Carolyn A. Denton
Professor and Endowed Chair in Childhood Reading a
Department of Pediatrics
The University of Texas Health Science Center
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Carolyn A. Denton has graduated from UEducational Psychology from Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, during the period of 2000. Currently, she is working as Professor and Endowed Chair in Childhood Reading and Learning in University of Texas Medical School.
Research Interest
Dr. Denton’s research focuses on the prevention and remediation of reading difficulties and disabilities, including dyslexia, in children in kindergarten through grade 12. Her research projects examine treatments for children who have both ADHD and reading difficulties, interventions for children in grades K-3 with or at-risk for reading disabilities, the effects on reading of the treatment of convergence insufficiency syndrome (a vision condition), and adolescent reading engagement and reading comprehension. Her research is funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the US Department of Education.
