Northern Illinois University
Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literacy

2024-2025

• Brooke Butcher, School Psychology
  "Exploring School Psychologists' SLD Identification Decisions for English Learners"
• Yoonsun Pyun, School Psychology
  "Examining the Association Between Parental Academic Socialization, Social Support, Academic Enablers, and Academic Outcomes in Early Adolescence"
• Nicole Scheuermann, Biology
  "Characterization of College Biology Instructors' Mental Health Literacy"
• Kara Styck, Psychology
  "Cross-Cultural Comparison of Social-Emotional Assessments Across African and American Middle School Students"
• Tammy Wynard, Health Sciences
  "A Qualitative Study Examining the Voices of Self-Identified Individuals from Marginalized Groups and Their Perspectives on Trauma-Informed Training Components for PK-12 Teachers"

2023-2024

• Riley Laffoon, Psychology
  "Mindful Parenting for Children with ADHD"
• Hunter Stuckemeyer, Education
  "Early Childhood Literacy: An Exploration of Developmentally Appropriate Practices and LGBTQ Books"
• Clara Raab, Audiology
  "Optimizing hearing aid settings for music appreciation"
• Jessica O’Connor, Occupational Therapy
  "Investigation of sensory integration deficits for youth ages 6-12 in residential care"
• Catherine Cheung, Physical Therapy
  "Effectiveness of a Structured Motor Program on the Motor, Language and Pre-reading Skills of Young Children with Autism"
• Christine Malecki, Psychology
  "Preparing School Psychologists and Special Educators with Expertise in Post-Schooling Transition Planning for Young Adults with Disabilities: Project P.S. Success"
• Kara Styck, Psychology
  "Co-development of a Teacher Behavior Rating Scale to Measure Social-Emotional Competence Through a Researcher-Practitioner Partnership"

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"
• Duangkamon Winitkun, Education
  "A Cross-cultural Study: World Languages Pre-Service Teachers’ Professional Identity Formation"

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"