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Krista Erikson

Krista Erikson is clinical professor in the Herchend School of Education’s Graduate Program at Gordon College. She teaches literacy courses, including all Wilson Certification courses. Prior to teaching at Gordon, Krista taught at the elementary level for over 15 years, in both general and special education classrooms in public and private schools. Krista earned her Masters degree in Reading from Gordon College in 2011. She also holds a Graduate Certificate of Dylexia Studies and Language Based Learning Disabilities from SNHU.

Krista is a Wilson Reading System® Trainer and an Acadience® Reading Mentor. Krista has also had training in Orton Gillingham, LiPS, Visualizing and Verbalizing, EmPOWER, Project Read: Written Expression: Applied Writing and Framing Your Thoughts, and On Cloud Nine. She is a life-long learner always seeking ways to better instruct her students.

Krista serves on the advisory board of Stronger Together: The Alliance For Reading Science in Higher Education (STARS:HE), a consortium of professors across the country that are working to ensure that all educators will be prepared to learn and implement the science of reading through training received in their pre-service training programs and their advanced degree programs. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Bound for Glory, a free Christian literacy and adventure camp for low-income children with a focus is to improve the literacy skills of struggling readers and provide opportunities for them to discover new talents in a Christian environment.