Speaker Profile

Joanna A. Christodoulou, EdD

Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Mass General Brigham University of Health Professions; Adjunct Lecturer, Harvard Medical School; Adjunct Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Research Affiliate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Director, Brain, Education, and Mind (BEAM) Lab; 2014 Winner of the "Transforming Education Through Neuroscience" Award from the Learning & the Brain Foundation and the International Mind, Brain, and Education Society; Co-Author, "Timing Matters: Leveraging Temporal Contexts for Interpreting Reading Progress" (2026, Mind, Brain & Education) and "Dissociating Executive Function and ADHD Influences on Reading Ability in Children with Dyslexia" (2022, Cortex)

Joanna A.Christodoulou, EdD

Past Talks

Teaching Executive Skills
Applying Brain Science to Boost Memory, Attention, and Emotion Regulation for Learning
Effects of Anxiety and Stress on Achievement
Sheraton NY Times Square Hotel, New York, NY
April 16-18, 2026
Teaching Struggling Brains
Improving Mental Health, Focus, Motivation, and Learning in a Distressed, Digital Generation
How Poverty ghj_amp Early Experience Affect Learning
The Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA or Virtually via Zoom
November 18-20, 2022