Professional Background
Professor of Psychology and Education
Educational Background
B.A. in Developmental Psychology, Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Sussex, England
Thesis Title: Spelling Difficulty in School Leavers and Adults
Scholarly Interests
- Reading and writing disabilities in children and adults.
- Academic preparedness and remediation in community colleges.
- Adult education and workplace literacy.
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Selected Publications
"Can community colleges protect both access and standards? The problem of remediation." (Teachers College Record)
"Institutional decision-making for increasing academic preparedness in community colleges." (New Directions in Community Colleges)
"Effects of text, domain and learner variables on the academic writing of developmental reading students" (Higher Education).
"Effects of repetition on informational writing of developmental reading students" (Journal of Developmental Education).
"Academic-occupational integration as a reform strategy for the community college: Classroom perspectives" (Teachers College Record).
"Promising approaches for remediation" (Community College Journal).
"Professionalizing adult literacy: Would a credential help?" (Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy).
"Workplace literacy assessment" (Dyslexia).
"Assessing the reading-writing relation in adult literacy students" (Reading Psychology).
Dolores Perin
Professor of Psychology and Education
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