Hannah Dostal is a Professor of Literacy Education at the University of Connecticut. She is a certified reading specialist and holds a Ph.D. in Education with a concentration in literacy studies and deaf education. Her research focuses on writing instruction with deaf students and teacher professional development in literacy, with particular attention to Strategic and Interactive Writing Instruction (SIWI) as a deaf-centric, responsive instructional framework enacted through collaboration between teachers and deaf students.
Drawing on her experience as a middle school language arts teacher and PreK–12 literacy specialist in a deaf school, Dr. Dostal studies teacher learning and instructional decision making in the enactment of literacy instruction. Her work examines how instructional frameworks are implemented in classrooms serving deaf learners with varied language experiences.
hannah.dostal@uconn.edu
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