Dr. Kimberly A. Wolbers is Professor in the Deaf Education program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA, as well as Co-Director of the Theory & Practice of Teacher Education (TPTE) undergraduate program there. She earned her PhD from Michigan State University in 2007 with a focus in special education and literacy. Her research focuses on the design and implementation of writing and language instruction for Deaf and Hard of Hearing (D/HH) children and adolescents.