Who We Are

Mission Statement

Michigan State University’s Literacy Achievement Research Center (LARC) LARC is one of the largest institutionally-based communities of literacy researchers in the world. LARC brings together scholars with a range of theoretical orientations, research foci, and methodological and substantive expertise, which represent the multi-disciplinary nature of literacy education. These scholars share a commitment to increasing literacy achievement in the U.S. and the world. Our mission is to advance knowledge related to literacy achievement. Specifically, we -

• Research pressing problems in literacy education,
• Synthesize research related to literacy,
• Shape national research agendas in literacy education,
• Disseminate research on literacy education to key stakeholders including teachers, teacher educators, researchers, and policymakers, and
• Develop a new generation of more skilled, more responsive literacy researchers.

Directors

Nell K. Duke
Douglas K. Hartman

Advisory Board
Richard C. Anderson
University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign

Camille Blachowicz
National-Louis University

Hugh W. Catts
University of Kansas

Virginia Dooley
Scholastic Publishing

Robert Floden
Michigan State University

Wendy Gould
Michigan Department of Education

Kris D. Guiterriz
University of California-Los Angeles

Andres Henriquez
Carnegie Corporation of New York

Elizabeth Moje
University of Michigan

Craig Thomas
Guilford Press

Principal Investigators
Research Assistants
Faculty Affiliates