- Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literacy
- Funding Opportunities
- Proposal or Pilot Grant
- Past Recipients
Past Recipients
2022-2023
- Rachel Rupnow, Mathematical Sciences
"Connecting Math with STEM via Focus Groups: Applications of Math in Other Disciplines” - Christine Malecki and Michelle Demaray, Psychology
"Feasibility and Usability Data on the Brief Intervention Group Support (BIGS): A Tier 2 Intervention for Students to Improve Social Emotional and Academic Outcomes” - Marisol Perez, Health Sciences
"Latino Caregiver Perceptions of Their Child’s Speech Therapy Program”
2021-2022
- Anne Britt and Amanda Durick, Psychology
"Task models and learning theory and studies from your textbook” - King Chung, Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
"A Novel Game-Based App for Screening the Hearing Sensitivity of Children” - Julia Ogg, Psychology
"School Psychology Leadership Grant”
2019-2020
- Heather Bergan-Roller and Wesley Swingley, Department of Biological Sciences
"Developing an introductory seminar course to improve student outcomes in biology" - Christine Malecki, Michelle Demaray, Julia Ogg and Kara Styck, Department of Psychology
- "Promoting Safe and Positive Schools (PSPS)"
- Shannon Roehn, Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
"Relationship between articulatory and phonological variability in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Network Science Approach" - Tran Do, Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
"Association of functional hearing loss questions and pure-tone thresholds within the limits of upcoming over-the-counter hearing aids" - Stephen Tonks, Educational Psychology, Ryan Kopatich and Karyn Higgs, Department of Psychology
"Development and Validation of the Situated Reading Motivation Measure (SRMM)"
2018-2019
- Melanie Koss, Gillian King-Cargile, and Kristin Brynteson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction and the Center for P-20 Engagement
"STEM Read: Supporting Teacher Delivery of Multidisciplinary Units of Study Anchored in Science Fiction" - Jamie Mayer, School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
"Literacy Intervention for Dementia" - Lindsay Harris, Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations
"Investigating the influence of sensory modality on word learning in visual and tactile readers" - Bailey Kreager, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
"Student Spatial Thinking Impact on Diagram Literacy for Sequence Stratigraphic Interpretation" - Ryan Kopatich, Christian Steciuch, and Daniel Feller, Department of Psychology
"Aesthetics Processing Preference Scale [APPS]"
2017-2018
- Brenda Aranda, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
"Strategic Training for the Alliance of Researchers and Teachers (START)" - Keith Millis and Anne Britt, Department of Psychology
"Using Homework Assignments to Uncover Critical Thinking Skills Across the Curriculum" - Jui-Ling Chiang, Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment
"An investigation of students’ tonal language speaking performance through instructional design perspectives" - Julia Ogg, Alecia Santuzzi, and Elizabeth Shelleby, Department of Psychology
"Examining Relationships between Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Parent Involvement" - Justin Moore, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
"Spatial Feedback as a Mechanism to Improve Topographic Map Literacy: A Mixed Methods Study Using the Augmented Reality Sandbox" - Dan Strissel, Department of Psychology
"Association Among Dispositional Mindfulness, Attention Control, and Reading Achievement in Children" - Iwona Lech, Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations
"Language Learning in the Virtual Wild" - Christian Steciuch, Department of Psychology
"Is Viewing a Painting Really Like Reading? An Investigation of Trans-Symbolic Comprehension Processes" - Mastewal Seyeneh, Department of Literacy and Elementary Education
"Exploring Lived Experiences: Implications for Empowering NIU International Students’ in their Sociocultural and Linguistic Experiences" - Ryan Kopatich, Department of Psychology
"The Situated Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Task Strategies Scale (SMARTS)" - Yan Chen, Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment
"Conceptualizing a Mobile-assisted Narrative Writing Practice for Young English Learners from a Funds of Knowledge Approach: A Mixed-methods Study"
2016-2017
- Lindsay Harris, Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations
"How Does First-Language Prosody Influence Reading in English? A Pilot Investigation with Native Korean Speakers" - Paul Dawkins, Department of Mathematical Sciences
