Catherine Mcbride

Biography

I am Professor of Psychology at the University of Hong Kong. I specialize in the area of ​​literacy development and impairment from a global perspective. My Bachelor's degree from Oberlin College (USA - 1989), and I obtained my MA and Ph.D. (1994) in developmental psychology from the University of Southern California (USA). I am the current and founding President of the Association for Reading and Writing in Asia (ARWA) and past President of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR). The author of the book is the author of the book on the development of the concept of literacy, I have given keynote lectures on literacy development and impairment in Germany, Finland, Switzerland, the United States, Canada, Mainland, China, Taiwan, India, Singapore, and Korea and have consulted on the National Center on Educational Outcomes (US), World Learning (US), the Hong Kong Government Child Assessment Center, the Hess Educational Group (Taiwan), and the Arcanys Early Learning Foundation (Philippines). I have served as an associate editor of four different journals (including Developmental Psychology and International Journal of Behavioral Development ) and one Encyclopedia ( International Encyclopaedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2 nd edition). I am delighted, grateful, and honored to be writing a book on dyslexia, dysgraphia, and attention deficit disorders from a cross-cultural perspective during my time at FRIAS.

Research Interest

Her current research focuses Towards a Global Understanding of Dyslexia: Cognitive-Perceptual, Cognitive-Linguistic, Socio-Cultural, and Neurobiological Aspects