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Courtney Hattan

@courtneyhattan

Assistant professor in the science of reading at UNC. I study the intersection of knowledge and text comprehension.

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BA in Elementary Education Director The School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks an experienced scholar and administrator to serve as director for its relaunched BA in Elementary Education. This is a ...

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Faculty Position in Teacher Education with a focus on Elementary Grade Multilingual Learners The School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for a position in teacher education with a focus on elementary grade multilingual learners starting July...

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19.11.2025 19:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The UNC School of Education is hiring! Consider applying for our TT position focusing on elementary multilingual learners or our director position for the BA in elementary education program!

19.11.2025 19:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Check out this fantastic white paper by Dr Molly Ness on taking a both/and approach to knowledge building and reading strategies during literacy instruction! πŸ“š

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05.11.2025 14:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

An ed psych journal is refusing to publish our manuscript unless we "neutralize" "political" content. This is after the manuscript was peer-reviewed and accepted for publication. DM me for details!

I'm devastated. Two years of work and revisions with four junior co-authors cast aside that easily.

14.10.2025 12:47 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

πŸ“’ Open access pub! Exploring the power and possibility of contextually relevant social studies-literacy integration! www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15...

19.10.2025 15:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Courtney Hattan & Panayiota Kendeou Dr. Courtney Hattan and Dr. Panayiota Kendeou join host Dr. Jeff Greene to discuss their Educational Psychologist article,

What is the science of reading, why does it matter, and how can we take it even further to help students read? Get the answers in this podcast with @kendeou.bsky.social and @courtneyhattan.bsky.social! soundcloud.com/user-8836504...

#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

02.08.2025 14:30 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Science Magazine gets it wrong. 🧡

14.05.2025 16:21 πŸ‘ 735 πŸ” 358 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 9

Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both β€œWomen” and β€œFemale.”

11.02.2025 14:26 πŸ‘ 2319 πŸ” 1022 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 50

Some people’s research will be flagged and then will move on with clarification. Other people’s research will be flagged and… it’s done. The differences in who those people are will not be random.

04.02.2025 15:48 πŸ‘ 120 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Courtney Hattan & Panayiota Kendeou Dr. Courtney Hattan and Dr. Panayiota Kendeou join host Dr. Jeff Greene to discuss their Educational Psychologist article,

What a great podcast with Drs. @courtneyhattan.bsky.social & @kendeou.bsky.social on new approaches to the science of learning! Excellent work integrating sociocultural factors, dynamic systems, & how knowledge affects reading. Check out the podcast here, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify! buff.ly/3CKQcGs

04.02.2025 21:40 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Do Something Right Now (Christy Byrd) β€” Invitation via Google Calendar

Friends, I'm hosting a call on Sunday, Feb 2nd to talk about what's happening and do something together. Join me:

31.01.2025 14:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Email me! I can send you a copy.

30.01.2025 13:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Vocabulary Instruction During Elementary Classroom Discourse: Observing 1st Through 3rd Grade Teachers’ Instructional Practices Vocabulary is crucial for reading development, as suggested by models of reading and reviews of research. Despite this body of research, we know less about what vocabulary supports have been priori...

πŸ“’First publication from our research practice partnership in rural Midwest! πŸ“šVocabulary instruction during elementary classroom discourse: Observing 1st through 3rd grade teachers’ instructional practices #edusky #LiteracyResearch #EducationResearch

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30.01.2025 13:05 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Open access pub! β€œSupporting in-service and pre-service teachers in rethinking formative literacy assessments” www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/14... @uncschoolofed.bsky.social @edusky.bsky.social #readingresearch

18.12.2024 12:30 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Educational Psychologist Expanding the Science of Reading: Contributions from Educational Psychology. Volume 59, Issue 4 of Educational Psychologist

We are thrilled to announce EP's brand-new Special Issue on the Science of Reading, guest edited by @courtneyhattan.bsky.social & @kendeou.bsky.social! AND for the next month, it's open-access! (1/2) www.tandfonline.com

06.12.2024 17:26 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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The role of asset-based pedagogy in an interactive view of reading In this paper, we present an Asset-Based Interactive View of Reading that builds on the Active View of Reading, Self-Determination Theory, and Asset-Based Pedagogy to consider the role of students’...

So excited to be able to share this work with Francesca Lopez!

"The role of asset-based pedagogy in an interactive view of reading"

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

02.12.2024 15:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It was a joy to work with you and Chris on this piece! So thrilled the special issue is officially out!

02.12.2024 17:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Toward a dynamic idiolect: Multilingual perspectives on the β€œscience of reading” In this essay, we address the multilingual challenge that is faced by both the β€œscience of reading” and the field of educational psychology. We describe some significant contributions made by educa...

Proud to publish this piece with Chris Leider (@cmleider.bsky.social). We ask educational psychologists to consider students’ β€œdynamic idiolects” to better understand reading development and achievement. First 50 downloads are free!

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/EAP95...

02.12.2024 16:30 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Send me an email

21.11.2024 12:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No problemβ€”I’ll email you!

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Expanding the science of reading: contributions from educational psychology The science of reading consists of a large, evolving, and impressive body of evidence about how humans learn to read and how reading should be taught. This body of evidence has accumulated via dive...

Okay, this is a BIG DEAL. A whole special issue on evidencing, critiquing, and expanding the science of reading! Kudos to guest editors @courtneyhattan.bsky.social & @kendeou.bsky.social - check out their amazing intro to the SI!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

19.11.2024 12:56 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

You’re just around the corner!

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Our piece introduces the special issue, reviews reading theories, the role of knowledge in reading, and proposes a dynamic conceptual integrative framework for reading. Writing this was a true labor of love and it was such a joy to collaborate with one of my favorite reading researchers! πŸ₯°

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Expanding the science of reading: contributions from educational psychology The science of reading consists of a large, evolving, and impressive body of evidence about how humans learn to read and how reading should be taught. This body of evidence has accumulated via dive...

Hot off the press! ‼️ Excited to share this new article in Educational Psychologist on expanding the science of reading. Pani Kendeou and I guest edited a special issue for EPβ€”which will be out soon!
doi.org/10.1080/0046...

19.11.2024 00:12 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Here’s a teacher friendly summary of six evidence-based principles that support knowledge activation during literacy instruction! ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

01.04.2024 15:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Let’s try this again! authors.elsevier.com/a/1igX4,8E16...

29.02.2024 02:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Learning styles are a myth, but can we shift teacher candidates’ beliefs & knowledge about them? Learn more in our CEP article with Emily Peterson and Kyle Miller! Free to download until 4/18 authors.elsevier.com/a/1igX4,8E16IR…

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Knowledge matters for reading. But what knowledge? Hattan et al. (2023) systematically reviewed the literature on prior knowledge and reading, and found promising results but also a need for more specificity.

And another thoughtful perspective on this work! bemusings.substack.com/p/knowledge-...

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