Dr. Gwendolyn Williams, Ph.D.
Graduate Reading Programs 

Ed.D., Univesity of Maryland

M.S. Ed., University of the District of  Columbia

B.S., Hampton University

        Dr. Gwendolyn Williams teaches undergraduate and graduate reading courses as well as reading to partnership program, including those in the Men Equipped to Nurture (MEN) Minority Male Teacher Program.

        Dr. Williams has taught Head Start in Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania and in Middletown Connecticut.  She has served as a principal, assistant principal and reading specialist for a total of 30 years in the Prince George's County Public School System.  

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Supporting Students Motivation to Read
  • Literacy in Content Area Reading
  • Reading for Meaning

PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS

  • Understanding and implementing reading first initiatives:  The changing role of administrators.  Bowie State University, November 2005.
 

MEMBERSHIPS

  • American for Education Research
  • Phi Delta Kappa
  • Asociation for Supervision and Curriculm Develpment
  • International Reading Association