WSU Tri-Cities Educator Receives International Reading Association Award

TRI-CITIES, Wash. — Terrell Young, professor of education at Washington State University Tri­-Cities, has been named the 2006 recipient of the International Reading Association’s 2006 Outstanding Teacher Educator in Reading Award.

The prestigious award, first presented in 1983, honors an outstanding university or college faculty member who teaches reading methods or reading-­related courses and is engaged in teacher preparation in reading.

Young has been a member of the WSU Tri-­Cities faculty since 1990. He is the editor of the book “Happily Ever After: Sharing Folk Literature With Elementary and Middle School Students.” He has served as director of education programs at the Tri­-Cities campus and as co­-chair of the Washington Association for Reading Development’s annual conference.

The International Reading Association is the 50-­year-old professional association of reading teachers, researchers, administrators and students. The association has members in the United States, Canada and nearly 100 other nations.

Young will receive the award at the 51st annual convention in Chicago this spring.