Joanna Christodoulou is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston. She leads the Brain, Education, and Mind (or BEAM) Lab, which centers research efforts on understanding reading development and remediating difficulties. She holds appointments at MIT as Research Affiliate and at the Harvard Graduate School of Education as Adjunct Lecturer. She earned a doctorate from Harvard in Human Development and Psychology, as well as masters degrees in Mind, Brain, and Education from Harvard and in Child Development from Tufts.