

Wood, K.D. (2011) Podcast: Bridging print literacies and digital literacies using strategy guides. International Reading Association. Retrieved from www.reading.org

Wood, K. D., Harmon, J., & Taylor, D. B. (2011) Vocabulary literacy: Guidelines for integrating comprehension-based word study in content classrooms. Middle School Journal. 42(5), 57-64.

Wood, K. D. (2010). New dimensions of content area literacy: Not just for secondary teachers anymore. Reprinted in M. Cappello & B. Moss (Eds.), Contemporary Readings in Literacy Education (pp. 205-209). Los Angeles: Sage Publications

Research Interests:
Content area literacy (K-12); digital literacy; vocabulary and comprehension; diverse learners; emphasis on curricular practices in upper elementary, middle and secondary levels

Selected Courses Taught:

READ 6474 Collaborative Leadership in Literacy Education
READ 6100 Current Research, Issues and Practices in K-12 Literacy
EDCI 8640 Readings in Reading Research
READ 5255 Integrating Reading and Writing in the Content Areas

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