Professor of Education, Harvard University. Paola's research in educational linguistics examines language and literacy development in monolingual and bilingual learners and seeks to inform research-based pedagogies that empower all learners’ voices. She studied linguistics at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and earned her doctoral degree in Human Development and Psychology at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She leads the Language for Learning research team https://languageforlearning.gse.harvard.edu/.
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Paola Uccelli studies language and literacy development in monolingual and bilingual learners with the aim of informing evidence-based educational practices. Her research on language assessment in English, Spanish, and Portuguese --conducted in the U.S., Latin America, and other regions-- sheds light on the need to pay instructional attention to individual differences in school-relevant language learning to support students’ reading and writing throughout schooling. Her work has been supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, Lemann Foundation, David Rockefeller Center, among others.
