Dr. Patrick “Pat” O’Connor, NDPC Fellow, coordinates the teacher education programs in Career-Technical Education at Kent State University, Kent, OH. He is the author of Improving Reading for Academic Success: Strategies for Enhancing Adolescent Literacy, with Bill Bintz and Renee Murray. In addition to teaching, Dr. O’Connor conducts research in the areas of high-performance workforce, career-technical teacher education, and at-risk youth interventions.