Angela S. Rutherford

Dr. Angela Rutherford is a Professor at the University of Mississippi (UM). She has more than 30 years of experience in public education. She has actively served on numerous national, regional, state, and local committees and task forces focused on ensuring that students receive equitable access to effective teachers and leaders and that schools engage with communities in supporting their students’ achievement. As Director of the Center for Excellence in Literacy Instruction (CELI) over the last 15 years, Dr. Rutherford has served as principal investigator on many different grant awards. She has secured over $14 million in funding across a myriad of projects. These different projects focus on providing K-12 students’ access to effective teachers, resources, and opportunities so that they are successful learners across the areas of school readiness, summer learning, and community engagement to include engaging college students as volunteer literacy and early childhood teachers or tutors.

EDUCATION: Ph.D. in reading education from Auburn University; M.Ed. in leadership and administration from University of Southern Mississippi; B.S. in elementary education from University of Southern Mississippi

AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Reading/literacy; Teacher preparation; and Teacher and leader professional learning