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Devin M. Kearns, Ph.D. is Goodnight Distinguished Professor in Early Literacy at North Carolina State University at Raleigh. Dr. Kearns studies early reading. He works with colleagues in psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience to understand the brain basis for reading. He also develops programs to improve student reading skills, especially to help with long words and for content-area literacy in middle school classrooms. In addition, he has researched best practices for implementing multi-tiered systems of support and developed an evidence-based system for helping students who need intensive intervention (in Tier 3) now used in schools nationwide. Dr. Kearns frequently visits schools to help them learn about reading science and improve the support systems. He has published more than 70 papers in widely read sources like the Journal of Educational Psychology, the Structured Literacy Interventions book, and The Reading Teacher. He is the Chair-Elect of the Scientific Advisory Board of the International Dyslexia Association. Dr. Kearns has received awards for his research and advocacy from Vanderbilt University, the Windward Institute, and the University of Connecticut.