Susan B. Neuman

Susan B. Neuman is a professor in Teaching and Learning at the University of Michigan and New York University specializing in early literacy development. Previously, she has served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education. In her role as Assistant Secretary, she established the Early Reading First program, developed the Early Childhood Educator Professional Development Program, and was responsible for all activities in Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Act. She has served on the IRA Board of Directors (2001–2003), and other numerous boards of nonprofit organizations. She is currently the co-editor of Reading Research Quarterly, the most prestigious journal in reading research. Her research and teaching interests include early childhood policy, curriculum, and early reading instruction, preK-grade 3, for children who live in poverty. She has written over 100 articles and authored and edited 11 books, including the Handbook of Early Literacy Research (Volumes I, II, III) with David Dickinson, Changing the Odds for Children at Risk (Teachers College Press, 2009), Educating the Other America (2008), and Multimedia and Literacy Development (2008). Her most recent book is Giving Our Children a Fighting Chance: Poverty, Literacy, and the Development of Information Capital (Teachers College Press, 2012).