Julie Coiro is an associate professor in the School of Education at the University of Rhode Island, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in reading and digital literacy and co-directs the Ph.D. in Education program and the Graduate Certificate in Digital Literacy. Julie conducts research and speaks nationally and internationally about the new literacies of the Internet, online reading comprehension strategy instruction, collaborative knowledge building during inquiry, and effective practices for technology integration and professional development. Julie’s work appears in journals such as Reading Research Quarterly, The Reading Teacher, Educational Leadership, and The Journal of Education. She also co-edited the Handbook of Research on New Literacies (2008) and co-authored Teaching with the Internet K-12: New Literacies for New Times (2004). Julie recently completed work on two US Department of Education funded research projects to develop interventions in online reading for middle school students and a series of valid and reliable assessments of online reading comprehension. Currently, Julie is leading a new project funded by NCES with colleagues in the United States and Finland to explore how students work together to conduct online inquiry and build consensus across multiple online sources. Julie is also working on a book titled Planning Toward Personal Digital Inquiry in Grades K-5, to be published by Stenhouse in 2018.