Assoc. Prof. Dr Rachel Pye | Head of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences
Assoc. Prof. Dr Rachel Pye was awarded a PhD in Psychology by the University of Reading in 2008, for her thesis on predicting improvement in reading in dyslexic children. She worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Reading with Dr Carien van Reekum and Prof Patricia Riddell, before taking a lectureship at the University of Winchester. She returned to the University of Reading in 2014, and took on the role of Director of Teaching and Learning for undergraduate psychology programmes. During her time there, she won a Collaborative Teaching Award (2016) and a prestigious University Teaching Fellowship (2016), and now holds the title of Associate Professor. Her research continues to focus on reading and dyslexia, moving towards literacy in a multilingual environment.
Rachel joined UoRM in 2017, and heads a growing and vibrant team of international researchers and lecturers.
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Telephone |
+60 7 268 6290 |
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Speciality areas |
Developmental psychology |
Highest qualification and awarding body |
PhD in Psychology, University of Reading, 2008 |
UoRM programmes taught/supervised |
BSc (Hons) Psychology: |
Research interests |
Reading and dyslexia, reading across languages, reading using technology |
Current projects |
How do reading and listening to stories facilitate vocabulary acquisition? (with Dr Carmel Houston-Price, Dr Jessie Ricketts and Alessandra Valentini – PhD candidate) |
Recent publications |
Pye, R. E. and Simpson, L. K. (2017) Family functioning differences across the deployment cycle in British Army families: the perceptions of wives and children. Military Medicine. ISSN 1930-613X (In Press) |