Nancy J. Kolodziej holds a doctoral degree from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She taught public school, grades K-8, in California and Pennsylvania for 12 years. Currently, she is a Professor at Tennessee Technological University where she has taught literacy courses since 2004. In addition to co-authoring the 12th edition of TEACHING READING IN TODAY'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, Dr. Kolodziej is the author of LEARNING STATION MODELS FOR THE MIDDLE GRADES, published by the Association of Middle Level Education, and the co-author of SECONDARY SCHOOL LITERACY INSTRUCTION: THE CONTENT AREAS, another Cengage textbook. She is also an active member of the International Literacy Association, is on the Review Board of The Reading Teacher and The Reading Professor, and was a member of ReadWriteThink's national eight-member advisory panel.
