Dr. Estes may be reached by e-mail at the@curry.edschool.virginia.edu.
Thomas H. Estes is currently Professor of Education and Director of
Studies in Reading to Learn, McGuffey Reading Center, School of Education,
University of Virginia. He was a
principal investigator on an
NIE/NSF research project on the relationship between text structure and
comprehension. In December 1988 he was given the Albert J. Kingston
Award of the National Reading Conference in recognition of his
outstanding service to the organization and profession.
Professor Estes is co author (with Joseph Vaughan) of Reading and Learning in the Content Classroom, 2nd edition (1985) and Reading and Reasoning Beyond the Primary Grades (1986), both published by Allyn & Bacon. A new version of this book is under development. He is co-author (with Mary Alice Gunter and Jan Schwab) of Instruction: A Models Approach, 2nd edition (1995), also published by Allyn & Bacon. He is a consulting editor and contributor to Study Power, published by World Book Publishers (1994).
His research interests encompass the pedagogy of reading, attitudes toward reading and subject area study, study skills and comprehension of textbooks. His currently consuming project is the construction of a hypertext dictionary of core concepts in science. A prototype of this document is scheduled for review on the web in the fall of 1995.
Tom and his wife, Julie, live in Keswick, Virginia. Their children are away from home now, 2 in college, 1 running her own business. To assuage the empty nest, they enjoy 2 dogs, 1 cat, and 3 horses. Tom's participatory sport is riding after hounds with the Keswick Hunt Club, of which he is currently president of the board of governors.
Dr. Estes may be reached by e-mail at the@curry.edschool.virginia.edu.