Wes Hoover
Wesley A. Hoover has served as SEDL's President and CEO since 1996. In this role, Dr. Hoover is responsible to the Board of Directors for the overall management and operation of SEDL.
You may contact Wes Hoover at 512-391-6521
Experience/Education
Prior to being named president, Dr. Hoover was a senior vice-president of the lab, leading the Eisenhower Southwest Consortium for the Improvement of Mathematics and Science Teaching (SCIMAST) and the Office of Institutional Assessment and Evaluation (OIAE). He joined SEDL in 1980 as a programmer/analyst in the Division of Bilingual and International Education, working on research in bilingual reading acquisition.
Dr. Hoover has published numerous articles and presented papers at regional, national, and international conferences based on his research in early reading, bilingual reading, and language acquisition. Throughout his career, he has held administrative and advisory positions with a variety of research and service organizations, including the American Educational Research Association, the ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools, the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Science and Mathematics Education, and the National Center for Community Education.
Dr. Hoover holds a BA in psychology from Trinity University (San Antonio, Texas) and a PhD in human experimental psychology (with a specialization in reading and psycholinguistics) from the University of Texas at Austin.
Publications
- SEDL Letter, Volume XIV, Number 3: Putting Reading First (2002)