Senior Research Scientist
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As Senior Research Scientist, Bridget Dalton contributes to the instructional design and evaluation processes for CAST’s research and development initiatives. Her research focuses on technology and literacy. She has taught at the elementary and middle school levels and is particularly interested in teaching struggling readers in multicultural settings.
Dr. Dalton is also Assistant Professor of Learning, Literacy, and Culture at Vanderbilt University. Prior to joining the Vanderbilt faculty, she was Chief Officer of Literacy and Technology at CAST. She is currently collaborating with co-principal investigators Catherine Snow of Harvard University, Patrick Proctor of Boston College, and colleagues at CAST on a US DOE Institute of Education Sciences study comparing the effects of digital texts with embedded vocabulary and strategy instruction supports on the reading achievement of Spanish-English bilingual students and English-only students.
While at CAST, she recently completed another IES reading comprehension project with co-principal investigator Annemarie Palincsar of the University of Michigan. The latter study investigated the role of interactive diagrams and pedagogical agents in supporting students' comprehension of science text.
Dr. Dalton earned her doctorate in Reading, Language, and Learning Disabilities at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
