During the past five years, she has investigated the effects of state-licensed school library media specialists (LMS) on student achievement in Kansas as represented by state assessment proficiency rates at the school level. Dr. Dow currently coordinates SLIM’s PhD program. From 1994-1999, Dr. Dow was director of a special library, The Kansas Resource Center on Autism, at The Teachers College, ESU. She can be reached at Mdow@emporia.edu.