Kelly B. Cartwright

Kelly B. Cartwright, PhD, is a literacy scholar and professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where she serves as the Spangler Distinguished Professor of Early Child Literacy and directs the Reading, Executive Function, And Development Lab (READLab). Her research focuses on the neurocognitive and affective factors that underlie reading comprehension and reading difficulties across the lifespan, and she has worked extensively with K–12 teachers to improve instruction for struggling readers.

Cartwright is the author of Executive Skills and Reading Comprehension: A Guide for Educators, a teacher-focused guide to the role of executive skills such as planning, organization, cognitive flexibility, and impulse control in reading comprehension. Earlier biographical sources also identify her as a professor at Christopher Newport University, where she taught psychology, neuroscience, and teacher preparation, and note that she has published widely in literacy and education journals.