Dr. Wolfram Verlaan

Associate Professor, Curriculum & Instruction

Contact

301 Sparkman Drive
Roberts Hall
Room 314
Huntsville, AL 35899
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256.824.2326
wolfram.verlaan@uah.edu

Biography

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • Ph. D., Curriculum & Instruction (Specialization in Literacy Education), Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, 2012
  • M.S., Elementary Education, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, 2003
  • B.S., Systems Science, University of West Florida, 1984

Honors & Awards

  • University of Alabama in Huntsville Outstanding Faculty Award 2020 – College of Education
  • Outstanding Author Contribution in the 2016 Emerald Publishing Literati Network Awards for Excellence for the chapter "Using Video-reflection with Pre-Service Teachers: A Cautionary Tale" published in Literacy Research, Practice and Evaluation
  • International Reading Association's 2014 Outstanding Dissertation Award – Finalist
  • American Education Week's 2014 Teacher of the Year Award for the UAH College of Education

Affiliations

  • International Literacy Association (ILA)
  • Specialized Literacy Professionals
  • Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER)
  • Literacy Research Association (LRA)
  • National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
  • Alabama Reading Association

Recent Publications

  • Verlaan, W.E., & Skelley, D. (2021). Using structured student-led whole-class discussions to develop comprehension for literary analysis. In N. Cossa, A. Babino, J. J. Araujo, & R. D. Johnson (Eds.), Building bridges with and through literacy: Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers Yearbook, Volume 42(pp. 359-372). Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers.

  • Verlaan, W.E. (2019). Relative contributions of literal and inferential reading and listening comprehension to the reading comprehension of narrative and expository texts in middle grade students. In A. Babino, N. Cossa, J. J. Araujo, & R. D. Johnson (Eds.), Educating for a just society: The 41st Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers Yearbook (pp. 273-300). Louisville, KY: Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers.

  • Verlaan, W.E. (2018). Through the mind’s eye: Using multi-modal assignments to build engagement and comprehension. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 61(4), 453 – 456. doi: 10.1002/jaal.696

  • Verlaan, W.E., Pearce, D., & Zeng, G. (2017). Revisiting Sticht: The changing nature of the relationship between listening comprehension and reading comprehension among upper elementary and middle school students over the last 50 years. Literacy Research and Instruction, 56(2), 176-197. doi: 10.1080/19388071.2016.1275070

  • Ortlieb, E., Cheek, Jr., E.H., & Verlaan, W.E. (Eds.) (2016). Literacy Research, Practice, and Evaluation: Vol. 7. Writing instruction to support literacy success. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group.

  • Verlaan, W.E., Shull, M., Mims, M., & Nelson, G. (2016). Using portfolios and student-led conferences to increase student motivation and parental engagement. In E. Martinez, J. Pilgrim, D. Kern, E. Ortlieb, L. Sharp, & W. Verlaan (Eds.), What’s hot in literacy: 2016 Literacy Summit Yearbook (Vol. 2) (pp. 43-51). San Antonio: TX: Specialized Literacy Professionals and the Texas Association for Literacy Educators.

  • Verlaan, W.E., & Verlaan, S. (2015). Using video-reflection with pre-service teachers: A cautionary tale. In E. Ortlieb, L. Shanahan, & M. McVee (Eds.), Video reflection in literacy teacher education and development: Lessons from research and practice (pp. 151–171). Bingley, UK: Emerald Group.

  • Verlaan, W.E., Ingraham, K., & Smith, J. (2014). “I’m a boy and I don’t like pink!”: The influence of book covers on male elementary students’ text selection. In E. Martinez, L. Sharp, J. Pilgrim, & P. Durham (Eds.), Texas Association for Literacy Education Yearbook Volume 2: Building momentum (pp.36-47). San Antonio, TX: The University of the Incarnate Word.

  • Verlaan, W.E., Ortlieb, E., & Verlaan, S. (2014). Developing argument writing through evidence-based responses to student-generated questions. Voices from the Middle, 21(3), 34-40.

  • O'Brien, J. & Verlaan, W.E. (2013). 500 years of Spanish exploration and settlement: Children’s literature. Social Education, 77(1), 28-31.