#  Background 

 



##  Education

- Ed.D., Human Development and Psychology, Harvard Graduate School of Education
- Ed.M., Mind, Brain, and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
- M.A., Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University
- B.S., Biology-Psychology and Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University

## Current Academic Positions

- Associate Professor, Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders, MGH Institute of Health Professions, 2018
- Assistant Professor, Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders, MGH Institute of Health Professions, 2014
- Research Affiliate, MIT, 2014
- Member of the Faculty, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2012
- Oral and Written Language Evaluator, Learning Disabilities Program, Boston Children’s Hospital, 2002
- Board Member, Massachusetts Branch of the International Dyslexia Association, 2010

## Previous Academic Positions

- Post-Doctoral Associate, Gabrieli Lab, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT, 2010-2013
- Lecturer, Psychology Department, Harvard College, 2012-2013
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders, MGH Institute of Health Professions, 2010
- Instructor, Psychology Department, Harvard College, 2008-2011
- Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Research Associate, Gabrieli Lab, MIT, 2005-2010
- Instructor, Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), 2009
- Research Staff, 2006-2009, [Strategic Education and Research Partnership](http://wordgeneration.org/), Dr. Catherine Snow, Harvard Graduate School of Education
- Research Staff, Summer 2005, CAST ([Center for Applied Special Technology](http://www.cast.org)), Drs. David Rose & Bridget Dalton, Wakefield, MA
- Fulbright Fellow, Athens, Greece, 2003-2004
- Research Staff, 1998-2003, [Center for Reading & Language Research](http://ase.tufts.edu/crlr/Home.html), Tufts, Co-Principal Investigators: Drs. Maryanne Wolf, R. Morris, & M. Lovett

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