Julie Pennington Ph.D. Interim Chair of the Department of Educator Preparation, Professor of Literacy Studies and Graduate Program Director Emailjuliep@unr.edu Phone(775) 682-7871 William J. Raggio <p>This 118,000-square-foot building opened for classes in fall 1997. It houses the <span>&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.unr.edu/education">College of Education</a>. Formerly known as the College of Education Building, the structure was renamed in 2003 in honor of Nevada State Sen. William J. Raggio, a Reno native, Nevada graduate and longtime K-12 and higher education advocate in the state of Nevada.</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.unr.edu/education/centers-student-resources/centers/cfrc" class="intLink">Child and Family Research Center</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.unr.edu/education/centers-student-resources/centers/deans-future-scholars">Dean's Future Scholars Program</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.unr.edu/education/centers-student-resources/centers/elc">Early Learning Center</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.unr.edu/cll">E.L. Cord Foundation Center for Learning and Literacy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.unr.edu/education/centers-student-resources/centers/learning-and-resource-center">Nell J. Redfield Learning &amp; Resource Center</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.unr.edu/raggio-center">Raggio Research Center for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education</a></li> </ul> 080 WRB 39.5420223482299 -119.815093427896 false /global/images/around-campus/raggiobuilding.jpg 1997 3060 0280 <p><span>Julie Pennington is the interim chair of the Department of Educator Preparation, a professor of literacy studies and director of the Center for Learning and Literacy. She has focused on the areas of literacy and diversity throughout her career as a classroom teacher and literacy intervention teacher for fourteen years and currently as a teacher educator and researcher. Her research interests include the use of autoethnography in teacher education and pursuing questions related to how teachers approach literacy instruction in linguistically and culturally diverse settings. </span><span></span></p> <p><a href="main/pdfs/verified-accessible/colleges-schools/education/cv/llc/JuliePennington.pdf" title="CV for Julie Pennington" class="button interchange-background-text-button"><span>Curriculum Vitae</span></a></p> <ul> <li>PH.D., University of Texas at Austin</li> <li>M.Ed., University of Texas at Austin</li> <li>B.A., University of Texas at Austin</li> </ul>