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8:30-9 a.m.: Registration
9-9:15 a.m.: Welcome
Dr. Houston Davis, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education (OSRHE)
9:15-9:30 a.m.: Overview/Purpose
Dr. Lisa Holder, Director of Teacher Education and Minority Teacher Recruitment Center, OSRHE
9:30-9:35 a.m.: Introduction of Dr. Cathy Roller
Dr. Martie Young, Director of Student Teaching and Field Experience/Professor of Education, Northwestern Oklahoma State University
9:35-10:40 a.m.: Keynote Speaker
Dr. Cathy Roller, Director of Research and Policy, International Reading Association
Presentation: Reading Research
10:40-10:50 a.m.: Break
10:50-10:55 a.m.: Introduction of Dr. Renee Hobbs
Dr. Linda McElroy, Associate Professor of Literacy Education, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
10:55 a.m.-noon: Keynote Speaker
Dr. Renee Hobbs, Director of Media Education Lab, Temple University
Presentation: Strengthening the Communication/Media Literacy Skills of Middle School Students
noon-12:45 p.m.: Lunch
12:45-1:40 p.m.: Panel Presentation
Dr. Cathy Roller; Dr. Renee Hobbs; Dr. Sandra Goetze, Associate Professor and Director of the Randall and Carol White Reading and Math Center, Oklahoma State University; and Dr. Sally Beach, Professor, Literacy Education, and Director of the Ruby Grant Reading Research Initiative, University of Oklahoma
Facilitator: Dr. Ronna Vanderslice, Dean of the School of Education and Behavioral Sciences, Cameron University
The purpose of the panel is to focus on adolescent reading research around the key issues of the conference.
1:40-1:45 p.m.: Introduction of Dr. Barbara J. Walker
Dr. Sandra Goetze, OSU
1:45-2:40 p.m.: Keynote Speaker
Dr. Barbara J. Walker, President, International Reading Association, and Professor, OSU
Presentation: International Reading Initiatives
2:40-2:50 p.m.: Closing Remarks
Dr. Lisa Holder, OSRHE
2:50-3 p.m.: Conference Evaluation/Door Prizes/Gift Presentations