Judith L. Irvin is a professor at Florida State University. Dr. Irvin's career includes chairing the Research Committee for the National Middle School Association for six years and serving as executive director of the National Literacy Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving middle and high school literacy. She has written and edited numerous books, chapters, and articles on adolescent literacy, most notably Reading and the High School Student: Strategies to Enhance Literacy (with Buehl & Klemp, 2007), Strategies for Enhancing Literacy and Learning in Middle School Content Area Classrooms (with Buehl & Radcliffe, 2007), and Teaching Middle School Reading (with Rycik, 2005). She is a speaker and consultant to school systems and professional organizations throughout the United States and served on the Commission on Adolescent Literacy of the International Reading Association and on the board of the National Middle School Association. She spent eight years as a middle and high school social studies and reading teacher. She can be reached at irvin@coe.fsu.edu.