Dr. Nathan Clemens

Biography

Nathan Clemens is a Professor and Department Chair of the Department of Special Education at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has been a faculty member since 2016. He focuses on improving instruction, intervention, and assessment for children and adolescents with dyslexia and reading difficulties. His research interests include the development of word reading skills in early elementary students, reading comprehension for older students, and enhancing educators' abilities to use assessment data to inform instruction. He has extensive experience as a trained school psychologist and has worked collaboratively with teachers, administrators, and parents to enhance intervention strategies. Prior to his current role, Dr. Clemens served as an assistant professor at Texas A&M University. He received his Ph.D. in School Psychology from Lehigh University in 2009. His research also encompasses understanding effective assessment practices and developing technological interventions for reading comprehension. He has been actively involved in multiple funded research projects, with a track record of securing federal grants exceeding $12 million to support interventions aimed at improving academic outcomes for at-risk students.

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