Stephanie Gottwald

Stephanie Gottwald Director of Content, Specialist and researcher in Edtech and literacy Greater Boston 500+ connections Contact info Curious Learning Tufts University About Based on our experience in the field using technology to reach children with no access to school, we founded the non-profit Curious Learning. Our mission is to help every child learn to read regardless of location or resources. The Curious Learning mobile software ecosystem finds the best apps for learning and collects data to continuously improve engagement and outcomes. Developed at MIT and tested in collaboration with Tufts University and GSU, connects parents, teachers, developers, researchers and communities to deploy technology for the largest impact. My role at Curious Learning is to lead our effort finding and building the best apps for learning to read in a variety of languages and cultural settings. Specialties: language acquisition, literacy development and learning disorders, dyslexia and brain development, technology and language learning, app development for literacy skills, clinical reading assessment, teacher professional development and system wide literacy improvement programs xperience Curious Learning Co-Founder and Director of Content Company NameCurious Learning Dates EmployedSep 2015 – Present Employment Duration5 yrs 7 mos LocationCambridge, MA Oversee all aspects of content acquisition and development. Conduct research into the efficacy of app bundles and literacy and cognitive assessment apps. Coordinate with local and international app developers to acquire and localize apps for education. The Center for Reading and Language Research Company NameThe Center for Reading and Language Research Total Duration15 yrs 1 mo TitleAssistant Director Dates EmployedSep 2010 – Sep 2016 Employment Duration6 yrs 1 mo LocationMedford, MA Oversaw all aspects of the research, clinical and administrative work of the Center. Managed self-publication of RAVE-O, a gold-standard curriculum for the remediation of reading fluency deficits. Development and delivery of professional development nationally and with international teachers. Conducted research into subtypes of reading disabilities and co-wrote scientific publications on dyslexia, the brain and reading intervention … see more TitleResearch Coordinator Dates EmployedSep 2001 – Sep 2010 Employment Duration9 yrs 1 mo LocationMedford, MA Coordinated and lead research activities of large longitudinal RTC study of dyslexia and intervention. Recruited subjects and conducted research assessments of language and literacy skills. Biased with schools and parents. Trained research teachers and assistants for data collection and data security. Education Tufts University Tufts University Degree NamePh.D.Field Of StudyLiteracy and Linguistics Dates attended or expected graduation2008 – 2014 Activities and Societies: Dissertation: The Struggle to Express Themselves: An examination of the relationship of sentence-level knowledge and text comprehension in Maryanne Wolf's lab Boston College Boston College Degree NameM.A.Field Of StudyLinguistics Dates attended or expected graduation1996 – 2000 Activities and Societies: Graduated Summa cum Laude Boston College Boston College Degree NameBachelor of Arts (B.A.)Field Of StudyRussian Language and Literature Dates attended or expected graduation1990 – 1994