Emily Phillips Galloway, Ed.D. (PI), is assistant professor at Vanderbilt’s Peabody School. Phillips Galloway’s research, which includes quantitative and qualitative studies, explores the relationships between academic language development and reading skill in adolescent learners with a particular focus on English Learners. Her work has been featured in Reading Research Quarterly, Applied Psycholinguistics and Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal. With a commitment to advancing research-practice partnerships, she has also worked with teachers, school leaders, and administrators in two of the largest urban districts in the United States. The fundamentals and lessons learned from this work are featured in a recent book entitled, Advanced Literacy Instruction in Linguistically Diverse Settings: A Guide for School Leaders, co-authored with Nonie Lesaux and Sky Marietta.