"Investigating Students' Moment-to-Moment Reading of Mathematical Proofs" - Todd Reeves, Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment
"Online Professional Development of Teachers to Use Language and Literacy Assessment Data for Instructional Decision Making: Impact of Pedagogical Knowledge Scaffolds" - Anne Britt, Department of Psychology
"Connecting Task Models to Reading Behavior" - Julia Ogg, Department of Psychology
"Parent Involvement and Early Literacy Success in Preschool and Kindergarten" - Elizabeth Lanza, School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
"Extending the Bridge: Examining the Effectiveness of Choral Singing in Aphasia" - Daniel Feller, Department of Psychology
"Verb Aspect and Event Segmentation" - Jane Neal, Department of Psychology
"Moment-to-Moment Processing in the Evaluation of Scientific Explanations" - Lillian Asiala, Department of Psychology
"Moment-to-Moment Processing in the Evaluation of Scientific Explanations"
2015-2016
- Iwona Lech, Department of Literacy and Elementary Education
"Language in Use: What are the Practical Applications of Usage-Based Linguistics" - Julie Ogg, Department of Psychology
"Predictors of Early Literacy Success: Parent Involvement Practices among At-Risk Youth" - Karen Lichtman, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
"Prior Knowledge, Language Instruction and Cognitive Effort in Language Acquisition"
2014 - 2015
- Kacy Kreger, School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
"Semantic Representations in Children with Autism, SLI and Typical Language" - Marion Gibney-Desmaison, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures - "Motivation and Accent Production in English-Speaking Students of Spanish"
- Jodi Lampi, Department of Literacy Education
"Whose Words Matter Most?: Students' College-Going Identities" - Lindsay Harris, Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations "Investigating the Role of Sensory Modality in Reading Development and Comprehension: Evidence from Braille"
2013-2014
- Nathan Pontus, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
"The Storage of Words Among Classroom and Immersion Learners of French" - Aldo Rodriguez, Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations
"Reading Motivation Among Adolescents in Four Countries" - Lillian Asiala, Department of Psychology
"Effect of 'Because' on Evaluations of Explanations in Science: Testing the Influence of Individual Differences" - Michael Manderino, Department of Literacy Education
"Disciplinary Literacy and Pre-Service Teacher Education: A Survey of the State of the Field" - Corrine Wickens, Department of Literacy Education
"Disciplinary Literacy and Pre-Service Teacher Education: A Survey of the State of the Field"
2012 - 2013
- Aaron Dickson, Department of Psychology
"Examining the Literacy Performance of Native English- and Native Spanish-Speaking Students Receiving Bilingual Instruction" - Jim Clinton, Department of Psychology
"Similarities and Differences in Adopted Narratives" - M Cecil Smith, Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations
"Outcomes for Academically Underprepared Nontraditional College Students"
2011 - 2012
- Paula DiDomenico, Department of Literacy Education
"High School Literacy Coaching Study" - Vanessa Segundo, Department of Counseling and Higher Education
"Developing Education Centered Communities through Language and Cultural Sensitivity: Latino Parent University and the Student Leadership Summit" - M Cecil Smith, Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations
"Project PAR: Validating Reading Comprehension Assessment" - Christopher Parker, Department of Psychology
"Project PAR: Validating Reading Comprehension Assessment" - Susan K. L'Allier, Department of Literacy Education
"High School Literacy Coaching Study" - Robert Reichle, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
"Working Memory and Nativelikeness in the Processing of Verb Agreement: An Event-Related Brain Potentials Study"
2010 - 2011
- Corrine Wickens, Department of Literacy Education
"Integrating Physical Education and Literacy: Modeling of Physical Education Activities in a Content Area Literacy Course" - Jenny Parker, Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education
"Integrating Physical Education and Literacy: Modeling of Physical Education Activities in a Content Area Literacy Course" - Jinhong Jung, Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education
"Integrating Physical Education and Literacy: Modeling of Physical Education Activities in a Content Area Literacy Course"
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cisll@niu.edu