Dede Addy
Research Scientist
Dr. Dede Addy is a research scientist at the Center on the Ecology of Early Development (CEED) at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & 人类发展. Her primary research interests are language and literacy learning and issues of racial, ethnic, and linguistic diversity in early childhood. Her training and expertise span the fields of education, linguistics, developmental psychology, sociology, and speech-language pathology.
Before joining Wheelock, Dr. Addy provided educators, parents, and other community members in the United States and Ghana with information and training on early language and literacy development. She began her career as a laboratory manager, coordinating studies of language acquisition, brain development, and spatial and numerical skills at Emory University and the University of Delaware.
In addition to her research, Dr. Addy has taught literacy-related courses in preschool, primary, and university settings and spent several years teaching music.
Pronouns: she/her
Education
PhD, Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
MA, Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BA, Linguistics & French, Duke University
Selected Publications
Addy, N. D. A. (2017). The color of crayons: A preschooler's exploration of race and difference. In S. Travis, A., Kraehe, E. Hood, & T. Lewis (Eds.) Pedagogies in the flesh: Case studies on the embodiment of sociocultural differences in education (pp. 51–54). New York, NY: Springer Nature.
Addy, N. D. A. (2015). Culturally and linguistically diverse students and the power of labels. The High School Journal, 98(3), 205–207.