Dr. Alicia A. Stewart is an Assistant Professor in the Reading and Elementary Education Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Prior to her time at UNC Charlotte, she worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education and Interventions at Central Connecticut State University. Dr. Stewart earned her Ph.D. in special education at the University of Texas at Austin, studying effective reading instruction for striving readers. Her research focuses on effective reading instruction for students with behaviors that interfere with learning, specifically students with high levels of inattention. In addition, she is interested in identifying ways to support pre-service and in-service teachers in developing the skills needed to implement effective reading practices across content areas with the goal of improving students’ reading comprehension. Dr. Stewart has authored and co-authored numerous publications concerning effective reading instruction, many of which report findings from experimental studies in which she served on the research team as a project director, co-primary investigator, or primary investigator. Prior to her time in higher education, she taught middle and high school students in California as a special education teacher.