Joanna A. Christodoulou
Dr. Joanna A. Christodoulou works at the intersection of education and neuroscience.
She holds positions of Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at MGH Institute of Health Professions, Research Affiliate at MIT, Adjunct Lecturer at the the Harvard Graduate School of Education and former Instructor in the Harvard Psychology Department. Her research explores the brain-behavior relationship of reading and language. Research topics include:
- Risk factors: What factors from a child's life in and out of school help to predict language and literacy outcomes?
- Identification: How do approaches in research, clinical, and educational settings compare for defining and conceptualizing reading disabilities?
- Intervention: What tools from neuroscience and from psychoeducational assessment can improve our approach to assigning specific children to specific intervention approaches?
Recent Publications
2023
Marks R, Pollack C, Meisler S, D’Mello A, Centanni T, Romeo R, Wade K, Matejko A, Ansari D, Gabrieli J, et al. Neurocognitive mechanisms of co-occurring math difficulties in dyslexia: Differences in executive function and visuospatial processing. Dev Sci. 2023:e13443. doi:10.1111/desc.13443
Marks R, Pollack C, Meisler S, D’Mello A, Centanni T, Romeo R, Wade K, Matejko A, Ansari D, Gabrieli J, et al. Neurocognitive mechanisms of co-occurring math difficulties in dyslexia: Differences in executive function and visuospatial processing. Dev Sci. 2023:e13443. doi:10.1111/desc.13443
Marks R, Norton R, Mesite L, Fox A, Christodoulou J. Risk and resilience correlates of reading among adolescents with language-based learning disabilities during COVID-19. Read Writ. 2023;36(2):401–428. doi:10.1007/s11145-022-10361-8
Marks R, Norton R, Mesite L, Fox A, Christodoulou J. Risk and resilience correlates of reading among adolescents with language-based learning disabilities during COVID-19. Read Writ. 2023;36(2):401–428. doi:10.1007/s11145-022-10361-8
2022
Romeo R, Perrachione T, Olson H, Halverson K, Gabrieli J, Christodoulou J. Socioeconomic dissociations in the neural and cognitive bases of reading disorders. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2022;58:101175. doi:10.1016/j.dcn.2022.101175
Romeo R, Perrachione T, Olson H, Halverson K, Gabrieli J, Christodoulou J. Socioeconomic dissociations in the neural and cognitive bases of reading disorders. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2022;58:101175. doi:10.1016/j.dcn.2022.101175
Al Dahhan N, Halverson K, Peek C, Wilmot D, D’Mello A, Romeo R, Meegoda O, Imhof A, Wade K, Sridhar A, et al. Dissociating executive function and ADHD influences on reading ability in children with dyslexia. Cortex. 2022;153:126–142. doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2022.03.025
Al Dahhan N, Halverson K, Peek C, Wilmot D, D’Mello A, Romeo R, Meegoda O, Imhof A, Wade K, Sridhar A, et al. Dissociating executive function and ADHD influences on reading ability in children with dyslexia. Cortex. 2022;153:126–142. doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2022.03.025
Romeo R, Uchida L, Christodoulou J. Socioeconomic status and reading outcomes: Neurobiological and behavioral correlates. New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2022;2022(183-184):57–70. doi:10.1002/cad.20475
Romeo R, Uchida L, Christodoulou J. Socioeconomic status and reading outcomes: Neurobiological and behavioral correlates. New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2022;2022(183-184):57–70. doi:10.1002/cad.20475