Michael L. Kamil is Professor of Education at Stanford University. He is a member of the Psychological Studies in Education Committee and is on the faculty of the Learning, Design, and Technology Program. Dr. Kamil serves as an advisor to the Early Childhood Educator Professional Development Program for the U.S. Department of Education.

He also belongs to the technical advisory committee of the Partnership for Accessible Reading Assessments and chairs both the Pacific Resources for Education and Learning’s reading advisory panel and the research panel of the New York State English Language Arts Standards Revision.

Dr. Kamil was a member of the National Reading Panel, where he chaired the subgroups on comprehension, technology, and teacher education; the RAND Reading Study Group; the National Literacy Panel; and the Carnegie Corporation Advisory Council on Advancing Adolescent Literacy. In addition, Dr. Kamil was chair of the planning committee for the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress Reading Framework.

He received his BA from Tulane University and his MA and PhD from the University of Wisconsin.