Michael P. French, Ph.D.

Professor of Graduate Education
Director, MED and Professional Development Programs
Associate Chair for Graduate Studies and Professional Development, Department of Education

Education

• Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison - Curriculum & Instruction: Reading 
• M.A., College of St. Thomas - Reading
• A.B., University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN - Modern Languages: Linguistics

Areas of Expertise

• Graduate Education – Reading (Regular Graduate Faculty)
• Graduate Education – Curriculum and Instruction (Regular Graduate Faculty)
• Assessment Theory and Statistics
• Neurobiology of Learning
• Comparative International Education – Especially Brazil and Ireland

Recent presentations

• French, M. P. (2012). Assessing Candidate Readiness and Presenting the Evidence. CAEP Conference, Washington, DC. September 12-15. 
   
• Rigden, D. & French, M.P. (2012). What’s the Evidence? Create an Inventory of the Evidence. CAEP Conference, Washington, DC. September 12-15.
  

• French, M.P. (2012). Understanding the Language of Learning. Keynote address at 6^th Annual Conference of the Association of American Schools in Brazil.  Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

• French, M.P. (2012). Keeping on track: Best practices in monitoring and assessing literacy instruction and student progress in the preschool and elementary school. 6^th Annual Conference of the Association of American Schools in Brazil.  Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

• Didion, J., Kruse, J., Perzynski, K., French, M. P., & Kujawa, J. (2012). Multidiscipline collaboration to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds.  Higher Learning Commission Conference. Chicago, Illinois (May)

• French, M. P., Carson, R. & Lubig, J. (2012). Data and evidence: Managing, analysing, and interpreting data in the TEAC accreditation system.  AACTE Annual Conference. Chicago, Illinois.  February, 2012. 

• French, M.P. (2011). Reprogramming how we read.  Keynote presentation: Ohio Association of Women’s Clubs, Lakeside, OH.  July 13, 2011. 

• French, M.P. (2011).  Our Brains They are a Changing.  Ohio Gear-up conference, June 15, 2011.

• French, M. P., Walters, B., Fong, J. & French, E.M. (2010).  Moving Beyond the Literal: Enhancing Comprehension Instruction for Struggling Readers Through Focused Art Activities. International Reading Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

• French, M. P. & Bixler, P. (2010).  Enhancing Literacy Assessment through Applied Technologies.  Association of Teacher Educators Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

Recent publications

• French, M.P. (in press). Student Factors Impacting Assessment. In Grant, K. & Golden, S. (in press, 2014). Literacy assessment and strategies. Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage.
• French, M. P. (2012). Understanding the Language of Learning. Keynote address at 6th Annual Conference of the Association of American Schools in Brazil. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 
• French, M.P. (2012). Moving from Books to E-readers - Implications for Secondary Content Instruction. Adolescent Literacy in Perspective. 

Recent awards and/or recognition  

• Graduate Faculty Scholarship Grant, 2010-11.
• Editor-In-Chief, American Reading Forum Yearbook (2010-2012) 

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