Dr. Lauren Foxworth, Ph.D. (Co-Director) is an Assistant Professor in the Special Education, Language, and Literacy Department at The College of New Jersey. She is a certified special education teacher (k-12), with experience teaching students with disabilities across contents in inclusive and self-contained classroom settings in the NJ public school system. Her current work focuses on using Self-Regulated Strategy Development to help students improve their reading and writing success across contents.

Dr. Matthew Hall, Ph.D. (Co-Director) is an Associate Professor in the Special Education, Language, and Literacy Department at The College of New Jersey. He has worked with classroom teachers around the country to facilitate professional development related to literacy instruction. Prior to joining TCNJ, he worked as a literacy coach and a public school teacher in New Jersey. He holds teaching certifications in General Education, Special Education, and Education for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

Jillian Johnson is a fifth year student at TCNJ, graduating in December 2023 with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology Secondary Education and a Fine Arts minor. After graduation, she plans on becoming a teacher. She loves anything art, design, or music related, and it would be her dream to have a classroom where she can have fun and be creative. She runs the Literacy Advancement Project Instagram and Facebook accounts, handles all graphic design and marketing for our upcoming events, designs the bulletin boards, and helps out with any other tasks as needed!

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