Sen Wang
Research Assistant Professor, Wheelock Institute for the Science of Education
Dr. Sen Wang is a research assistant professor at Wheelock Institute for the Science of Education (WISE) in Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Wang specializes in investigating the influence of environmental factors on children’s language and literacy development and exploring interventions that can enhance children’s language and literacy development. Dr. Wang’s particular interest lies in using technology to bolster children’s language and literacy development in content-rich reading materials.
Dr. Wang currently leads resource review and development for the National Center on Improving Literacy (NCIL), funded by the United States Department of Education. Dr. Wang also guides text creation for several projects, leveraging technology and content-rich reading materials to enhance student learning, including an IES-funded project to develop a Tier 3 reading intervention in early elementary school. Dr. Wang worked as a research assistant at the Florida Center for Reading Research before joining Boston University.
Education
PhD, Reading Education and Language Arts, Florida State University
MS, Reading Education and Language Arts, Florida State University
BA, Child, Youth, and Family Studies, University of Lincoln-Nebraska
Selected Publications
Hwang, H., Lupo, S. M., Cabell, S. Q., & Wang, S. (2020). What research says about leveraging the literacy block for learning. Reading in Virginia, 35.
Fundelius, E., Wade, T., Robbins, A., Wang, S., McConomy, M. A., & Fumero, K. (2022). Universal Design Principles for Multimodal Representation in Literacy Activities for Preschoolers. Inclusive Practices, 0(0).
Selected Presentations
Wang, S., Cabell, S. Q., Edwards, A.A., & Zucker, T. A. (2022, December). The relation between shared book reading and early language skills of linguistically diverse preschoolers in low-income families with parental self-efficacy as a moderator. Presented at the annual conference of Literacy Research Associations. Phoenix, AZ.
Wang, S., Chen, K., Campbell, M. C., & Cabell, S. Q. (2022, April). What are in the bookstores? The diversity of New York Times bestselling children’s picture books. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Virtual Conference. San Diego, CA.
Wang, S., Cabell, S. Q., Hwang, H., Hadley, E. B., Leushuis, A., & Pentimonti, J. (2021, April). The association between book genre used during shared reading and kindergarteners’ vocabulary and knowledge development. Roundtable presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Virtual Conference.