Zoi Apostolia Philippakos, Ph.D.

Zoi Apostolia Philippakos, Ph.D.  has taught undergraduate and graduate courses and has worked as researcher at the University of Delaware where she currently is an instructor. Her interests include reading and writing instruction for students in the elementary grades, strategy instruction and self-regulation, and approaches to professional development for classroom teachers. Her dissertation research examined the effects of reviewing using genre-specific criteria on fourth- and fifth-grade students’ persuasive writing. She worked with Charles A. MacArthur on the development of a writing curriculum for basic college writers. She has worked as an elementary school teacher and literacy coach and provides professional development to teachers on effective reading and writing strategies.

She is the co-author of the book Developing Strategic Writers Through Genre Instruction: Resources for Grades 3 to 5 (in press) with Charles MacArthur and David Coker. Also, she is the co-author of the book Differentiated Reading Instruction in Grades 4 and 5: Strategies and Resources (2011) with Sharon Walpole and Michael McKenna and the co-author of the book “Effective Read-alouds for early literacy: A teacher’s guide for PreK-1” (2012) with Katherine Beauchat and Katrin Blamey. She has published several articles and chapters on strategy instruction in writing.