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Dr. Heather Schugar
Professor, Program Director for Ed.D.
College of Education and Social Work - Educational Leadership and Higher Education Administration
Bio
Dr. Schugar graduated from the University of Maryland College Park with degrees in Curriculum and Instruction (B.S. '01, M.Ed. '05, Ph.D. '08). Her current research interests center on the role of mobile technologies in reading instruction, with a particular focus on students' comprehension when reading from these devices. Her work has been presented widely and published in journals such as The Reading Teacher. In addition, Schugar's research has been featured by media outlets such as The New York Times, NPR, Education Week, NBC News, Real Simple magazine, and Men's Fitness.
Education
- B.S., University of Maryland College Park
- M.Ed., University of Maryland College Park
- Ph.D., University of Maryland College Park
Media
The Hechinger Report, 2021
Education Week, 2020
NPR, 2014
Real Simple magazine, 2014
Men's Fitness magazine, 2014
Parent & Child, 2014, 2015
The Atlantic, 2015
The New York Times, 2014
5280 magazine, 2015
Education Week, 2016
CNN, 2014
Quartz, 2014
The Hechinger Report, 2014
KQED, 2014
The South China Morning Post, 2014
USA Today, 2014
NBC News, 2014