Children of the Code

20 May, 2010

Children of the Code

Timothy Shanahan

Introduction:

David Boulton:  It’s a great pleasure to talk with you. You seem to be somewhere in the middle of a big fire.

Dr. Timothy Shanahan:  Sometimes it seems like that.

David Boulton:  So much disagreement and dissent going on around reading related issues and what we can trust and what we can’t trust about the information that is gathered. You seem to be pretty well situated in the midst of it.

Dr. Timothy Shanahan:  I seem to be right in the middle of it and I guess that’s a good place to be. I see my role in lots of ways trying to settle it down.

David Boulton:  It needs that. Maybe we could start with you giving a biographical sketch of yourself and on how is it that you come to this work. Tell us about your passion and motivation to work in this field.