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Janet Elder, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita, Developmental Reading
Richland College, Dallas County Community College District,
Dallas, Texas
JANET ELDER is a reading specialist whose teaching experience includes
secondary and undergraduate levels, as well as clinical remediation.
For three decades, she taught college reading improvement and study skills
courses at Richland College (Dallas County Community College District)
and served as a reading program coordinator for many of those years.
She also implemented the college’s Honors Program and directed it
for six years before returning to teaching full time. In addition to
teaching reading courses, Dr. Elder periodically served on honors English
and humanities teaching teams. Dr. Elder was a three-time nominee for
excellence in teaching awards. Disability Services students also selected
her three times as the recipient of a special award for "exceptional
innovation, imagination, and consideration in working with students with
disabilities." She received the National Institute for Staff and
Organizational Development’s Excellence Award. In fall, 2004, she
left teaching in order to write full time.
A summa cum laude graduate of the University of Texas in Austin, Dr.
Elder holds a B.A. in English and Latin, and is a member of Phi Beta
Kappa. She earned her master’s degree through a government fellowship
she was awarded for Southern Methodist University’s reading research
program. She attained a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction in reading
from Texas Woman’s University, where the College of Education presented
her the Outstanding Dissertation Award.
Dr. Elder is the author of four college reading improvement textbooks
published by McGraw-Hill: She is the author of Entryways into College
Reading and Learning and Exercise Your College Reading Skills,
two "brain-friendly" texts. She is the co-author of New
Worlds: An Introduction to College Reading and Opening Doors:
Understanding College Reading. In addition, she is the author of
the reading portion of the first four editions of Barron’s How
to Prepare for the THEA, a study guide for a Texas basic skills competency
test for college students.
A frequent and popular presenter at professional conferences, Dr. Elder
has a deep interest and expertise in both teaching reading and in brain-friendly
instruction (teaching in ways that take advantage of how the brain learns
naturally).
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