Margie Gillis

Haskins Laboratories 300 George Street New Haven, CT 06511 Haskins Phone: (203) 865-6163, X253 Haskins Fax: (203) 865-8963 Yale Phone: (203) 764-9353 gillis@haskins.yale.edu Regular Days at Haskins: Monday through Friday

Senior Scientist, Haskins Laboratories
Co-Principal Investigator: Early Reading Success Initiative and
Mastering Reading Instruction

Margie Gillis has been teaching children of all ages to read for 30 years.  She became interested in reading while at the University of Connecticut where she studied with Isabelle Liberman. She was a special educator in public and private schools for 15 years during which time she became certified as an Academic Language Therapist.  Subsequently, she received her Doctorate of Education from the University of Louisville in Special Education where she began her work training teachers of reading. In 2000 she became an Early Reading Success Fellow at Haskins Laboratories. She is currently the Co-Principal Investigator of the Mastering Reading Instruction Project and will also work as a Haskins Mentor in Stamford at the International School at Rogers Magnet.