Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Katie is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow working on the Preschool Language and Literacy project at the Ladder Lab. She is a chartered developmental psychologist focusing on cognitive and educational research. Her main research areas include the development of language, literacy and cognitive skills in deaf and hearing children, and the design and impact of school-based interventions. 

Katie is particularly interested in how children acquire language, thinking, and problem solving skills (known as executive functions), and the underlying mechanisms that make some activities particularly effective in supporting these areas of children’s development.