Dr. Tim Brown has been teaching basic reading skills at the community college level for  over 23 years. In addition he teaches graduate courses in content-area reading methodology and diagnosis and prescriptive instruction in reading. He holds an M.S. Degree in Reading from California State University, Fullerton as well as a Ed.D. from Pepperdine University. Dr. Brown's dissertation study was an evaluation model which could be used to assess the effectiveness of delivering literacy skills at a distance through television.

Dr. Brown was among the first in the California community college system to develop a basic skills reading class for on-line delivery. He has developed a highly successful companion course in reading strategies designed for students enrolled in content-area classes where the curriculum is heavily dependent on textbook material. The class allows for more authentic instruction rather than a skills-based approach.

Dr. Brown is the author of the Prentice Hall Textbook Reader, he co-authored MyReadingLab available from Allyn & Bacon/Longman and Prentice Hall. Dr. Brown is currently working on a new edition of the Prentice Hall Textbook Reader due out in the Fall of 2008. He has presented and conducted workshops at numerous professional conferences including the College Reading and Learning Association and the California State Academic Senate Plenary. Dr. Brown was invited to the prestigious Oxford Round Table during the summer of 2007 for its session on Literacy: Educational Strategies and Initiatives.