Dr. Patricia Vadasy
Author, researcher, literacy expert, and senior research scientist at Oregon Research Institute
Patricia Vadasy, Ph.D., is a senior research scientist at the Oregon Research Institute. She has a background in early reading acquisition, instructional design, and school-based intervention research. Dr. Vadasy led the development and the research behind Voyager Sopris Learning’s Sound Partners program.
Between 1998 and 2011, Dr. Vadasy directed a series of randomized control trials on supplemental phonics instruction in beginning word reading skills. These school-based research studies were conducted in public schools serving large numbers of minority and low-income students and dual-language learners. She also examined the long-term effects of kindergarten and first grade Sound Partners tutoring at two years post intervention, at the end of grade 2 and 3, respectively.
Dr. Vadasy earned her master of public health degree in maternal and child health and her Ph.D. in education at the University of Washington. She currently co-directs projects funded by the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities on bilingual academic STEM vocabulary learning for English learners and their parents, and a bilingual mobile app for parents of preschoolers who have a sibling with special needs.
Dr. Vadasy lives in Seattle.
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Dr. Patricia Vadasy
Author, researcher, literacy expert, and senior research scientist at Oregon Research Institute
Patricia Vadasy, Ph.D., is a senior research scientist at the Oregon Research Institute. She has a background in early reading acquisition, instructional design, and school-based intervention research. Dr. Vadasy led the development and the research behind Voyager Sopris Learning’s Sound Partners program.
Between 1998 and 2011, Dr. Vadasy directed a series of randomized control trials on supplemental phonics instruction in beginning word reading skills. These school-based research studies were conducted in public schools serving large numbers of minority and low-income students and dual-language learners. She also examined the long-term effects of kindergarten and first grade Sound Partners tutoring at two years post intervention, at the end of grade 2 and 3, respectively.
Dr. Vadasy earned her master of public health degree in maternal and child health and her Ph.D. in education at the University of Washington. She currently co-directs projects funded by the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities on bilingual academic STEM vocabulary learning for English learners and their parents, and a bilingual mobile app for parents of preschoolers who have a sibling with special needs.
Dr. Vadasy lives in Seattle.