Awards and Honors
Past president of the National Reading Conference (NRC), Alvermann was editor of Reading Research Quarterly from 2003-2007 (volumes 38-42). In 1999, she was elected to the Reading Hall of Fame. Alvermann is the recipient of numerous awards including the National Reaching Conference’s Oscar Causey Award for Outstanding Contributions to Reading Research and the Kingston Award for Distinguished Service; College Reading Association’s Laureate Award and the Herr Award for Contributions to Research in Reading Education, and the American Reading Forum’s Townsend Service Award. Alvermann holds the Honorary Doctorate of Pedagogy at Long Island University (2005). In 2006, she was awarded the International Reading Association’s William S. Gray Citation of Merit.
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