Elizabeth Swanson

For the past 21 years, Dr. Swanson has served the field of education as a special education teacher, college instructor, researcher, public speaker, and writer. Swanson's consistent focus has been on improving educational opportunities for struggling readers and students with learning disabilities. She is currently a Research Associate Professor with a dual appointment in the Department of Special Education and the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk at The University of Texas at Austin.

Dr. Swanson has served as the principal investigator or co-principal investigator of more than $23 million in Institute of Education Sciences and Office of Special Education Programs funded research projects focused on investigating the efficacy of evidence based literacy practices in upper elementary, middle school, and high school classes.

You may read more about her academic work here: https://education.utexas.edu/faculty/elizabeth_swanson

Dr. Swanson co-authored two books. The first is entitled Now We Get it! Boosting Comprehension with Collaborative Strategic Reading (http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118026098,descCd-buy.html). The second is entitled Literacy Coaching in Secondary Settings: Improving Intensive Instruction for All Students. In addition, Swanson has published more than 55 articles in peer reviewed journals focused on literacy instruction in grades K-8.

She presents frequently for teacher audiences and at nationally-recognized conferences.