Hannah M. Dostal

Associate Professor

Department of Curriculum &

Instruction

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Titles & Affiliations:

• Associate Professor, Reading Education
• Reading & Language Arts Center 
• Equity & Social Justice Research Cluster

Academic Degrees:

• Ph.D. Education, Literacy Studies
• M.S. Education
• B.S. Education, Human Services & Educational Interpreting

Biography:

Hannah Dostal is an Associate Professor of Reading Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and a Researcher in the Social Justice and Equity Research Cluster at the University of Connecticut. Hannah is a certified reading specialist and holds a Ph.D. in Education with a concentration in literacy studies and Deafness from the University of Tennessee, where she also earned both graduate and undergraduate degrees in education (MS, BS), American Sign Language interpreting (BS), and human services (BS).

Hannah has served as a middle school teacher and a writing intervention coordinator for students in grades K-12. She also has worked with school districts and professional associations to build capacity for implementing literacy practices that support the development of reading and writing. Hannah is currently a co-PI on a four-year Institute of Educational Sciences (IES) efficacy grant, and has served as a co-PI on an IES development grant and five state teacher quality grants. Her work has been featured at national and international conferences and in both national and internationally published books and journals.

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For more information about her work as it relates to educational equality, see the Equity Cluster Hire update.

For more information about her work related to writing instruction with deaf and hard of hearing students:

• SIWI Research Brief
• SIWI Homepage
• The Development of SIWI in Grades 3-5
• SIWI Gets to the Core: Reading & Writing in the Content Areas, Grades 6-12