Julia Yi

Julia J. Yi (Ph.D.) is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity in the School of Medicine’s Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences. She earned her Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a research focus on literacy, and she earned her M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research interests are guided by over a decade of experiences working as a speech-language pathologist with children and adolescents with disabilities in urban schools and in her private practice that focused on supporting students with language-based learning disabilities.

• B.S., Teaching Students with Speech and Language Disabilities, New York University (2005)
• M.S., Speech-Language Pathology, Teachers College, Columbia University (2008)
• Ph.D., Speech and Hearing Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill (2022)

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
• Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR)
• International Dyslexia Association (IDA)

• Student Leadership, Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Award, the Southern Association of Allied Health Deans (SAAHD), First award recipient [2019]
• Continuing Education Award, ASHA [2014]
• Cum Laude, New York University [2005]
• Founders Day Award, New York University [2005]

Postdoctoral Fellow | UNC-Chapel Hill, NC [July 2022 – Present]

Research Assistant | Center for Literacy and Disability Studies (UNC-Chapel Hill), NC [Fall 2018 – Spring 2022]

Founder/Owner | California and North Carolina [January 2016 – Present]

Speech- Language Pathologist

• Compton Unified School District (0-5 Early Development Search & Serve Preschool Programs) Compton, CA [August 2015 – July 2016]
• Long Beach Unified School District (Hoover and Stanford Middle Schools)Long Beach, CA [September 2014 – June 2015]
• Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP elementary, middle, high schools) West Harlem, NY [October 2008 – June 2014]
• The Urban Assembly: The Bronx Academy of Letters, Bronx, NY [October 2009 – June 2009]

• Yi, J. J. (2021). An examination of literacy and computer literacy amongst adults who are incarcerated: An analysis of the PIAAC. The International Journal of Digital Literacy and Digital Competence.
• Quick, N., Yi, J. J., & Erickson, K. A. (2022) Teacher extratextual talk during shared reading with students with extensive support needs.
• Yi, J. J., Jaramillo, L., McMillion, A., & Erickson, K. A. (under review). Reading comprehension instruction in elementary schools: A meta-analysis comparing interventions targeting content, strategies, and combined approaches.

• Yi, J. J. (2022). Reading comprehension instruction in elementary school classrooms: A meta-analysis comparing interventions targeting content, strategies, and combined approaches. [Poster presentation]. Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. Newport Beach, CA.
• Yi, J. J. (2020). An examination of literacy and computer literacy amongst adults who are incarcerated: An analysis of the PIAAC. [Poster presentation]. The Race, Racism, and Racial Equity (R3) Symposium, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill.
• Quick, N., Hatch, P., Yi, J., Erickson, K. (2019). Analyses of Teacher Questions Used During Shared Reading with Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities. [Poster presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association conference, Orlando, FL.
• Yi, J., Jaramillo, L., McMillion, A., & Erickson, K. (2019). A Systematic Review of Research on Reading Comprehension Strategies Since the National Reading Panel. [Poster presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association conference, Orlando, FL.
• Yi, J. J. (2019). What’s Language Got to Do with It? [Conference session]. International Dyslexia Association, Language and Learning Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
• Rogers, G., Lee (Yi), J., & Parmentier, E. (2012). Examining the Effectiveness of Tactile Biofeedback in Charter Schools, [Poster presentation]. American Speech Language and Hearing Association conference, Atlanta, GA

WORKSHOPS

• Panelist for Introduction to Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (Undergraduate SLP course)
  Course Instructor: Dr. Brenda Mitchell, April 2021
• Panelist for Introduction to Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (Undergraduate SLP course) Course Instructor: Dr. Brenda Mitchell, April 2020
• Speech and Language Development of English Language Learners, Elm Community Charter Elementary School, Queens, NY, May 2019
• The Achievement Gap, KIPP, and Speech-Language Therapy Guest lecture for Language Disorders in Children (M.S. SLP course), Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, Course Instructor: Dr. Catherine Crowley (J.D., PhD) April 2014
• Speech and Language Development in Young Children National KIPP Special Needs Retreat, Washington, D.C., December 2013
• Literacy Intervention and The Achievement Gap Guest lecture for School Speech-Language-Hearing Programs (M.S. SLP course) Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, Course Instructor: Dr. Catherine Crowley (J.D., PhD), June 2013
• The Achievement Gap, KIPP, and Speech-Language Guest lecture for Language Disorders in Children (M.S. SLP course) Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, Course Instructor: Dr. Catherine Crowley (J.D., PhD), April 2013
• Language Disabilities in the Classroom KIPP NYC Professional Development Day seminar, New York, NY, March 2011
• Language Disabilities in the Classroom [Webinar] KIPP National Special Education, March 2011.
• Improving Students’ Social Skills and Pragmatic Language in the General Education Classroom KIPP NYC Professional Development Day seminar, New York, NY, November 2010.