Moore School of Education at Clemson University where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses. Her research focuses on struggling readers, adolescent literacy, and using children's literature to extend students' understanding and application of math, science, and social studies concepts. Her work has been published in scholarly journals including Reading Research Quarterly, The Reading Teacher, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, Reading Research and Instruction, and Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School. Dr. Dunston is an active member of American Educational Research Association (AERA), Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER), International Literacy Association, (ILA), and Literacy Research Association (LRA).