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Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Donald G. Jamieson
General Editor: Dr. Jeren Balayeva
Section Editors
Ansari, Daniel - University of Western Ontario, Canada
Archibald, Lisa - University of Western Ontario, Canada
Ball, Jessica - University of Victoria, Canada
Beaulieu, Christian - University of Alberta, Canada
Bobier, William - University of Waterloo, Canada
Chen-Bumgardner, Becky Xi - University of Toronto, Canada
Cohen, Nancy J. - University of Toronto, Canada
Conrad, Nicole J. - Saint Mary’s University, Canada
Deacon, Helene - Dalhousie University, Canada
Genesee, Fred H. - McGill University, Canada
Harrison, Gina - University of Victoria, Canada
Johnson, Carla - University of Toronto, Canada
Johnston, Judith - University of British Columbia, Canada
Kirby, John - Queen's University, Canada
Laurent, Angélique - University of Alberta, Canada
LeFevre, Jo-Anne - Carleton University, Canada
Marinova-Todd, Stefka - University of British Columbia, Canada
Robinson, Katherine - University of Regina, Canada
Rvachew, Susan - McGill University, Canada
Sénéchal, Monique - Carleton University, Canada
Shahin, Kimary - Simon Fraser University, Canada
Siegel, Linda - University of British Columbia, Canada
Skwarchuk, Sheri-Lynn - University of Winnipeg, Canada
Smith-Chant, Brenda - Trent University, Canada
Sowinski, Carla - Carleton University, Canada
Sutton, Ann - University of Ottawa, Canada
Thordardottir, Elin - McGill University, Canada
Varnhagen, Connie - University of Alberta, Canada
Walton, Patrick - Thompson Rivers University, Canada
Authors
Al-Tamimi, Feda Y. - Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
Alexander Pan, Barbara - Harvard Graduate School of Education, USA
Anderson, Richard C. - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Ansari, Daniel - University of Western Ontario, Canada
Badry, Fatima - American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Baldwin, Dare - University of Oregon, USA
Ball, Jessica - University of Victoria, Canada
Barnett, W. Steven - National Institute for Early Education Research, Rutgers University, United States of America
Baroody, Arthur - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Barr, Cathy - Toronto Western Research Institute / Neurosciences and Mental Health Program, The Hospital for Sick Children , Canada
Bassano, Dominique - National Centre for Scientific Research, France
Beaulieu, Christian - University of Alberta, Canada
Beitchman, Joseph - Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Canada
Berninger, Virginia W. - University of Washington, USA
Biemiller, Andrew - Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada
Bishop, Dorothy V. M. - University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Blevins-Knabe, Belinda - University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA
Bourassa, Derrick - University of Winnipeg, Canada
Bournot-Trites, Monique - The University of British Columbia, Canada
Bradley, John - National Research Council Canada, Canada
Brown, Cheryl - Grande Prairie Public School District #2357, Canada
Brown, Margaret - King's College London, United Kingdom
Brownlie, Elizabeth - University of Toronto, Canada
Cankaya, Ozlem - Institute of Cognitive Science, Carleton University, Canada
Chen, Xi - University of Toronto, Canada
Cleave, Patricia L. - Dalhousie University, Canada
Clements, Douglas H. - State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
Cohen, Nancy J. - Hincks-Dellcrest Centre, University of Toronto, Canada
Cohen Kadosh, Roi - University College London, United Kingdom
Coker, David - School of Education, University of Delaware, United States of America
Collins, Penny - University of California, Irvine, USA
Connor, Carol M. - Florida State University College of Education, USA
De Houwer, Annick - University of Erfurt, Germany
de la Sablonnière, Roxane - Université de Montréal, Canada
Desrocher, Alain - University of Ottawa, Canada
Dionne, Ginette - Laval University, Canada
Dollaghan, Christine - University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Donlan, Chris - University College London, United Kingdom
Dowker, Ann - St. Hilda’s College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Elbert, Adrienne - Toronto Western Research Institute, Canada
Fayol, Michel - Université Blaise Pascal & CNRS, France
Friedlander, Elliott - Stanford University School of Education, United States of America
Genesee, Fred - McGill University, Canada
Girolametto, Luigi - University of Toronto, Canada
Glickman, Victor - University of British Columbia, Canada
Goldenberg, Claude - Stanford University School of Education, United States of America
Gottardo, Alexandra - Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
Grant, Amy - Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
Hodson, Barbara W. - Wichita State University, USA
Hooper, Stephen R. - University of North Carolina School of Medicine, USA
Jared, Debra - University of Western Ontario, Canada
Joanisse, Marc - The University of Western Ontario, Canada
Johnson, Carla J. - University of Toronto, Canada
Johnston, Judith - University of British Columbia, Canada
Justice, Laura M. - University of Virginia, USA
Kirby, John R. - Queen's University, Canada
