Associate Dean, The School of Education
and Department Chairperson
Department of Human Services and Counseling
Sullivan Hall, Room 411
Queens Campus
Phone (718) 990-1557
Fax (718) 990-7468
sinatrar@stjohns.edu
Office Hours
Mon - Thur: 2 - 4:30 p.m.
Sullivan Hall Rm. 411
Educational Background
B.A., 1960, Lafayette College, English
M.S., 1970, Hofstra University, Reading
Ph.D., 1972, Hofstra University, Reading/Administration &
Supervision
Research
Areas of Specialization
- The Reading and the Writing Process
- Cognitive Mapping
- Classroom Applications
- Out-of-School time programs for at-risk students
Richard Sinatra is Professor, Director of the Reading and
Writing Education Center, and Chairman of the Department of
Human Services and Counseling at St. John’s University, Queens, New
York. He has been an educator for over 45 years, serving as
an English teacher in the junior-high grades, a third-and
fourth-grade teacher, a reading specialist, a district reading
coordinator, and university literacy professor. In 1972, he
received his Ph.D. in Reading Education from Hofstra University and
in the fall of 1976 he began his work at St. John’s as an Assistant
Professor. He has authored and co-authored books, book
chapters and journal articles. He has been a literary
consultant to many school districts and has helped them achieve
higher performance standards in reading and writing for
mainstreamed and special students through all the grade
levels.
For the past 10 years, he has been the Project Director of the
After-School All-Stars CampUs Project which provides literacy,
computer, cultural, and athletic programs to thousands of housing
development children from the five boroughs of New York City and
for Homeless Children. In 1987, he received the College
Reading Educator Award given annually by NYS Reading Association,
in the spring of 2000 he received the prestigious St. Vincent
DePaul Teacher-Scholar award at St. John’s University and in May
2007, he received the “University Educator of the Year” from the
Phi Delta Kappa Society.