Lynn Fuchs

Lynn Fuchs is an educational psychologist known for research on instructional practice and assessment, reading disabilities, and mathematics disabilities. She is the Dunn Family Chair in Psychoeducational Assessment in the Department of Special Education at Vanderbilt University.

Fuchs was featured in ''Forbes Magazine'' in 2009 as one of 14 "revolutionary educators" nationwide. In 2013, she was awarded with the Kauffman-Hallahan Distinguished Researcher Award, presented by the Division of Research of The Council for Exceptional Children and Routledge Press, for research leading to more effective services for children and youth with disabilities. In 2014, Fuchs and her husband Douglas Fuchs received the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award. In 2015, she was invited to the White House as part of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 40th anniversary.

Fuchs is one of the co-authors of ''Learning disabilities: From identification to intervention'' published in 2007. She co-edited the book ''Response to Intervention: A Framework for Reading Educators'' published in 2008. Provided by Wikipedia