Reading Certificate: Faculty

The Certificate of Advanced Study in Reading prides itself on the quality of the faculty, which includes nationally recognized leaders and scholars in reading education, literacy, and speech-language pathology. Our faculty values the professional experiences, insights, and contributions of our Certificate of Advanced Study in Reading students and invite peer consultation discussions.

Our faculty is actively engaged in research, clinical practice, and professional organizations such as the International Dyslexia Association and the International Reading Association. They use their own real-world cases and experiences as teaching examples. As a result, our graduates are not only exposed to the field’s most current and relevant practices, they are privy to the innovative thinking and professional and ethical standards that will define tomorrow’s practices as well.

Research

Research opportunities are available to students who wish to pursue them, including through the MGH Institute's Hanson Initiative for Language and Literacy (HILL). The HILL faculty also teach in the Reading Certificate program.

Faculty research interests include reading/language assessment, school-wide literacy improvement, bilingualism, biliteracy, autism, voice, reading/literacy, aphasia, cognitive impairment, and phonology. Students can participate in faculty research or take advantage of our centralized location within the hub of New England’s top teaching and research institutions and our affiliation with the world-class Partners HealthCare System and our more than 189 active affiliates.

Environment

Students of this intensive certificate program enjoy a uniquely personalized environment in which they are the center of faculty attention. Since MGH Institute is solely dedicated to graduate education, our students don’t compete with undergraduates for faculty attention, as they might at other institutions. Our students also enjoy collegial working relationships with their fellow classmates in which they learn and study together in a noncompetitive educational environment.