James Flood jflood@mail.sdsu.edu

James Flood who is a Professor of Reading and Language Development at San Diego State University has taught in preschool, elementary and secondary schools and has been a language arts supervisor and vice principal.  He has also been a Fulbright scholar at the University of Lisbon in Portugal and the President of the National Reading Conference, Dr. Flood has chaired and cochaired many IRA, NCTE, NCRE and NRC committees. Currently Dr. Flood teaches preservice and graduate courses at SDSU. He has coauthored and edited many articles, columns, texts, handbooks and children’s materials on reading and language arts issues. These include the following which were codeveloped with Diane Lapp: Content Area Reading and Learning, which is in its second edition and The Handbook  of Research on Teaching Literacy Through the Communicative and Visual Arts. His many educational awards include being named as the Outstanding Teacher Educator in the Department of Teacher Education at SDSU, the Distinguished Research Lecturer from SDSU’s Graduate Division of Research, and a member of the California Hall of Fame. Dr. Flood is  a coeditor of The California Reader. Dr. Flood is a nominee for the board of directors of IRA.