Melissa is currently teaching social studies, gifted education, and management courses. Her research interests include the quality of informational texts for K-12 readers, gifted education, and mixed-text reader’s theater. Her 34-year career in public education included positions as classroom teacher, gifted resource teacher, and instructional supervisor of various programs—K-12 social studies, K-12 gifted, and K-12 libraries and media. Contact information: matusevichm@ecu.edu, East Carolina University.