Timothy Rasinksi and Nancy Padak are Professors of Curriculum and Instruction at Kent State University, where they teach courses in literacy education. They also served as editors of The Reading Teacher, the most widely read professional journal in reading education, and currently edit the Journal of Literacy Research.
Previously a classroom and Title I teacher in Nebraska, Tim Rasinski received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University and has taught at the University of Georgia. He has written and edited several books on literacy education. Tim has also conducted research and written many articles on reading and writing educatioin published in Reading Research Quarterly, Reading Psychology, and Education Forum.
Nancy Padak received her Ed.D. from Northern Illinois University, and has worked as a classroom teacher, Title I administrator, and a school district reading and language arts curriculum director in Illinois. She is Director of the University Reading and Writing Center at Kent State and Principal Investigator at the Ohio Literacy Resource Center. Nancy was recently named Distinguished Professor by Kent State University.
Tim and Nancy have worked extensively with children in public schools and in university reading clinics who have experienced difficulty in learning to read. The reading clinical program that they direct won an Ohio's Best Award for its innovative practices in helping children learn to read.