Sharon Vaughn, Ph.D.
Sharon Vaughn, Ph.D., H.E. Hartfelder/Southland Corp. Regents Chair in
Human Development and Executive Director, The Meadows Center for Preventing
Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin, Sanchez Building,
1912 Speedway, Austin, Texas 78712
Sharon Vaughn is the executive director of The Meadows Center, an organized
research unit at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the recipient
of the American Education Research Association Special Interest Group Distinguished
Researcher Award, the International Reading Association Albert
J. Harris Award, the University of Texas Distinguished Faculty Award, and
the Jeannette E. Fleischner Award for Outstanding Contributions in the Field
of Learning Disabilities from the Council for Exceptional Children. She is the
author of more than 35 books and 250 research articles. Vaughn is currently
the principal investigator on several research grants from the Institute for
Education Sciences, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development,
and the U.S. Department of Education.