The Department of Psychology and Human Development would like to welcome two new faculty members, James and Amy Booth<\/p>\n
James R. Booth is the Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Educational Neuroscience in the
\nDepartment of Psychology and Human Development at Vanderbilt University. The overall goals
\nof his research are to understand the brain mechanisms of the development of reading, math
\nand scientific reasoning in typical and atypical populations. Prof. Booth has been continuously
\nfunded for close to two decades and has published extensively in diverse journals. He has
\nserved in various roles both within and outside of the university, such as departmental
\nchairperson, review panel member and associate editor. Prof Booth aims to facilitate the
\ninteraction between the fields of cognition, neuroscience and education.<\/p>\n
Amy Booth studies cognitive development and learning in young children. In much of her work,
\nshe has explored interactions between categorization, conceptual knowledge and word learning
\nin infants and preschoolers. With the support of a grant from the National Science Foundation,
\nshe is currently investigating the role of individual differences in children\u2019s word-learning skills in
\nexplaining disparities in vocabulary and early literacy as children enter school. In another line of
\nwork, also supported by the National Science Foundation, Booth is investigating the origins of
\nchildren\u2019s scientific literacy by examining early interests in, and ability to reason about, causal
\ninformation. The long-term goals of both projects are to develop early interventions to close
\npersistent achievement gaps and to optimize academic success for all children in both language
\nand science.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Department of Psychology and Human Development would like to welcome two new faculty members, James and Amy Booth <\/p>\n
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