P. David Pearson
Dr. P. David Pearson is known for his work in the areas of literacy history, literacy policy, and literacy practice. He has authored more than 300 books, articles, and chapters with almost 300 co-authors. Notably, he has written and co-edited the Handbook of Reading Research, now in its fourth edition, and his newest book, A History of Literacy Education: Waves of Research and Practice, written with Rob Tierney was recently released. He has served on the Boards for Reading Research Quarterly, Science, Journal of Literacy Research, Journal of Educational Psychology, Cognition and Instruction, Research in Teaching English, and Review of Educational Research. He has served multiple terms as editor of 3 major research publications-- Reading Research Quarterly, National Reading Conference Yearbook, and Review of Research in Education. David has received numerous awards throughout his career, including the 1989 Oscar Causey Award from the National Reading Conference (now the Literacy Research Association) for outstanding contributions to reading research and, in 1990, the William S.Gray Citation of Merit from the International Reading Association (now International Literacy Association) for his contributions to theory, research, and practice. In 1990, he was also inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame. He became a member of the National Academy of Education in 2003, and in 2004, he received the Alan Purves Award from National Council of Teachers of English for the Research in Teaching English article most likely to influence practice. In 2005, he received the Albert J. Harris Award from IRA for scholarship on reading difficulties. In 2006, the University of Minnesota honored him with the Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award, the highest non-academic award given at the University, for his contributions to educational research and practice. In 2003, he was elected to membership in the National Academy of Education and in 2009 to membership as a Fellow of the AERA. In 2010, he received the American Educational Research Association Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award. In 2012, the Literacy Research Association created the P. David Pearson Scholarly Influence Award to honor scholarship that impacts literacy practice. He has served as an advisor to the National Academy of Science, the Children's Television Workshop (now the Sesame Workshop), many school districts and state agencies, as well as educational public and private educational enterprises. He has been a reading program author for publishers such as Ginn & Co., Silver Burdett & Ginn, National Geographic, and Pearson Scott-Foresman. After graduating from University of Minnesota, completing post-doctoral studies at the University of Texas Austin and Stanford University, David has enjoyed a long career in positions as faculty member, a Dean, and Center director at four universities, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Michigan State, and University of California Berkeley. Dr. Pearson is now emeritus faculty at the University of California, Berkeley.
You can follow Dr. Pearson on Twitter @PDavidPearson
Previous Classroom Caffeine guests mentioned in this episode: Peter Afflerbach and Peter Johnston
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Lucas Foundation/Edutopia https://www.edutopia.org/about and Project-based Learning https://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning
Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading https://scienceandliteracy.org/
To cite this episode: Persohn, L. (Host). (2021, Sept 14). A conversation with P. David Pearson. (Season 2, No. 9) [Audio podcast episode]. In Classroom Caffeine Podcast series. https://www.classroomcaffeine.com/guests. DOI: 10.5240/63F0-52DF-C942-F222-CA59-1