Courtney Hattan
@courtneyhattan.bsky.social
Assistant professor in the science of reading at UNC. I study the intersection of knowledge and text comprehension.
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!
November 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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!
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! 📚
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November 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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! 📚
www.learninga-z.com/user_area/co...
www.learninga-z.com/user_area/co...
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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.
I'm devastated. Two years of work and revisions with four junior co-authors cast aside that easily.
October 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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.
I'm devastated. Two years of work and revisions with four junior co-authors cast aside that easily.
📢 Open access pub! Exploring the power and possibility of contextually relevant social studies-literacy integration! www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15...
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October 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
📢 Open access pub! Exploring the power and possibility of contextually relevant social studies-literacy integration! www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15...
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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
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
Courtney Hattan & Panayiota Kendeou
Dr. Courtney Hattan and Dr. Panayiota Kendeou join host Dr. Jeff Greene to discuss their Educational Psychologist article,
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August 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
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Science Magazine gets it wrong. 🧵
“Her departure, which she announced this morning in an essay in Time, is believed to be the first time in the agency’s 75-year history that a member of the 24-person board resigned over a policy disagreement with an administration”
@policyhound.bsky.social on Alondra Nelson’s bombshell resignation 🧪
@policyhound.bsky.social on Alondra Nelson’s bombshell resignation 🧪
NSF board member resigns in protest of Trump policies at agency
Alondra Nelson fingers DOGE in taking an unprecedented step
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May 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Science Magazine gets it wrong. 🧵
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Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”
February 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”
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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.
Slightly annoying how many of the comments are like, "This is written so broadly it's going to even affect ME over here in chemistry" or whatever. We need to (always) stand together as scientists whether you're the target or the collateral damage.
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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.
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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
Courtney Hattan & Panayiota Kendeou
Dr. Courtney Hattan and Dr. Panayiota Kendeou join host Dr. Jeff Greene to discuss their Educational Psychologist article,
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February 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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
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Friends, I'm hosting a call on Sunday, Feb 2nd to talk about what's happening and do something together. Join me:
Do Something Right Now (Christy Byrd) — Invitation via Google Calendar
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January 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Friends, I'm hosting a call on Sunday, Feb 2nd to talk about what's happening and do something together. Join me:
📢First publication from our research practice partnership in rural Midwest! 📚Vocabulary instruction during elementary classroom discourse: Observing 1st through 3rd grade teachers’ instructional practices #edusky #LiteracyResearch #EducationResearch
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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...
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January 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
📢First publication from our research practice partnership in rural Midwest! 📚Vocabulary instruction during elementary classroom discourse: Observing 1st through 3rd grade teachers’ instructional practices #edusky #LiteracyResearch #EducationResearch
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Open access pub! “Supporting in-service and pre-service teachers in rethinking formative literacy assessments” www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/14... @uncschoolofed.bsky.social @edusky.bsky.social #readingresearch
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December 18, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Open access pub! “Supporting in-service and pre-service teachers in rethinking formative literacy assessments” www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/14... @uncschoolofed.bsky.social @edusky.bsky.social #readingresearch
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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
Educational Psychologist
Expanding the Science of Reading: Contributions from Educational Psychology. Volume 59, Issue 4 of Educational Psychologist
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December 6, 2024 at 5:26 PM
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
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So excited to be able to share this work with Francesca Lopez!
"The role of asset-based pedagogy in an interactive view of reading"
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"The role of asset-based pedagogy in an interactive view of reading"
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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’...
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December 2, 2024 at 3:45 PM
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....
"The role of asset-based pedagogy in an interactive view of reading"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Proud to publish this piece with Chris Leider (@cmleider.bsky.social). We ask educational psychologists to consider students’ “dynamic idiolects” to better understand reading development and achievement. First 50 downloads are free!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/EAP95...
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Toward a dynamic idiolect: Multilingual perspectives on the “science of reading”
In this essay, we address the multilingual challenge that is faced by both the “science of reading” and the field of educational psychology. We describe some significant contributions made by educa...
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December 2, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Proud to publish this piece with Chris Leider (@cmleider.bsky.social). We ask educational psychologists to consider students’ “dynamic idiolects” to better understand reading development and achievement. First 50 downloads are free!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/EAP95...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/EAP95...
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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
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#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
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...
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November 19, 2024 at 12:56 PM
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
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
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 EP—which will be out soon!
doi.org/10.1080/0046...
doi.org/10.1080/0046...
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...
doi.org
November 19, 2024 at 12:12 AM
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 EP—which will be out soon!
doi.org/10.1080/0046...
doi.org/10.1080/0046...
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/...
April 1, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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/...
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…
February 28, 2024 at 9:13 PM
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…
Fantastic summary of our systematic literature review on prior knowledge activation! metametricsinc.com/neenas-top-r...
Neena’s Top Reading Research Picks for February - MetaMetrics Inc.
Dr. Neena Saha shares recent reading research, including how to activate and use background knowledge effectively in instruction.
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February 3, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Fantastic summary of our systematic literature review on prior knowledge activation! metametricsinc.com/neenas-top-r...
Check out this summary of our systematic review on knowledge activation during reading! bemusings.substack.com/p/knowledge-...
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.
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January 5, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Check out this summary of our systematic review on knowledge activation during reading! bemusings.substack.com/p/knowledge-...