Elizabeth Swanson
Eureka Projects
Collect Data for UT Austin Study in Midland, TX
Job Title
Research Professor
Research Interests

For 25+ years, Dr. Swanson has served the field of education as a special education teacher, college instructor, researcher, public speaker, and writer. Swanson's consistent focus has been on improving educational opportunities for struggling readers and students with learning disabilities. She is currently a Research Professor with a dual appointment in the Department of Special Education at The University of Texas at Austin and the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk.

Dr. Swanson has served as principal investigator or Co-Principal Investigator on projects exceeding $32 million to date, all focused on preventing or remediating reading difficulties.

Student Programs and Populations
Student research assistants
Any interested and motivated student, regardless of academic background
Freshmen
Sophomores
Juniors
Seniors
Students in the Freshman Research Initiative program
Typical student contributions to my research
Administering academic assessments to students in grades 1-8
Data collection
Data entry
Research Units
Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk
Where to download my research
https://education.utexas.edu/faculty/elizabeth_swanson
Affiliated Departments
College of Education
Unpaid opportunities
0hrs
Research activity interest
Question: Designing experiments
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Dr. Elizabeth Swanson

Research Professor

The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk

College of Education

easwanson@austin.utexas.edu

 

Where to learn more
https://meadowscenter.org/

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