Speaker Bios

Shannon Henderson

Professor Shannon C. Henderson is the associate director of the Center for Literacy Education and Research (CLEAR) and an assistant professor of literacy and language education at Purdue University. Professor Henderson’s research interests include the exploration of the role of teacher responsivity in reading instruction with particular emphasis on facilitating comprehension through instructional conversations. She is a Reading Recovery Trainer and has worked as a professional educator for more than fifteen years conducting workshops and making research presentations at the local, state, national, and international levels on topics such as literacy processing, vocabulary instruction, comprehension, literacy interventions, and the professional development of teachers.

Janet Bufalino

Janet Bufalino began her career in literacy as a Title 1 teacher near Erie, PA. During her years as a reading specialist, she supported children in grades K-6. Following the completion of her doctorate in Language Arts, Dr. Bufalino accepted a position at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania in 1993. The position required her to relocate to Columbus, OH to train to become a Reading Recovery Trainer. As the trainer for Shippensburg University, Janet works with teacher training sites in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and of course, Pennsylvania. During Presently Dr. Janet Bufalino is coordinating the Pennsylvania State of Education’s Reading Recovery Initiative. The focus of the initiative is to implement Reading Recovery in Elementary Schools across Pennsylvania that have not met AYP.