Ph.D., The University of Toronto, 2001
Before TAMU-K:
- Systems Engineer on Computers, Suncor, Canada
- University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
Scholarship:
- Grants:
- Current – NIH: SC3GM111124-01, Assessing Reading Predictors in Preschoolers and Beginning Readers - $411,769.00
- Previous – three NIH grants totaling $750,000.00; one NSERC (Canada’s National Research on Science )
- Multiple internal grants
Has published articles in:
Journal of Educational Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Memory & Cognition, Journal of Applied Cognition, Learning and Individual Differences, Personality and Individual Differences, Reading Research Quarterly, Discourse Processes, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Contemporary Educational Research
Research Interests:
- Components of reading comprehension across the lifespan (preschoolers, children, adolescents, adults, older adults)
- Detection of semantic anomalies using a variety of technologies
- Components of reading in Bilinguals
- Predictors of SAT from gender and ethnic perspectives
Courses Taught at TAMU-K:
- Statistics
- Introduction to Learning
- General Psychology
- Psychology of Language
Contact Information
Department of Psychology & Sociology
Manning 113
MSC 177 Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Kingsville, Texas 78363-8202
voice: 361-593-2698
email: brenda.hannon@tamuk.edu