Dana A. Robertson

Dana A. Robertson is an associate professor and program coordinator of reading and literacy in the School of Education at Virginia Tech. He is a former elementary classroom teacher, literacy specialist, and literacy coach, and he currently serves as a member-at-large on the ILA Board of Directors and as chair of the ILA Research Committee. His research focuses on classroom discussion and teacher talk, reading and writing challenges, and literacy professional learning through coaching and whole-school literacy improvement.

In addition to being a collaborating author on ILA’s Standards for the Preparation of Literacy Professionals, Robertson has coauthored two books, coedited a book on equitable and sustainable literacy professional learning, and published numerous book chapters and articles in journals including Journal of Literacy Research, Theory Into Practice, The Reading Teacher, and Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy.