Core Faculty in Literacy Studies
The core faculty of the Ph.D. in Literacy Studies forms an interdisciplinary team of active researchers across departments (Elementary & Special Education, Psychology, English, Speech & Theater) and three colleges (Behavioral and Health Sciences, Education, and Liberal Arts).
For more information about a particular faculty member, click on their name to view their professional profile.
Jwa K. Kim, Ph.D., Program Director
Full Professor
Education: University of Oklahoma
Department: Psychology
Expertise: Psychometrics; Quantitative Psychology
Website: http://www.mtsu.edu/psychology/faculty/kim
Email: Jwa.Kim@mtsu.edu
Phone: 615-904-8419
Current Research:
- Item Response Theory
- Test Construction and Validation
- Multivariate Data Analysis
- Applied Statistics
Aleka A. Blackwell, Ph.D., Interim Program Co-Director
Associate Professor
Education: Boston University
Department: English
Expertise: Linguistics and Language Acquistion
Website: http://www.mtsu.edu/english/Profiles/blackwell.php
Email: Aleka.Blackwell@mtsu.edu
Current Research:
- Lexical acquisition in young children
- Lexical development in adolescents
- Vowel system of speakers of modern Greek
Amy Elleman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Education: Vanderbilt University
Department: Elementary & Special Education
Expertise: Reading Comprehension Assessment & Instruction
Email: Amy.Elleman@mtsu.edu
Current Research:
- Evaluating the validity of current reading comprehension tests
- Conducting a meta-analysis of comprehension interventions
- Developing a method for teaching inference generation to children who struggle with extracting meaning from text
Jeanne Gilliam Fain, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Education: University of Arizona
Department: Elementary & Special Education
Expertise: Early & Adolescent Literacy & Biliteracy
Email: Jeanne.Fain@mtsu.edu
Rebecca M. Fischer, Ph.D.
Full Professor
Education: Vanderbilt University
Department: Speech and Theater
Expertise: Audiology and Speech Pathology
Website: http://www.mtsu.edu/commdis/faculty/rfischer.php
Email: Rebecca.Fischer@mtsu.edu
Current Research:
- Clinical supervision and instruction
- Family intervention for children with hearing loss
- Auditory processing disorders
Cyrille Magne, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Education: University of Paul Cézanne, Marseille, France
Department: Psychology
Expertise: Cognitive Neuroscience
Website: http://www.mtsu.edu/~cmagne
Email: Cyrille.Magne@mtsu.edu
Current research:
- Neural basis of language perception and comprehension
- Exploration of the similarities and differences between the brain areas involved in language and music processing
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