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Skidmore College
Psychology Department
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Rebecca Johnson

Professor and Chair
Department of Psychology
Neuroscience Program

CONTACT

Email: rjohnso1@skidmore.edu
Phone: 518-580-5306
Office: TLC 142
Personal website: https://academics.skidmore.edu/blogs/letrlab/

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • M.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • B.A., Georgetown College

COURSES TAUGHT AT SKIDMORE

  • SSP 100 Reading Minds: The History and Science of Literacy
  • PS 202 Statistics and Research Methods I
  • PS 303 Statistics and Research Methods II
  • PS 312B Case Studies in the Neuropsychology of Reading
  • PS 314 Psychology of Reading
  • PS 323 Psycholinguistics
  • PS 351 Psychological Science:  The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Cognitive processes involved in normal skilled reading
  • Cognitive neuropsychology of stroke-induced reading disorders
  • Eye movements during reading

FUN FACTS

  • I am blessed to be the mother of five beautiful, fun-loving, wonderful children: Kaira, Matthew, Nathan, Asher, and Levi.
  • My grandfather, Kermit F. Johnson, was the inventor of double-sided tape.

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