Leslie Roberts
COE faculty represented at ALER
The annual meeting of the Association for Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER) was held in Hilton Head, SC on November 4-7 and was well attended by Georgia Southern University College of Education faculty. In attendance were Nedra Cossa, Ph.D., Taylor Norman, Ph.D., Leslie Roberts, Ph.D., and Amanda Wall, Ph.D. Faculty presented their current research. Norman […]
Roberts receives national award for dissertation research
On Oct. 22, the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER) Research Committee announced Leslie Roberts, Ph.D., assistant professor of reading at Georgia Southern University, as the recipient of the ALER Dissertation Award for 2020. Robert’s dissertation, “Motivation to Read in the Middle Grades” explores the reading motivations of sixth grade students as well as […]
College of Education well represented at annual literacy conference
The annual conference of the Literacy Research Association took place in Tampa, Florida, from December 4-7. Several Georgia Southern University College of Education presented papers and projects during the three-day conference centered this year on the theme “Literacy Research: Illuminating the Future.” Leslie Roberts, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum, Foundations and Reading, presented […]