The University of Iowa

Iowa Reading Research Center

People

Shawn Datchuk, MEd, PhD

Former Director

shawn-datchuk@uiowa.edu

Mindy Van Zuiden

Mindy VanZuiden

President of Decoding Dyslexia Iowa | Chair

Ben Walizer

Ben Walizer, MEd

Former Interim Director of Operations and Project Management

benjamin-walizer@uiowa.edu

Leah Zimmermann, MEd, PhD

Assistant Director

leah-zimmermann@uiowa.edu

Nina A. Lorimor-Easley, MS, MEd

Former Associate Director for Technical Assistance

Portrait of Sandy Schmitz

Sandy A. Schmitz, Ph.D

Iowa Department of Education

Heba Abdelnaby, MEd, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Scholar

heba-abdelnaby@uiowa.edu

Portrait of Beth Ades-Hanson

Beth Ades-Hanson

Iowa State Education Association Executive Board Member and Teacher

Kate Alexander

Kate Alexander

Rachel Anderson, M.A.

Rachel Anderson, M.A.

Cassie Ascheman

English Language Arts Specialist

Emily Ball

Emily Ball

Former Graduate Assistant

emily-ball@uiowa.edu

Grace Barker

Grace Barker

Portrait of Marshall Blatz

Marshall Blatz

Former Application Developer

marshall-blatz@uiowa.edu

Nikki Bodey, MA

Associate Director of Operations and Project Management

nicole-bodey@uiowa.edu

Rebecca Bruno

Rebecca Bruno

Former Teaching Assistant

rebecca-bruno@uiowa.edu

Annika Buell

Annika Buell

Portrait of Grace Cacini

Grace Cacini

Former Student Assistive Technology Coordinator

Eleni Chatzoglou, MSc, MEd, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Scholar

eleni-chatzoglou@uiowa.edu

Eunhae Cho, MA, PhD

Graduate Assistant

eunhae-cho@uiowa.edu

Portrait of Bailey Christensen

Bailey Christensen

Graphic Designer

Brian Cochran

Brian Cochran

Application Developer

brian-cochran@uiowa.edu

Brian Cochran is driven to help educators and students through developing and maintaining the Iowa Reading Research Center’s educational research applications.

Stacey Cole

Stacey Cole

School District Superintendent

Emily Crandall

Emily Crandall

Ryann Culver

Graduate Assistant

ryann-culver@uiowa.edu

Nicole DeSalle, M.F.A.

Nicole DeSalle, M.F.A.

Tracy Donohue

Tracy Donohue

Jake Downs

Jake Downs

Stephanie Edgren

Stephanie Edgren, MA

Former Technical Assistance Provider

Alexandra Fell, Ed.M

Alexandra Fell, Ed.M

https://psychology.uiowa.edu/people/alexandra-fell