Dr. Chad H. Waldron is the Marie Berrell Endowed Professor of Literacy and Associate Professor of Reading and Literacy in the Department of Teacher and Special Education in the College of Education and Human Services at Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan. 

Previously, he was an Associate Professor of Education, Literacy, for six years at the University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, Michigan, and he spent two years as an Assistant Professor of Language and Literacy Studies at Penn State Behrend, Erie, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Waldron's research focuses predominately on (a) young children's literacy development across a variety of learning environments, (b) the professional learning and growth of teachers in literacy instruction, from pre-service preparation to in-service teaching, and (c) the impacts of community-driven literacy interventions in shaping family and school literacy practices, particularly Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. 

His teaching experiences span from early childhood settings to advanced graduate level coursework within higher education. Dr. Waldron has delivered extensive professional development at local, state, and national levels.