Amy's Academics

11/22/2025

The University of Illinois is so lucky to have Dr. McKenna teaching the SHS students in language, literacy, and writing, and I am so honored to be collaborating in research with her!
Congratulations on a well-deserved award!!!

11/05/2025

11/04/2025

What's in the SHS Fall Newsletter? Interviews with new faculty, pioneering research stories, and plenty of developments throughout the department: go.ahs.illinois.edu/SHSfall25

Read all about the Department of Speech & Hearing Science at Illinois and share!

11/03/2025

It is February 2015, and I am at a national conference listening to a panel present the results of their research on improving reading comprehension. Several members of the panel, like myself and a few others in the room, are funded by the Institute of Education Sciences as part of the Reading for U...

10/29/2025

📣 Calling all school and district SLPs!
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10/25/2025

We’re having an incredible time in Atlanta at the IDA Conference! Come visit us at our IDA poster session, where we’re sharing our collaborative research with Dr. Meaghan McKenna and the University of Illinois. We’re having a great time connecting with others who are passionate about dyslexia and learning new ways to support our readers.

10/25/2025

Check out our conversation on The Dyslexia Duo podcast!

10/25/2025

A great opportunity to participate in research!

10/17/2025

Want to get a Ph.D. at the Department of Speech and Hearing Science?

Register for our college Ph.D. Recruitment Day on Nov. 7 by visiting the link: go.illinois.edu/PhDDay

10/10/2025

This week, we had the incredible opportunity to present our reading intervention research at the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE). We were honored to have the guidance of a Harvard professor during our session, and he was impressed by both our intervention and the quality of our presentation.

A special thank you to Christina Gonzalez, whose expertise, generosity with her time, and passion for literacy made this possible. We are continually inspired by her knowledge and dedication to helping children succeed.

It was such a privilege to share our work alongside Dr. McKenna and to highlight the power of collaboration between researchers, schools, and practitioners. Together, we’re making strides toward more effective reading support for children