Lai, Sandy - University of Alberta, Canada
Law, James - Queen Margaret University, United Kingdom
LeFevre, Jo-Anne - Institute of Cognitive Science, Departments of Psychology/Cognitive Science, Carleton University, Canada
Lesaux, Nonie - Harvard University, United States of America
Levy, Betty Ann - McMaster University , Canada
Lewis, Barbara - Case Western Reserve University, USA
Lin, Pei-Ying - Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada
Liu, Phil D. - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Lonigan, Christopher J. - Florida Center for Reading Research, Florida State University, USA
Lucchese, Fernanda - New York University, USA
Lynch, Jacqueline - York University, Canada
Mages, Wendy - Harvard Graduate School of Education, USA
Maxwell, Judith - Canadian Policy Research Network, Canada
Mazzocco, Michèle - Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University, USA
McBride-Chang, Catherine - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
McGloin, Martha - Toronto District School Board, Toronto, ON, Canada
McGregor, Karla K. - University of Iowa, USA
McIvor, Onowa - University of British Columbia, Canada
McQuirter Scott, Ruth - Brock University, Canada
Metsala, Jamie L. - Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada
Meyer, Meredith - University of Oregon, USA
Murray, Scott - DataAngel Policy Research Inc., Canada
Norris, Stephen P. - University of Alberta, Canada
Nunes, Terezinha - University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Oller, D. Kimbrough - The University of Memphis, USA
Osana, Helena - Concordia University, Canada
Paris, Scott G. - University of Michigan, USA
Parrila, Rauno - University of Alberta, Canada
Parrott, Elizabeth - St. Joseph's All Grade School, Terrenceville, NL, Canada
Patton, Jeffrey M. - University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Peltier, Sharla - Nipissing First Nations Education Department, Canada
Peterson, Carole - Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Phillips, Beth M. - Florida Center for Reading Research, Florida State University , USA
Phillips, Linda M. - University of Alberta, Canada
Prezas, Raul F. - Wichita State University, USA
Price, Gavin - University of Western Ontario, Canada
Ramirez, Gloria - Thompson Rivers University, Canada
Räsänen, Pekka - University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Rayner, Vanessa - Concordia University, Canada
Rice, Mabel L. - University of Kansas, USA
Riley-Ayers, Shannon - National Institute for Early Education Research, Rutgers University, United States of America
Robertson, Mark - Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth, Canada
Robinson, Katherine M. - University of Regina, Canada
Rootman, Irving - University of Victoria, Canada
Royer, James M. - University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Rubinsten, Orly - University of Haifa, Israel
Russ, Julie - Harvard University, United States of America
Rvachew, Susan - McGill University, Canada
Sénéchal, Monique - Carleton University,
Samuelson, Larissa K. - University of Iowa, USA
Sarama, Julie - State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
Savage, Robert - McGill University, Canada
Sénéchal, Monique - Carleton University, Canada
Shalev, Ruth S. - Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Israel
Shanahan, Timothy - University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Shaywitz, Bennett A. - Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity, USA
Shaywitz, Sally E. - Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity, USA
Sherman-Levos, Jody L. - University of California, USA
Shu, Hua - State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, China
Skwarchuk, Sheri-Lynn - University of Winnipeg, Canada
Smith-Chant, Brenda - Trent University, Canada
Sowinski, Carla - Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Canada
Suk-Han Ho, Connie - The University of Hong Kong, China
Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S. - New York University, USA
Tannock, Rosemary - Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Canada
Taylor, Donald M. - McGill University, Canada
Teplova, Tatyana - Carleton University, Canada
Thiemann, Kathy - University of Kansas, USA
Thordardottir, Elin - McGill University, Canada
Tomblin, Bruce - University of Iowa, USA
Torchinsky, Ruth - Toronto District School Board, Canada
Torrance, Mark - Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom
Treiman, Rebecca - Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Trudeau, Natacha - University of British Columbia, Canada
Tudge, Jonathan - The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA
Usborne, Esther - McGill University, Canada
Vavra, Karen L. - University of Alberta, Canada
von Aster, Michael G. - German Red Cross Hospitals and Children’s University Hospital, Germany and Switzerland
Wagner, Richard - Florida State University, United States of America
Walton, Patrick D. - Thompson Rivers University, Canada
Warren, Steven F. - University of Kansas, USA
Wilson, Anna J. - The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Zhang, Jie - Center for the Study of Reading, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
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