{"id":464,"date":"2019-09-27T18:59:59","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T18:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/capr2019\/?page_id=464"},"modified":"2019-10-11T19:33:54","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T19:33:54","slug":"sonya-armstrong","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/capr2019\/speakers\/sonya-armstrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonya Armstrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:50px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:24px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:31px;margin-left:0px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;color:#90537e;\">Sonya Armstrong<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img width=\"545\" height=\"364\" alt=\"Sonja Armstrong\" title=\"Sonya Armstrong\" src=\"https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/capr2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/armstrong-sonya.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/capr2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/armstrong-sonya-200x134.png 200w, https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/capr2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/armstrong-sonya-400x267.png 400w, https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/capr2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/armstrong-sonya.png 545w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Sonya L. Armstrong is a professor in the graduate program in developmental education at the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas State University, where she also serves as the director of the doctoral program in developmental education. Prior to coming to Texas State, she worked at Northern Illinois University for nine years, serving in multiple capacities: associate professor of postsecondary literacy, founder and coordinator of the certificate of graduate study in postsecondary developmental literacy and language instruction, and director of the college learning enhancement program (the university\u2019s developmental reading program). Armstrong earned her doctorate in literacy education from the University of Cincinnati. Prior to that, she trained in English and earned two MA degrees in literature and editing and publishing.<\/p>\n<p>Armstrong is a practitioner-researcher, and her scholarly endeavors are guided by over 20 years of designing and teaching developmental reading, composition, and learning strategies courses in community colleges and universities. Her research focuses on improving postsecondary literacy and learning pedagogy and practice to more effectively facilitate students\u2019 college literacy transitions, thereby increasing access and potential for success for all within higher education. With colleagues she is currently undertaking an investigation of the alignment of reading expectations and texts in developmental reading and career-technical education courses. She is also coeditor of <em>Teaching Developmental Reading<\/em>: <em>Historical, Theoretical, and Practical Background Readings<\/em> (2nd ed., 2014); incoming president-elect of the College Reading and Learning Association; and a Council of Learning Assistance and Developmental Education Associations fellow.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":320,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sonya Armstrong &raquo; 2019 CAPR Conference<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/capr2019\/speakers\/sonya-armstrong\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sonya Armstrong &raquo; 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