Daphne Greenberg, Ph.D.

Ph.D. City University of New York, 1995

Associate Director for Georgia State University’s Center for the Study of Adult Literacy.

Area: Educational Psychology

E-Mail: dgreenberg@gsu.edu

As Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Adult Literacy, I provide technical assistance and support to adult literacy providers, advocates, learners, and researchers. I conduct both applied and basic research in adult literacy including: word reading knowledge and effective reading instruction of adults and children, evaluation of family literacy programs, reading attitudes of middle school children, and mammography knowledge of low literate women. I moderate the National Institute for Literacy’s women and literacy listserv, organize the International Women and Literacy Conference, assist with the production of our Center’s newsletter, organize various adult literacy workshops, and supply our Resource Room with the latest adult literacy materials.

Representative Publications:

Calhoon, M. B., Al Otaiba, S., Greenberg, D., King, A., & Avalos, A. (in press). Improving reading skills in predominately Hispanic title 1 first grade classrooms: The promise of peer-assisted learning strategies. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice.

Greenberg, D. (in press). Tales from the field: The struggles and challenges of conducting ethical and quality research in the field of adult literacy. To be published in A. Belzer & H. Beder (Ed.), Toward Defining and Improving Quality in Adult Basic Education. Hillside , New Jersey : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Greenberg, D., Rodrigo, V., Berry , A., Brink, T., Joseph, H. (in press). Implementation of an Extensive Reading Program with Adult Learners. Adult Basic Education.

Helsel, L. & Greenberg, D. (in press) Helping Struggling Writers Succeed: A Self-Regulated Strategy Instruction Program. The Reading Teacher.

Greenberg, D. & Lackey, J. (2006). The importance of adult literacy issues in social work practice. Social Work.

Perin, D. & Greenberg, D. (2005). Case study of the use of research-based practices in adult literacy instruction. Report prepared for the Evidence-Based Practices for Adult Literacy Instruction Project of the Partnership for Reading Washington, DC: National Institute for
Literacy; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and U.S. Department of Education

Talburt, S., Bakeman, R., Dew, B., Greenberg, D., Taylor, N. (2005). LGBT Campus Attitude Survey Subcommittee Report. Report submitted to the Cultural Diversity Committee of the University Senate of Georgia State University.

Greenberg, D. (2004). Women and literacy. The Change Agent, 19, 1 and 3.

Women and Literacy Special Collection (2003). National Institute of Literacy , http://www.womensliteracy.org/.

Greenberg, D. (2002). Adult Education and Literacy: Key to America 's Future. Case Statement submitted to Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy.

Greenberg, D., Barlia, N. (2002). Atlanta Family Literacy Collaborative. Year Eleven Report. Technical Report submitted to Atlanta City Public Schools.

Greenberg, D., Ehri, L. C., & Perin, D. (2002). Do Adult Literacy Students Make the Same Word-Reading and Spelling Errors as Children Matched for Word-Reading Age? Scientific Studies of Reading , 6, 221-243.

Greenberg, D., Fredrick, L, Hughes, T., & Bunting, C. (2002). Implementing issues in a reading program for low reading adults. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 45, 626-632.

Greenberg, D., McCarty, F., Abbott-Shim, M., & Lambert, R. (2002). Classroom Quality and Emergent Literacy Outcomes of Children with Low Literate Parents. NHSA Dialog: A Research to Practice. Journal for the Early Intervention Field.

Greenberg, D. “A Critical Look at Health Literacy.” Adult Basic Education 11, no. 2 (Summer 2001): 67-79.

Greenberg, D. & Davis, T. (2001). Workforce Development Report. Technical Report submitted to Literacy Action, Inc.

Greenberg, D. (1998). Betsy: Lessons learned from working with an adult nonreader. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 41(4), 252-261.

Greenberg, D., Ehri, L., Perin, D. (1997). Are word reading processes the same or different in adult literacy students and 3rd-5th graders matched for reading level? Journal of Educational Psychology, 89, 262-275.

Greenberg, D., Cameron, E. (2003). Atlanta Family Literacy Collaborative. Year Twelve Report. Technical Report submitted to Atlanta City Public Schools.

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