Faculty & Staff - LRC : College of Education, University of Arizona

Department Head:
Norma E. Gonzalez

Language, Reading & Culture
The University of Arizona College of Education
P.O. Box 210069
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona 85721-0069
Phone: 520-621-1311
Fax: 520-621-1853
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Language, Reading & Culture

Yetta M. Goodman - Regents' Professor Emerita

Ed.D., Wayne State University, 1967

Yetta M. Goodman is Regents Professor Emerita at the University of Arizona College of Education in the Department of Language, Reading and Culture. She consults with education departments and speaks at conferences throughout the United States and in many nations of the world regarding issues of language, teaching and learning with implications for language arts curricula. In addition to her research in early literacy, miscue analysis and the reading and writing processes, she has popularized the term kidwatching encouraging teachers to be professional observers of the language and learning development of their students.
She is a past president of NCTE, CELT, and has served on NCTE, CELT and IRA Board of Directors and been an active member of commissions and committees. She is a spokesperson for whole language philosophy and in her extensive writing is focused on classrooms, students and teachers. She is a past president and member of the Reading Hall of Fame.