Dr. Michael L. Kamil is Professor of Education at Stanford University. He is also a member of the Psychological Studies in Education Committee and is on the faculty of the Learning, Design, and Technology Program. Kamil's research explores the effects of computer technologies on literacy and learning and the acquisition of literacy in first and second languages.

He has been editor of Reading Research Quarterly, Journal of Reading Behavior, and The Yearbook of The National Reading Conference. He co-edited the Handbook of Reading Research, Vols I, II, and III.

Kamil was a member of the National Reading Panel and the Rand Reading Study Group. He is currently a member of the National Literacy Panel for Language Minority Youth, and Chair of the Framework Planning Committee for the National Assessment of Educational Progress.