[Reading-hall-of-fame] Message from P David

[Kris D Gutierrez]

Colleagues,

Our esteemed colleague, mentor and beloved friend, David Pearson, passed
away this morning after battling cancer.  More details to follow.

Many of us, indeed the field, are so indebted to David for his
transformational work and leadership in reading.   And many of us will have
many stories to share about how he made our lives and scholarship so much
better.  His work was always oriented toward social good and his openness
and generosity made him an invaluable colleague, dean, and friend.  I am so
proud that he was a mentor since I was an undergraduate.   Here's to you,
David.

Kris


Kris D. Gutiérrez
Distinguished Professor & Carol Liu Chair
Berkeley School of Education
University of California, Berkeley
2121 Berkeley Way
Berkeley, Ca 94720-1670
gutierrkd at berkeley.edu
Member, National Academy of Education
Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow, British Academy
Fellow, ISLS and AERA

On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 12:18 AM Colin Harrison <
colin.harrison at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi everyone
>
> David has asked me to post this:
>
> Family, Friends, Neighbors, and Colleagues
>
>
> Here's the latest update on my plan to share updates about my cancer.
>
>
> I am keeping a journal that I’d like to share with folks who want to
> follow my progress in dealing with muscle-invasive bladder cancer. I will
> post the journal on a website that anyone who has the link can go back to
> at any time to check on the latest developments. The link will stay the
> same, but the journal will grow as I add entries. It will chronicle the
> development, treatment, and sense I am making of this encounter with
> bladder cancer.
>
>
> The primary audience for the journal is me. I want to document the
> experience as a way of confronting and understanding it.  The secondary
> audience is the collection of family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues
> who might like to be kept abreast of the journey.  I have no desire to
> impose these updates on those who have no desire to receive them. And I am
> hoping this approach will minimize their email burden.
>
>
> Two ways to participate:
>
>    1. If you click this link
>    <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WExiReaEeym98Fx4AmITmx-wPgXM1fmw1Fqp68Z6vxY/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.ywsqwxsn37m8>,
>    it will take you directly to “pdavidpearson’s Bladder Cancer Journal.”  You
>    can bookmark and return to that link at any time to find the most recent
>    version of the Journal, with new additions added regularly.
>    2. Additionally, if you give me your permission, by responding with an
>    affirmative email to ppearson at berkeley.edu, I’ll add you to a list of
>    folks to whom I will send a simple reminder when I have added newsworthy
>    developments or reflections. Just tell me that you would like to be added
>    to the notification list.
>
> The Journal can be read by any person who has email, a web browser, and
> the link.  You won't need a special word processing app or a google account
> or even Adobe reader.
>
>
> If you got this far, thanks for reading. Hope you sign on to the journey.
>
>
> David
>
>
>
>
>
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