Sylvia Linan-Thompson

at Exceptional Children

Sylvia Linan-Thompson is an associate professor of Special Education in the Department of Special Education and Clinical Science at the University of Oregon and is associated with the Center on Teaching and Learning.

Dr. Linan-Thompson’s research and teaching focuses on the reading and writing development of English learners with and without literacy difficulties. She has developed and examined reading interventions for struggling readers who are monolingual English speakers, English language learners and bilingual students acquiring Spanish literacy.

She has also worked with UNESCO, the World Bank, the U.S. Agency for International Development and various development organizations and private foundations on projects related to literacy instruction, assessment, and teacher professional development in Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe since 2003.

She has been a member of the Advisory Committee on Exceptional Children of the Office of Overseas Schoolssince 2004.