Dr. Cheryl Morgan is currently the STEM Inquiry teacher at W.W. Robinson Elementary in Woodstock, VA. After growing up in Western NY, Dr. Morgan moved to Virginia to attend the College of William and Mary where she earned her BA in both Elementary Education and English. She also earned her Masters in Reading from UVA and her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Virginia Tech. Dr. Morgan taught in the elementary general education classroom for 18 years before moving into a STEM Inquiry position for the past 5 years. Her areas of research focus on using authentic contexts to support nonfiction reading comprehension.