Joseph Torgesen
Joseph Torgesen is currently appointed as the Robert M. Gagne Professor of Psychology and Education at Florida State University and serves as the director of the Florida Center for Reading Research. He has been conducting research with children who have learning problems for over 25 years, and is the author of approximately 160 articles, book chapters, books, and tests related to reading and learning disabilities. He also serves on the editorial boards of six professional research journals. For the last 15 years, he has been part of the effort supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to learn more about the nature of reading disabilities and ways to prevent and remediate reading problems in children. His current interests include early assessment of students at risk for reading disabilities, clinical diagnosis of reading disabilities, and reading instruction and interventions.
