Rate My Professor Poonam Arya

Dr. Arya's research specializations include miscue analysis, literacy assessments, comprehension-retellings, eye movements and reading, teacher reflection and pedagogy, text features, peer discussions of literature, video-based teacher reflection, and eye movement miscue analysis research. Her key publications feature chapters such as "Eye movement miscue analysis research methods" (Arya & Liwanag, 2022) and "Using eye tracking to expand notions of literacy achievement" (Arya & Feathers, 2022) in Understanding Literacy Using Eye Movement Miscue Analysis in a Global World; "Video-based discussions about literacy pedagogy: Face-to-face vs. online formats" (Arya, Christ, & Chiu, 2021) in Reading Horizons; "Patterns of Preservice Teachers’ Digital Text and Tool Integration in Literacy Instruction" (Christ, Baxa, & Arya, 2020) in Journal of Literacy and Technology; and "Collaborative Peer Video Analysis: Insights about Literacy Assessment & Instruction" (Christ, Arya, & Chiu, 2012) in Journal of Literacy Research. She received the 2014 Kathleen Reilly Koory Endowed Faculty Development Award and has secured grants including Raising Readers ($100,000, 2017-2018), A Unified Approach to Literacy Learning (K-5) ($220,000, 2016-2017), and A Unified Approach to Literacy Learning (K-3) ($228,808, 2015-2016). Dr. Arya also directs the High Five Literacy Program, providing free reading and writing instruction to youth in grades 1 through 8 in the Detroit metropolitan area using a balanced literacy curriculum.