Advisory Board

Judith Carta, University of Kansas

  • Professor, Department of Special Education
  • Senior Scientist, Juniper Gardens Children’s Project
  • Director of Bridging the Word Gap Research Network

Becky Chen, University of Toronto 

Professor, Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development

Dorothy Espelage, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

William C. Friday Distinguished Professor, Department of Education

Lisa Goffman, University of Texas at Dallas 

  • Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing
  • Nelle C. Johnston Chair in Communication Disorders in Children

Ioulia Kovelman, University of Michigan 

Professor, Department of Psychology

Bob McMurray, University of Iowa

Wendell Miller Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

Charles Perfetti, University of Pittsburgh 

  • Distinguished University Professor, Department of Psychology
  • Director, Senior Scientist, Learning Research and Development Center
  • Co-director, Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center

Diego Román, University of Wisconsin Madison

Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Contact Us

Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literacy
Gabel Hall 156
cisll@niu.edu