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Nell K. Duke is an associate professor of
teacher education and Educational Psychology and associate
director of the Literacy Achievement Research Center
(LARC) at Michigan State University. Duke received her
Bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College and her
Master's and Doctoral degrees from Harvard University.
Duke’s work focuses on early literacy development, particularly
among children living in poverty. Her specific areas
of expertise include the development of informational literacies
in young children, comprehension teaching and
learning in early schooling, approaches to addressing the
needs of struggling reader-writers, and issues of equity in
literacy education. Duke is the recipient of the
International Reading Association Outstanding Dissertation
Award, the National Council of Teachers of English
Promising Researcher Award, the International Reading
Association Dina Feitelson Research Award, and the
National Reading Conference Early Career Achievement
Award. She is co-author of the books Reading and Writing
Informational Text in the Primary Grades: Research-Based
Practices and Literacy and the Youngest Learner: Best
Practices for Educators of Children from Birth to Five and
co-editor of the book Literacy Research Methodologies.
Duke teaches inservice and doctoral courses in literacy
education at Michigan State, speaks and consults widely on
literacy education, and is an active member of several literacy-
related organizations. Duke also has a strong interest in
improving the quality of educational research training in
the U.S.
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