Laura Shafer

Dr. Laura Shafer is a reading specialist at Gettysburg Area School District and has taught there since April 2011, according to her professional profile. She holds a master’s degree in reading and a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from McDaniel College, completed graduate study in TESL/ESL at Penn State University, studied reading teacher education at Shippensburg University, and earned a B.S. in psychology from the University of Mary Washington.

Shafer is also listed as a coauthor of _Answers to Your Biggest Questions About Teaching Secondary Science: Five to Thrive_ (Corwin, 2024), alongside Karen Mesmer, Enya Granados, Kevin Gant, and Ayanna D. Perry. A Knowles Teacher Initiative bio identifies her as Dr. Laura Shafer and notes that she began her career as a molecular biology research assistant.