Dr. Cynthia Lanford
Reading Specialist, Guilderland Public School District
Ph.D. University of Rochester
Address: School of Education 333
Albany, NY 12222
Phone: 518-442-5100
Dr. Cynthia Lanford
Ph.D. University of Rochester |
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Dr. Lanford holds a Ph.D. in English literature from the University
of Rochester, and an MS in Reading from Albany. She has been
an adjunct faculty member at Albany since 1994. Her certification
areas are English (7-12) and Reading, and she is currently an
elementary school reading teacher in the Guilderland Public School
District. Her primary interests include teacher training and
teaching struggling readers. Cyndie received the 2003 School of
Education Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Publications include:
McGill-Franzen, A, Lanford, C. & Adams, E. (2002) "Learning to Be
Literate: A Comparison of Five Urban Early Childhood Programs," Journal
of Educational Psychology, 433-464. This article received the IRAs Dina
Feitelson award in May 2004.
McGill-Franzen, A., Lanford, C., Gioia, B., & Blustein, M. (1996). Three
children, three stories of school and literacy: Ira, Ani, and Caitlin. The
Language and Literacy Spectrum, 6, 45-51.
McGill-Franzen, A., & Lanford, C. (1994). Exposing the edge of the preschool
curriculum: Teachers’ talk about text and children’s literacy understandings,
Language Arts, 71, 264-273.
Dr. Lanford teaches the following courses:
ERDG620: Capstone Practicum and Seminar, B-6