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Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar, Ph.D., is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; a Professor of Education; and the Jean and Charles Walgreen Professor of Reading and Literacy at the University of Michigan. Dr. Palincsar is an instructional researcher interested in the design of learning environments that support self-regulation in learning activity, especially for children who experience difficulty learning in school. She studies how children use literacy in the context of guided inquiry science instruction and how text can be used to enhance scientific reasoning. She also studies the role of computer assisted instruction in enhancing children's understanding of subject matter text and web-based text.

Dr. Palinscar teaches a literacy course with preservice educators, masters level courses in the area of learning disabilities, and doctoral courses in special education and literacy. She is the co-editor of the journal, Cognition and Instruction. She is a member of the National Academic of Education and is a Thurnau Professor. Dr. Palinscar completed her doctorate at the Center for the Study of Reading at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.