Monica Harris, Ph.D.

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Affliations: 

  • Pew FTLC Faculty - Grand Valley State University
  • Certified SIM Professional Developer - University of Kansas, Center for Research on Learning Lawrence, KS

Background and Interests:
In the mid-1990s, I started my graduate program in special education at Eastern Michigan University. Here, I learned about the SIM strategies from Kansas and with the encouragement of a professor (and mentor), Dr. Larry Bemish, I made the yearly pilgrimage to Lawrence, Kansas to “get trained” and learn about research-based instructional strategies. That’s all it took – I was hooked (and a SIM lifer)! Currently, my research interests include response to intervention, adolescent literacy, and teacher preparation.