Dr. Kristi Santi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological, Health and Learning Sciences.

Dr. Santi’s research centers around students with disabilities and currently focuses on early reading instruction (K-3), language acquisition, coaching teachers in the K-12 setting and transition services for students moving from high school to college. She brings real world experience regarding issues of assessment-driven instruction, struggling readers, and curriculum development to her students. 

After earning her doctorate in Special Education from Florida State University, Dr. Santi has been published in numerous publications and professional development materials centered on reading instruction and comprehension. Dr. Santi’s most recent publication, Improving Reading Comprehension of Middle and High School Students is an edited book that is a part of the Literacy Studies Series published by Springer.

In this book “the authors present empirical data and theoretical frameworks for why it is important to teach reading comprehension in all academic content areas and, in most cases, what strategies can be employed within the specific content areas to promote academic growth,” says Dr. Santi. “This volume focuses on our understanding of reading comprehension for adolescents in a high stakes academic environment.”

By improving the instruction of literacy and reading comprehension, Dr. Santi’s work is a great contribution not only to the College of Education, but the education community as a whole.