LULLU Research Team
Prof. Kate Cain
Professor of Language and Literacy
Dr. Daphne Barker
Research Associate
Laura Diprossimo
Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher
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My research concerns learning about early literacy acquisition through student interactions with research-based game environments. I am working with Amplify Reading to apply and refine statistical models of time-series analysis of early literacy development by looking at children’s interactions with a digital reading support. This project will use data from games that assess vocabulary, morphology, word reading and reading comprehension.
Yawen Ma
Doctoral Scholar
LULLU Affiliates and Friends
Dr. Anastasia Ushakova
Lecturer in Biostatistics (Health Informatics), Lancaster Medical School
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My research interests lie in exploring teachers' knowledge of reading comprehension and identifying causal factors implicated in the effective teaching of reading comprehension. I am a writer and teacher trainer, working as a columnist for the Times Educational Supplement and developing professional learning materials and training programmes on developing literacy and leadership in school.
Megan Dixon
Part-Time Doctoral Scholar (University of Sussex) and School Leader
Dr. Jessica Wang
Lecturer in Psychology, Lancaster University
Dr. Margriet A. Groen
Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Lancaster University
LULLU Visiting Academics and Scientists
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Ana Lucia Urrea Echeverria
PhD Student