Susan B. Neuman, Ed.D is a Professor in Educational Studies specializing in early literacy development. Previously, she has served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Elementary and Secondary Education. She is especially proud of her work in establishing
the Early Reading First program, the Early Childhood Professional Development Education Program, and enhancing accountability efforts to improve children’s achievement.
At Michigan, she has directed the Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (CIERA), focusing early childhood policy, curriculum, and early reading instruction, pre-kindergarten – grade 3. Susan is Director of the Michigan Research Program on Ready to Learn, which includes projects all working to change the odds for children in poverty.
She received her doctorate at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California in 1977, her M.A. at California State University, Hayward and her B.A. at American University. Prior to coming to Michigan, she was a Professor at Temple University, the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, and Eastern Connecticut State University.
