Research Interests

Language and literacy, reading instructional practices for diverse and at-risk learners, ESL  instruction

Other Areas of Professional Interest

Teacher professional development, teacher discourse, student-teacher interaction, learning disabilities.

Tobin, R. (In press). Differentiation: Respectful Responses to Diverse Literacy Learners. In M.C. Courtland & T. Gambell (Eds.) Young Adolescents Meet Literature: Intersections for Learning.