Dr. Eric Paulson

Associate Dean for Research and Sponsored Programs

Eric Paulson is the Associate Dean for Research and Sponsored Programs and a Professor in the College of Education at Texas State University. Dr. Paulson earned his PhD from the University of Arizona and his MS from Florida State University. He has taught in a variety of institutions in the United States and abroad, including community organizations, language institutes, community colleges, and research universities.

Dr. Paulson’s research interests center on literacies in postsecondary developmental education domains and attempts to answer in some way the question: How does reading “work”? He has used qualitative and quantitative methods and research approaches that include eye tracking, Eye Movement Miscue Analysis, metaphor analysis, survey research, interview research, and other. He has published three authored or edited books and numerous articles in journals like Reading Research Quarterly, Journal of Developmental Education, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, Research in the Teaching of English, Journal of College Reading & Learning, the International Journal of Qualitative Methods, and others. He has received $1.8 million in external funding as both PI and Co-PI while at Texas State University.

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