Jeffrey D. Wilhelm

Jeffrey Wilhelm is Distinguished Professor of English Education at Boise State University and is the founding director of the Maine and Boise State Writing Projects. He is the author or co-author of 41 books about literacy teaching and learning, and has won NCTE’s Promising Research award for YOU GOTTA BE THE BOOK, and the David H. Russell Award for distinguished research in education for READING DON’T FIX NO CHEVYS and for READING UNBOUND. Jeff has devoted his professional career to helping teachers help their students and is particularly devoted to equitably assisting students who are considered to be reluctant, struggling, or at-risk.

Jeff has devoted his professional career to helping teachers help their students. He is particularly devoted to assisting students who are considered to be reluctant, struggling, or at-risk.

His research agenda is organized around creating supportive inquiry-oriented contexts for developing and performing literacy, literate behaviors, and literate identities. His research demonstrates how inquiry environments are powerful contexts for learning literacy and achieving deep understanding.

Jeff is a frequently-requested speaker at state, regional, national, and international conferences as well as providing professional development on a variety of topics to educators and administrators.