Dr. Katie Valentine is an Assistant Professor at Florida State University in the MS/EdS School Psychology and the Combined Counseling and School Psychology PhD program. Dr. Valentine graduated with her PhD in School Psychology from Michigan State University and completed her predoctoral internship in comprehensive school-based mental health at the Munroe-Meyer Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She received a M.A. in School Psychology from Michigan State University and a B.A. in Public Policy Analysis and Sociology from Pomona College.
Dr. Valentine’s literacy research is based in over a decade of direct work in K-12 schools with kids learning how to read, write, and speak. Her research identifies how systems (e.g., schools and the players within them) can make better decisions about supporting students through assessment and instruction. She is a co-author of the Writing Architect, a computer-based writing assessment tool that helps educators identify strengths and needs in high leverage areas of developing writing and connect those to research-based instruction. Dr. Valentine’s current work continues the use of this and other tools to better understand how kids learn and how teachers teach writing. She especially values sharing research through meaningful and ready-to-use resources that are directly relevant to questions that come up in schools. See Dr. Valentine’s online profile for the most up-to-date publications and presentations list in Google Scholar.