Gary E. Bingham

Gary E. Bingham is the Hettie Floyd Lee Professor of Young Learners in Urban Settings and Director of the Urban Child Study Center at Georgia State University's College of Education & Human Development. He serves on the governing board of the IES Southeast Regional Education Laboratory (REL-Southeast) and the steering committee of the Board of Regents' RCALL Initiative.

• Research Focus: Home and school factors affecting culturally/linguistically diverse children's literacy and language development, emphasizing teacher-child interactions and culturally relevant instruction.
• Methodology: Utilizes research-practice partnerships to align community needs with policy-practice dissemination.
• Grants: Funded by IES, NSF, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Spencer Foundation, and U.S. Office of English Language Acquisition.
• Publications: Appears in Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Reading Research Quarterly, and other journals, focusing on early writing assessments, play contexts, and narrative skills in preschoolers.

Editorial Roles: Serves on the boards of the American Education Research Journal, Early Education and Development, and The Reading Teacher.