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Julie A. WashingtonProfessor
Ph.D. Education (Speech and Language Pathology), University of Michigan M.S. Speech and Language Pathology, University of Michigan B.A. English, Spelman College Phone: (949) 824-7578 Email: julie.washington@uci.edu 2068 Education Irvine, CA 92697 Mail Code: 5500 |
Research Interests
Intersection of language, literacy, and poverty in African American children; Impact of Cultural dialects on early literacy skills; language development and disorders.
Intersection of language, literacy, and poverty in African American children; Impact of Cultural dialects on early literacy skills; language development and disorders.
Academic Distinctions
Fellow, American Speech, Language, Hearing Association (2004)
Fellow, American Speech, Language, Hearing Association (2004)
Featured Links
The Atlantic: Julie Washington's Quest to Get Schools to Respect African-American English (Link)
The Atlantic: Julie Washington's Quest to Get Schools to Respect African-American English (Link)
Research Abstract
Dr. Washington is a Professor in the School of Education at the University of California – Irvine (UCI). She is a Speech-Language Pathologist and is a Fellow of the American Speech Language Hearing Association. Dr. Washington directs the Learning Disabilities Research Innovation Hub funded by the National Institutes of Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute on Child Health and Human Development. She is also director of the Dialect, Poverty and Academic Success Lab at UCI. Currently, Dr. Washington’s research is focused on the intersection of literacy, language variation, and poverty. In particular, her work focuses on understanding the role of cultural dialect in assessment, identification of reading disabilities in school-aged African American children and on disentangling the relationship between language production and comprehension on development of reading and early language skills for children growing up in poverty.
Dr. Washington is a Professor in the School of Education at the University of California – Irvine (UCI). She is a Speech-Language Pathologist and is a Fellow of the American Speech Language Hearing Association. Dr. Washington directs the Learning Disabilities Research Innovation Hub funded by the National Institutes of Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute on Child Health and Human Development. She is also director of the Dialect, Poverty and Academic Success Lab at UCI. Currently, Dr. Washington’s research is focused on the intersection of literacy, language variation, and poverty. In particular, her work focuses on understanding the role of cultural dialect in assessment, identification of reading disabilities in school-aged African American children and on disentangling the relationship between language production and comprehension on development of reading and early language skills for children growing up in poverty.
Departmental Affiliations
Language Science
Language Science
Professional Memberships
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR)
Association for Reading and Writing in Asia (ARWA)
International Dyslexia Association (IDA)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR)
Association for Reading and Writing in Asia (ARWA)
International Dyslexia Association (IDA)
