Angela S. Rutherford is Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, as well as Director of the Center for Excellence in Literacy Instruction (CELI). Dr. Rutherford received her Ph.D. in Reading Education from Auburn University in 2003. She has extensive K-12 experience in Mississippi and Alabama where she taught reading and mathematics in many different grades. Dr. Rutherford taught at Mississippi University for Women prior to coming to Ole Miss in 2004. Dr. Rutherford teaches undergraduate reading education courses and graduate courses in the master's degree program in literacy education, as well as graduate courses in the elementary education. Dr. Rutherford has been invited to serve on the International Reading Association's Professional Standards and Ethics Committee. She also received the School of Education Teacher of the Year in 2006.