Our Advisors
Our advisory board includes some of the most knowledgeable and influential voices in the field of education.
Founding Advisors
Marilyn Jager Adams, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor, Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences Department, Brown University
Kymyona Burk, Ed.D.
Senior Policy Fellow, Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd)
Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan, Ed.D., CCC/SLP, CDT, CALT, QI
President, Valley Speech Language and Learning Center
Doug Fisher, Ph.D.
Professor of Educational Leadership, San Diego State University
Steve Graham, Ed.D.
Regents and the Warner Professor, Division of Leadership and Innovation, Teachers College
Louise Spear-Swerling, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita, Special Education, Southern Connecticut State University
Julie Washington, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Education, University of California – Irvine
Kareem Weaver
Co-Founder and Executive Director of Full and Complete Reading is a Universal Mandate (FULCRUM)
Reading Universe is made possible by generous support from
Jim & Donna Barksdale, the AFT, the Emily Hall Tremaine
Foundation, and three anonymous donors.
