Wilma Miller Wilma H. Miller is Professor Emerita (May, 1998) from Illinois State University at Normal where she taught literacy education courses for thirty years. She received her Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) degree from The University of Arizona, Tucson, i 1967. She is a former elementary teacher in Illinois and Arizona and professor at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater. Her doctoral dissertation received a Citation of Merit from the International Reading Association in 1968. She is the author of nineteen books and over 200 articles in literacy education. Her books Reading Diagnosis Kit, Complete Reading Disabilities Handbook and Alternative Assessment Techniques for Reading and Writing (Prentice Hall) all were best-sellers in the field. In May, 1998, she received the 1998 Outstanding Contribution to Education Award from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, where she received her Bachelor and Masters degrees. Her special interests are emergent literacy, literacy assessment, reading comprehension, and teaching literacy to children with special needs. Read More Read Less