The Leadership Team

Center Director

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​Carol Booth Olson (UCI) is Director of the WRITE Center and Professor Emerita in the School of Education at the University of California, Irvine.

Dr. Olson has authored several books, including The Reading-Writing Connection, and published over thirty journal articles on interactive strategies for teaching writing, fostering critical thinking through writing, and using multicultural literature with students of culturally diverse backgrounds.

Leadership Team

Tanya Baker
​Co-PI, NWP

Huy Chung
Research Scientist

Catherine D’Aoust
​Co-Investigator, UCI

Young-Suk Kim
​Co-Investigator, UCI

Robin Scarcella
Co-Investigator, UCI

Tamara Tate
Research Scientist

Yucheng Cao
Graduate Student Researcher

Penelope Collins
​Co-Investigator, UCI

Steve Graham
Co-PI, ASU

Jenell Krishnan
​Research Scientist

Jacob Steiss
Graduate Student Researcher

Jiali Wang
Graduate Student Researcher

Minkyung Cho
​Graduate Student Researchers

​Jazmin Cruz
Research Assistant

Nicole Gilbertson
​Co-Investigator, UCI

Joong won (Will) Lee
Graduate Student Researcher

Lynn Schaulis 
District Partner

Mark Warschauer
Co-PI, UCI

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Meet the Leadership Team