Dr. Pamela Snow is a professor of cognitive psychology in the School of Education at La Trobe University in Australia. As a registered psychologist who qualified originally in speech-language pathology, both disciplines strongly inform her research, as do her seven years working in public health research and teaching, and seven years as coordinator of a post-graduate program for primary and secondary teachers, concerning high-prevalence mental health problems.

Dr. Snow’s research passion is communication competence—primarily as it pertains to vulnerability in early life. She is also interested in promoting evidence-based practice and supporting practitioners in all disciplines to spot and avoid pseudoscience in their work.

Much of her current research focus is on the early language-to-literacy transition and ways this is best supported in early years classrooms.