Dr. Susan Leahy
Assistant Professor of Education
Director of Reading
308 North Court
Office: (804) 287-6678
Fax: (804) 287-6369
Teaching:
Emergent Literacy, Instructional Level Literacy, Content Area Literacy
Research:
Reading comprehension and fluency
Education:
Ed.D., University of Virginia
Selected Publications:
Dewitz P., Jones J., Leahy S. (2009) Comprehension strategy instruction in core reading programs. Reading Research Quarterly, 44(2), pp.102-124.
Jones, J. & Leahy, S. (2006). Developing strategic readers. Science and Children.
Jones, J., Leahy, S. & Cohen, J. (2005). Are you getting the gist? Helping students summarize text in the middle and secondary school classroom. Virginia English Bulletin.
Leahy, S. & Justice, L.M. (2005). Promoting motivation and fluency through reader's theater. In T. Ukrainetz (Ed.), Contextualized language intervention: Scaffolding K-12 literacy achievement. Eau Claire, WI: Thinking Publications.