Keynote Speaker

Dr. Sonya L. Armstrong is a Professor in the Graduate Program in Postsecondary Student Success at Texas State University. Dr. Armstrong is a practitioner-researcher, with foci situated at the intersections of literacy and postsecondary teaching and learning. Her scholarly endeavors are guided by over twenty-five years of designing and teaching developmental reading, integrated reading and writing, 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’ college literacy transitions, thereby increasing access and potential for success for all within higher education.