Education professor Linda B. Gambrell is passionate about literacy. That passion, fueled by an enormous amount of dedication and work, has carried her to a career pinnacle unmatched by any other education professional. 



Earlier this year when Gambrell took over the presidency of the International Reading Association, the top professional organization in the world devoted to promoting literacy, she became the only person elected to serve as president of the three leading literacy organizations in the United States. The other two are the College Reading Association and the National Reading Conference. She’s also served as principal investigator at the National Reading Research Center at the University of Maryland, College Park.



A professor in Clemson’s Eugene T. Moore School of Education, she’s a proficient author as well. Her contributions have been recognized with the International Reading Association’s Outstanding Teacher Educator in Reading Award, and she was recently elected to the Reading Hall of Fame.



Fellow Clemson educator David Reinking, Moore Distinguished Professor, is vice president of the National Reading Conference, the premier professional organization for literacy research, and will assume presidency in two years.

Published November 2007