Robyn Cox is Associate Professor and lead in the Master of Teaching Practice (Primary and Secondary) at RMIT University, Melbourne. She specialises in language and literacy education and has particular expertise in Initial Teacher Education in teaching early reading. Robyn has published books and academic papers and has presented on preparing teachers to teach literacy. She is regularly called on to provide expert advice to State and Federal government bodies and has become a leader in literacy teaching through her work in professional teaching associations.