'Science of Reading': What Are the Components?

Gina Cervetti is an associate professor of Literacy, Language, and Culture at the University of Michigan. She studies elementary literacy development and instruction with a particular focus on the potential benefits of content-area learning as a context for literacy development, the role of world knowledge in literacy development, and the nature of vocabulary/language instruction that supports reading comprehension. She has served as a PI or co-PI on several grants, and her research has appeared in multiple books and journals. She Dr. received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Michigan State University and served as a postdoctoral scholar in the Graduate School of Education and Lawrence Hall of Science at University of California, Berkeley.

Tiffany P. Hogan, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston, Director of the Speech and Language (SAiL) Literacy Lab, and Research Associate at Harvard University. Dr. Hogan has published over 100 papers on the genetic, neurologic, and behavioral links between oral and written language development, with a focus on improving assessment and intervention for children with Developmental Language Disorder, Dyslexia, and/or Speech Sound Disorders.

Emily J. Solari, Ph.D is the Edmund H. Henderson Professor of Education in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education at the School of Education and Human Development, University of Virginia.