Dr. William Rupley III

Professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture, College of Education and Human Development (CEHD), Texas A&M University. Dr. Rupley received the 2013 A. B. Herr Award for distinguished service and contributions to reading, presented by the Association of Literary Educators and Researchers. He is the recipient of the CEHD Instructional Research Laboratory Research Achievement Award and was appointed a Regents Scholar in 2001. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Reading Psychology: An International Journal. He has published more than 125 articles and columns in research journals that include Reading Research and Instruction, Peabody Journal of Education, Journal of Research in Education, Scientific Studies in Reading, Reading, and Writing, The Reading Teacher, Journal of Literacy Research and Instruction, The Reading Teacher, and Reading and Writing Quarterly. His research has focused on instructional development to increase teachers' effectiveness in teaching reading development and reading comprehension in diverse disciplines, including social studies, science, probabilistic thinking, and climate forecasting. He has been either the PI or co-PI for over $3 million in federal and state grants. William H. Rupley's primary areas of expertise are reading acquisition, reading comprehension, reading in science and mathematics, and teacher effectiveness.