Co-Director
Teacher Education and Public School Programs
California State University
Office of the Chancellor

Douglas Fisher, Ph.D., is the Co-Director for the Center for the Advancement of Reading at the California State University Chancellor's office and he is a Professor of Language and Literacy Education at San Diego State University. He is the recipient of an International Reading Association Celebrate Literacy Award, the Farmer award for excellence in writing from the National Council of Teachers of English, as well as a Christa McAuliffe award for excellence in teacher education. He has published numerous articles on reading and literacy, differentiated instruction, and curriculum design as well as books, such as Creating Literacy-rich Schools for Adolescents (with Gay Ivey), Improving Adolescent Literacy: Strategies at Work (with Nancy Frey) and Teaching English Language Learners: A Differentiated Approach (with Carol Rothenberg). An early intervention specialist and language development specialist, he has taught high school English, writing, and literacy development to public school students.