[November 22, 2009] CSUMB professor Dr. Lou Denti wins Glenn Award Tweet Nov 22, 2009 (Santa Cruz Sentinel - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Lou Denti, a professor of special education at CSU Monterey Bay and director of the university's Center for Reading Instruction and Diagnosis, has dedicated his life to helping those who struggle to learn. Those efforts have earned him the Annie Glenn National Leadership Award for his work in communication, language and literacy. Educators across the country have benefited from Denti's research, publications and presentations, but in late October he had a memorable speaking engagement. Denti delivered the keynote address at the annual meeting of the Ohio School Speech Pathology and Educational Audiology Consortium and received the organization's Annie Glenn National Leadership Award. The award is named for Annie Glenn, wife of former astronaut and senator John Glenn, and an adjunct professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Science at Ohio State University. She is involved with communication issues because of her struggles with stuttering. The Glenns attended the awards ceremony. The award recognizes people who exemplify leadership, specifically those who are committed to change through clinical or research excellence in communication, language and literacy. In her message to Denti, Annie Glenn said, "I thank you for caring enough to initiate the process of change and being committed to make a difference. Specifically, I thank you for caring enough about us who suffer from communication failure and are locked in a world of isolation. Thank you for unlocking our doors and freeing us so that we, too, can dare to dream and then take flight." Denti, the Lawton Love Distinguished Professor in Special Education at CSUMB, has been on the faculty since 2000. His research interests include special education policy, differentiating instruction, struggling readers at the secondary level and alternative education. His books include "New Ways of Looking at Learning Disabilities: Connections to Classroom Practice," and a book of poetry, "Shadows and Moon," which delves into the feelings students experience when they don't quite fit in. He co-edited "Effective Practice for Adolescents with Reading and Literacy Challenges," which was published last year. He has also co-edited a special series for Reading and Writing Quarterly entitled "Pointing the Way: Teaching Reading to Struggling Readers at the Secondary Level." To see more of The Santa Cruz Sentinel or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.santacruzsentinel.com. Copyright (c) 2009, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Calif. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email [email protected], call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]