Bio

Rachel Romeo, PhD, CCC-SLP is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology at the University of Maryland, College of Education. She completed her postdoctoral training in the Translational Postdoctoral Training Program in Neurodevelopment at Boston Children’s Hospital and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a licensed speech language pathologist specializing in developmental language, literacy and learning disorders. Her research combines methods from developmental psychology, cognitive neuroscience, education, and clinical sciences to broadly investigate how children’s early experiences and environments influence their neural, cognitive, and academic development. A specific interest involves identifying the causes and consequences of socioeconomic disparities in neurodevelopment and translating basic research into practice and policy. Some recent work has explored how differences in early linguistic environments contribute to brain development, how SES interacts with the neural circuitry underlying reading and dyslexia, and neuroplasticty underlying language and literacy interventions designed specifically for children in low-income environments. She earned a PhD in the joint Harvard/MIT Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology, a MSc in Language Sciences from University College London, a BA in Psychology and Linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania, and certificate of clinical competence in Speech Language Pathology at the MGH Institute of Health Professions.