Donna Lewis-Wagner

Donna Lewis-Wagner, MEd, is a reading specialist and coordinator of the America Reads federal work–study program at the University of Virginia. She has worked in elementary schools as a Title I reading teacher, coordinator, and intervention coordinator, focusing on early literacy support for young readers. A former journalist and publicist, she was inspired by four years as a volunteer tutor to transition into reading education and subsequently earned her master’s degree in reading from the University of Virginia.

Lewis-Wagner is a coauthor of Book Buddies: Third Edition: A Tutoring Framework for Struggling Readers, published by Guilford Press, alongside Marcia Invernizzi, Francine R. Johnston, and Connie Juel. The book presents a structured, research-based tutoring model designed to help struggling readers in grades K–3, including learners with reading challenges such as dyslexia.