Dr. Sarah Siegal received her Master’s Degree from Florida State University (FSU) where she was funded through the Predoctoral Interdisciplinary Research Training (PIRT) Fellow program, part of the Florida Center for Reading Research. Following the completion of her master’s, Sarah joined the Developmental Psychology Graduate Program and the Institute for the Science of Teaching & Learning at Arizona State University where she completed her doctoral degree.
Her research has focused on the development of reading, writing, and spelling skills in elementary and middle school students as well as educational technology, writing instruction, classroom observation, and writing-assessment development. She continued her work as a postdoc at the University of California – Irvine, running data collection, professional development, and technology training at partner schools in Arizona. In addition to co-authoring book chapters and research papers, she has managed multiple grant-funded research projects and was instrumental in designing and developing the A2i software platform and online professional development. Currently, she is pursuing the mission of improving students’ reading outcomes in her position at Learning Ovations Inc. as the Vice President for Research & Practice.