Education:
Ph.D., City University of New York, Graduate Center - 2011 (Educational Psychology)
B.S., University of California, Santa Barbara - 1992 (Anthropology)
Areas of Expertise:
Special education, literacy development, research methods and educational statistics.
Books and Publications
Lauterbach, M. D., Manti, E. (2018). Using the game of kickball with preschool children to promote
social interaction, Good Autism Practice
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018
Lauterbach, M. D., Miles, K. P. (2018). Reading accuracy and reading comprehension in autism: forms
of assessment and implications for practice, Good Autism Practice
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018
Miles, Lauterbach, Murano, & Dembec (2018). Reading Rescue: A follow-up on effectiveness of an intervention for struggling readers. the Journal of Educational Research
https://doi.org/10.1080/00220671.2018.1514358 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018
McFadden, K. E., Shannon, J. D., Lauterbach, M. D., & Tamis-LeMonda, C. (2017). Becoming a Father in
America: Fathers of Infants. In Maza, C. & Perry, A. R. (Eds), Fatherhood in America: Social Work Perspectives in a Changing Society (pp. 5-24). Charles C. Thomas Publishers
(Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2017
Perin, D., Lauterbach, M. D., Raufman, J., & Kalamkarian, H. S. (2017). Text-Based
Writing of Low-Skilled Postsecondary Students: Relation to Comprehension, Self-Efficacy and Teacher Judgments. Reading and Writing, 30 (4) pp 887-915. doi: 10.1007/s11145-016-9706-0
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2017
Miles, Ehri, & Lauterbach. Mnemonic Value of Orthography for Vocabulary Learning in Monolinguals and Language Minority English-Speaking College Students. Journal of College Reading and Learning. 46, 2 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2016
Perin, D., & Lauterbach, M. D., (2016, online first). Assessing Text-based Writing of Low Skilled
College Students. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education. doi:10.1007/s40593-016-0122-z
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2016
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Lauterbach, M. D., Miles, K. P., Dembek, G. A., Tabone, F., & Murano, D. Developmental reading trajectories
for students with special needs (July, 2018). Poster presented at the 25th annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading, Brighton, England.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2018
Miles, K. P., Lauterbach, M. D., Murano, D., & Dembek, G. A. Reading rescue: A follow-up on the
effectiveness of an intervention program (July, 2018). Poster presented at the 25th annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading, Brighton, England.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2018
Lauterbach, M. D., & Manti, E. (2017, April). The Use of Organized Sports Activities to Promote Social
Interactions. Poster presented at the Biannual Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. San Antonio, Texas.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
Lauterbach, M. D., Miles, K. P. & McFadden K. E. (2017, July). How the language and format of instruction
Impact English language learners' reading Growth. Poster presented at 24th annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading, Halifax Nova Scotia.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
Lauterbach & Miles. Reading Assessment, Pre-service Teachers and Students with Special Needs; A Complex and Sometimes Misleading Interaction. 25th Biannual Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015
Lauterbach, Miles, and McFadden. Developmental Trajectories in Reading for Students with Disabilities. Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading 22nd annual meeting, Kona Hawaii (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015
Lauterbach and Pace-Miles. "The Reliability Between Standardized Reading Measures and Curriculum-based Reading Assessments for Students With Special Needs." American Educational Research Association Annual Conference. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
Perin and Lauterbach. "Written Summarization of Low-skilled Post-secondary Adults." Writing Research Across Boarders Conference. Paris. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
"How Do Beginning Readers Implicitly Learn Spelling?" Brooklyn Literacy Council. This workshop looks at evidence from research on how beginning readers transition from their invented spellings to correct spellings through different literacy activities and explores how the implications for literacy instruction. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013
Lauterbach, Ehri and Pace-Miles. "Do Beginning Readers Implicitly Learn Spelling From Reading...Only When They Must" poster. Society for Research in Child Development. April 19. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
Perin, Lauterbach and Berk. "Profile of Developmental Education Students' Reading and Writing Skills." Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University. New York, Feb. 13. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013
"How a Little Calculus Can Help Special Education Teachers Understand Reading Tests better: The Development of a Teacher-friendly Growth Metric for Standardized Reading Test Data." 18th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading. St. Petersburg, Fla., July 13-16. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
Professional Leadership
Founding board member, Brooklyn Urban Garden School. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2013
Member, Educational Advisory Panel, Cooke Center for Learning and Development. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2013
