Joseph Torgesen is an Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Education at Florida State University.[1] At the time of his retirement from the university in 2008, he was the W. Russell and Eugenia Morcom Chair of Psychology and Education and Director of the Florida Center for Reading Research.
Education and Career edit
Torgesen received his Ph.D. in Developmental and Clinical Psychology from the University of Michigan in 1976, and served on the Psychology faculty at FSU from 1976 until 2008.
Torgesen's early research focused on memory processes in children with learning disabilities, but most of his career was spent investigating and writing about the language difficulties of children with specific developmental reading disabilities (dyslexia). He is the author or co-author of over 230 books, book chapters, and articles on the psychology of reading, reading disabilities, and reading instruction.[2] His works have been cited over 54,000 times according to Google Scholar.[3] He is also the author, with Richard Wagner and Carol Rashotte, of two of the most widely used diagnostic tests for dyslexia, The Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processes and the Test of Word Reading Efficiency.
In 2002, Torgesen was asked by Governor Jeb Bush of Florida to establish a center for reading research at Florida State University. Since its establishment in 2002, the Florida Center for Reading Research has grown to become one of the leading research centers in reading in the world, with 9 permanent faculty and over 300 current employees. Wagner, Richard K.; Torgesen, Joseph K.; Rashotte, Carol A.; Pearson, Nils A. (2013). Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing: CTOPP2 : Examiner's Manual. PRO-ED. ISBN 978-1-4886-9410-3.
Select Bibliography edit
- Wagner, Richard K.; Torgesen, Joseph K.; Rashotte, Carol A.; Pearson, Nils A. (2013). Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing: CTOPP2 : Examiner's Manual. PRO-ED. ISBN 978-1-4886-9410-3.[4]
- Torgesen, Joseph K, (1999). TOWRE, Test of Word Reading Efficiency: Examiner's manual ASIN B0006RGUTW [5]
External links edit
References edit
- ^ "Joseph K. Torgesen : US Department of State Archive". US Department of State. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ^ "Joseph K. Torgesen Profile at Research.com". Research.com. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ^ "Joseph k Torgesen". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
- ^ Wagner, Richard K.; Torgesen, Joseph K.; Rashotte, Carol A.; Pearson, Nils A. (2013). Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing: CTOPP2 : Examiner's Manual. PRO-ED. ISBN 978-1-4886-9410-3.
- ^ "Test of Word Reading Efficiency | Second Edition". www.pearsonassessments.com. Retrieved 2024-06-12.