Mary Abbott, Ph.D., is co-author of both Acadience® Reading 7–8 with Dr. Roland Good and Preschool Early Literacy Indicators (PELI) with Dr. Ruth Kaminski. Dr. Abbott received her Ph.D. from the University of Kansas (KU) in 2000 and became KU research scientist at Juniper Gardens Children’s Project which is an internationally known research facility. Her research experiences at KU included Co-Principal Investigator and Principal Investigator on six different literacy-instruction-related research projects. Dr. Abbott is well published in peer-referred journals and has conducted more than 120 literacy instruction trainings for educators with teaching responsibilities ranging from preschool through adult literacy. In addition, Dr. Abbott has created numerous curricula and research assessment tools.
Mary Abbott, Ph.D., is co-author of both Acadience® Reading 7–8 with Dr. Roland Good and Preschool Early Literacy Indicators (PELI) with Dr. Ruth Kaminski. Dr. Abbott received her Ph.D. from the University of Kansas (KU) in 2000 and became KU research scientist at Juniper Gardens Children’s Project which is an internationally known research facility. Her research experiences at KU included Co-Principal Investigator and Principal Investigator on six different literacy-instruction-related research projects. Dr. Abbott is well published in peer-referred journals and has conducted more than 120 literacy instruction trainings for educators with teaching responsibilities ranging from preschool through adult literacy. In addition, Dr. Abbott has created numerous curricula and research assessment tools.