CURRICULUM VITA GERTRUDE MARILYN TINKER SACHS, PH.D. POSITION Department Chair JAN 5, 2015 - Associate Professor, Tenured 2008–PRESENT English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Language, Literacy Georgia State University College of Education Department of Middle and Secondary Education SOCIAL PROFILE Academia.edu https://gsu.academia.edu/GertrudeTinkerSachs Linked-in www.linkedin.com/pub/gertrude-tinker-sachs/9a/122/571/ OFFICE ADDRESS 30 Pryor Street, Room 647, Atlanta, Georgia 30303 P. O. Box 3978, Atlanta, GA 30302-3978 Phone: 404.413.8384 / Fax: 404.413.8063 Email:
[email protected] EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) 1989 Department of Curriculum Ontario Institute for Studies in Education University of Toronto Focus of Studies: Reading and Language Development Dissertation Topic: Levels of Cultural Familiarity and Strategy Use in Reading Comprehension Committee Members: Dr. Carl Bereiter (Chair), Dr. Dale Willows, Dr. Michael Canale; University External Examiner – Dr. Ellen Bialystock (York University) http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/mse_facpub/ Master of Education (M.A.) Gertrude M. Tinker Sachs, Ph.D. November 2015 Page 1 Department of Curriculum Ontario Institute for Studies in Education University of Toronto Focus of Studies: Reading Thesis Topic: Dialect and Reading: The Question of Interference http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/mse_facpub/ Master of Science in Education (M.Sc.) 1981 (part-time, Bahamas campus) School of Education University of Miami Focus of Studies: Education, Language and Reading Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.)