Nicole Patton Terry

Florida State University

Director and Professor

Nicole Patton Terry, Ph.D. is the Olive & Manuel Bordas Professor in the School of Teacher Education and Director of the Florida Center for Reading Research at Florida State University. An interdisciplinary scholar, her research, innovation, and engagement activities concern young learners who are vulnerable to experiencing difficulty with language and literacy achievement in school. Her work is accomplished with collaborative teams of researchers and school and community partners and has focused intentionally on translating, disseminating, and communicating about scientific evidence in a manner that helps improve outcomes for children. She has also worked to build capacity and infrastructure needed for research to advance sustainable impact in the "real world." For example, she is the founding director of The Urban Child Study Center at Georgia State University and The Village at FCRR, two university-based research entities where researchers collaborate with school and community partners to promote student success. Her research and scholarly activities have been supported by various organizations, including the Institute of Education Sciences, the National Institutes of Health, the Spencer Foundation, and the William T. Grant Foundation. She is also an elected member of the National Academy of Education, fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the American Educational Research Association, and past president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. Dr. Terry earned a Ph.D. from Northwestern University's School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, with a specialization in learning disabilities, in 2004. She was a special education teacher in Evanston Public Schools in Evanston, IL.