Two chances this week to hear GSU education researcher

Julie A. Washington, professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, Special Education, and Communication Disorders at Georgia State University, will give two presentations next week focusing on the literacy needs of African-American children growing up in poverty, and the increasingly important role of birth-to-age-5 education for supporting the language and literacy development of these students.

• Thursday, Nov. 3
• 5-7 p.m.
• Miller Learning Center Room 172

and

• Friday, Nov. 4
• 12:30-1:30 p.m.
• Aderhold Hall Room G5

This event is part of the Research Colloquium Series.

Registration for the Miller Learning Center event is free, but please email your name, program, and title to

Bridget Ratajczak

to register.

Washington is also an affiliate faculty of the Research on the Challenges of Acquiring Language and Literacy initiative and a co-director of the Urban Child Study Center at Georgia State. Her work focuses on understanding language variation in African-American children with a specific emphasis on the impact of this variation on language assessment, literacy attainment, and academic performance of children growing up in poverty in urban contexts.