Elizabeth Robb, Ph.D.

Dr. Robb has been teaching since 1999. In 1998, she left her Wall Street job and never looked backed as she fulfilled her life-long dream of teaching English.

Dr. Robb taught English Language Arts (ELA) and literature to 6th - 8th grade students in a private school on Long Island. She then went on to teach computer skills and SAT prep for 9th graders in a private high school.

She completed her Master of Arts in the Teaching of English 7-12 at Columbia University/Teachers College in 2004.

Elizabeth Robb earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Literacy for Learners at Risk at St. John’s University in Queens, New York in 2013.

Dr. Robb taught ELA, AP English, SAT Prep, and Business Brains (English Elective) at a New York City public high school until 2016.

Dr. Robb has been a professor at a community college in New York City since 2016.

Currently, Dr. Robb teaches reading, spelling, and handwriting using the Orton-Gillingham approach for students in K - 12 grade.

Dr. Robb’s expertise includes how students acquire vocabulary knowledge, academic critical reading, academic literacy, grammar, writing, and test preparation.

Elizabeth Robb has published research on vocabulary. Her most recent is entitled, “The Effects of a Peer Teaching Approach on Urban Community College Students’ Vocabulary Development Using Vocabulary Theatre,” which was published in the Journal of Education and Training Studies, Fall 2020.