Jan Turbill

In 1985 Jan Turbill changed careers and began lecturing in Language Education at the University of Wollongong.

She was awarded her PhD in 1993 at the University of Wollongong.

In 1996 Jan was invited to spend 4 months as a visiting professor at Hamline University, St Paul, MN, USA, where she was awarded Graduate Teacher of the Year.

Jan is presently the Director of the Centre for Language Education in the University of Wollongong (CLEUW).

She is the Co-Editor of the Australian Journal for Language and Literacy (AJLL).

She is also an active member of the Publications Committee of the International Reading Association as well as serving on the Advisory Boards for Kids Insights, (an IRA series publication) and Reading Online (IRA's electonic journal).