Research Interests
comprehensionvocabulary developmentLiteracy DevelopmentOrthographyReading Instruction
Opportunities
Work Study Positions Available: No
Grant Funded Positions Available: No
Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: No
Volunteer Research Positions Available: No
Biography
Dr. Flanigan has taught as both a classroom teacher in the upper elementary/middle grades and as a reading specialist/literacy coach working with kindergartners through middle-grades students. His research, publications, and presentations center on developmental word knowledge, comprehension and vocabulary development and instruction, and interventions for struggling readers. He has authored or co-authored articles in The Reading Teacher, The Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, and the Journal of Literacy Research and has presented frequently at regional, national, and international conferences.
