Rebecca D. Silverman is the Judy Koch Professor of Education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE). She began her career in education as an elementary school teacher. Dr. Silverman’s research focuses on language and literacy development in early childhood and elementary school. Her work has contributed to the research base on supporting vocabulary and other aspects of language that are critical to reading and writing and using multimedia and educational technology to facilitate literacy. She is involved in projects related to language-based instruction for multilingual learners, computer-adaptive assessment of language and literacy skills, and the effectiveness of a supplemental digital literacy program. Dr. Silverman leads the Language to Literacy Research Lab and is engaged in research-practice partnerships in the San Francisco Bay Area.