Curry School of Education | University of Virginia

Department: Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education
Programs: Elementary Education, Reading Education
Instructor Modifier Number: 6182

434-924-0849- lbs5z@virginia.edu
Ruffner Hall 235A, Charlottesville, Virginia

  Curriculum Vitae  [High-Res Image]

Dr. Laura Smolkin is the Chair of the Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education Department. She teaches courses in reading, language arts, and children's literature for preservice teachers. At the graduate level, she teaches Children's Literature.

Education

• Ed.D., University of Houston, 1989
• M.A., University of Houston-Clear Lake, 1983
• B.A., Brandeis University, 1971

Research Interests

Comprehensibility of text.

Teacher discourse during the read aloud of science trade books.

Visual aspects of communication.

Cultural diversity in children's literature.