President Obama has named Dr. Cynthia Puranik one of 105 recipients of the prestigious Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. This is the highest honor given by the U.S. Government… more »
The Language Research Center has a theory that chimpanzees to some degree is capable to plan for the future in away that is similar to a human child. This study included chimpanzees and two monkey species( rhesus macaques and capuchin monkeys) and human children from ages 28 to 5 year old. They all used a… more »
Georgia State University Researchers Break External Funding Record Year for Second Year
External Funding Record Broken for Second Year
Georgia State University researchers received $71.2 million from external funding agencies in fiscal year 2013 marking the second straight year of record-breaking research funding. Of those funded, Drs. Amy Lederberg, Susan Easterbrooks, Julie Washington, Nicole Patton,… more »
There are three Regents Centers for learning Disorders, Georgia State University, Georgia Southern University, and University of Georgia. These centers were funded to provide comprehensive evaluation to students with possible learning disorders, and are attending schools within the University System of Georgia(USG). Each RCLD IS responsible for serving appointed colleges and universities within a geographic… more »
Language and Literacy are the oral and written dimensions of language acquisition. These are essential foundational skills for the life-long competencies. This initiative focuses primarily on gaining a fuller understanding of how these factors affect the acquisition of language and literacy. Therefore, In addition to studying processes that underlie typical acquisition, this initiative particularly focuses… more »
The Center for Research on Atypical Development and Learning (CRADL) is a interdisciplinary center founded in 1988. It stimulates basic and applied research, and facilitates educational and outreach efforts, in areas related to atypical development and learning. CRADL and its faculty coordinate and support scholarly efforts that focus… more »
Below is a list of some externally funded research projects that are currently underway. Click on the link for a description of the resesearch project.
Examining the Success of Early Reading First (The E-SERF Project) Principal Investigator: Nicole Patton Terry (EPSE)
The primary purpose of The E-SERF Project is to examine the relationship between participation… more »
Internal Seed Grants Language & Literacy Seed Grant
Our research is conducted by faculty and student researchers from multiple departments within the College of Arts & Sciences and the College of Education. Several of our faculty conduct research within the Language Research Center (LRC), the Center for Research on Atypical Development and Learning (CRADL), the… more »