Dr. Carol McDonald Connor, PH.D.

Carol McDonald Connor, Ph.D., Senior Learning Scientist, Learning Sciences Institute, P.O. Box 872111, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85278 2111. Carol Connor is a professor of psychology at Arizona State University and a distinguished research associate at the Florida Center for Reading Research. Her research focuses on examining the links between young children's language and their literacy development with the goal of illuminating reasons for the perplexing difficulties that...See more

Carol McDonald Connor, Ph.D., Senior Learning Scientist, Learning Sciences Institute, P.O. Box 872111, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85278 2111. Carol Connor is a professor of psychology at Arizona State University and a distinguished research associate at the Florida Center for Reading Research. Her research focuses on examining the links between young children's language and their literacy development with the goal of illuminating reasons for the perplexing difficulties that children who are atypical and diverse learners have with developing basic and advanced literacy skills. Most recently, her research interests have focused on children's learning in the classroom from preschool through fifth grade and developing technology and interventions to improve teacher efficacy and students' reading outcomes. Awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2008), the Society for Research in Child Development, Early Career Award (2009), and the Richard Snow Award (APA, 2008), she is the principal investigator for studies funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute for Education Sciences, and the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development. She is also Editor of the "Journal for Research in Educational Effectiveness" (Impact Factor 3.15) and an Associate Editor for "Child Development" (Impact Factor 4.1). Peggy McCardle, Ph.D., M.P.H., Owner, Peggy McCardle Consulting, LLC, 14465 86th Avenue, Seminole, Florida 33776 Peggy McCardle is a private consultant and an affiliated research scientist at Haskins Laboratories. She is the former chief of the Child Development and Behavior Branch of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), U.S. National Institutes of Health, where she also directed the Language, Bilingualism, and Biliteracy Research Program and developed various literacy initiatives. Dr. McCardle is a linguist, a former speech-language pathologist, and, in her remote past, a classroom teacher. Her publications address various aspects of public health and developmental psycholinguistics. The recipient of various awards for her work in federal government, including a 2013 NICHD Mentor Award, she also was selected in 2013 to receive the Einstein Award from The Dyslexia Foundation. Her publications address various aspects of public health and developmental psycholinguistics (e.g., language development, bilingualism, reading, learning disabilities). Dr. McCardle has taught scientific and technical writing and has extensive experience developing and coediting volumes and thematic journal issues. Katherine Aboud, M.F.A., Doctoral Candidate, Education and Brain Sciences Research Lab, Vanderbilt University, PMB 228, 230 Appleton Place, Nashville, Tennessee 37203. Katherine Aboud is a Ph.D. student in the Educational Neuroscience program at Vanderbilt University. She received her B.S. in Mathematics and English at Virginia Tech and her M.F.A. in poetry at George Mason University. Her current research focus is on the functional neural correlates of reading comprehension and their relationship with executive functions using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Rui A. Alves, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 4200 135 Porto, Portugal. Rui A. Alves is an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Porto where he lectures on writing, learning disabilities, and neuropsychology. His main research interests are writing and literacy development. His research group studies early text production and develops writing interventions. Since 2011, he has been the coordinator of the Special Interest Group on Writing... See less