Eunsoo Cho, PhD
I am an associate professor and Eady/Henrick Chair of Learning Disability in the School of Education at the University of California at Riverside.
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My research focuses on understanding reading development as it relates to (a) identifying cognitive, motivational, and contextual predictors of reading development, (b) developing and validating methods to accurately measure students’ response to intervention (or growth), and (c) designing and examining the efficacy of instructional methods for students with reading difficulties.
Employment
2023 - Present Associate Professor
University of California-Riverside
2022 - 2023 Associate Professor
2016 - 2022 Assistant Professor
Michigan State University
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2014 - 2016 Postdoctoral Researcher,
The University of Texas at Austin
Education
Ph.D., Special Education, Vanderbilt University
M.S., Special Education, Vanderbilt University
M.A., Educational Methodologies, Korea University
B.A., Psychology, Korea University
Awards & Honors
2016, 2022 Samuel A. Kirk Award for the best research paper
Division for Learning Disabilities
2015 Albert J. Harris Research Award
International Literacy Association
2013 Robert Gaylord-Ross Award
Peabody College, Vanderbilt University
2013 Melvyn I. Semmel Dissertation Award
Peabody College, Vanderbilt University
2010 - 2014 Dunn Family Scholarship
Peabody College, Vanderbilt University
2010 Travel Award
Graduate Research Symposium, Vanderbilt University
2007 Excellence in Research
Brain Korea 21, Korea University
​Grants & Contracts
Training Grants
Co-Project Director (Project Director: Witmer, S.E). Project Hi2LD: Hybrid interdisciplinary training to address high intensity needs for students with learning disabilities. U. S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs ($1,161, 999). Funded 2021 – 2025.
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MSU Site Principal Investigator (Project Director: Wehby, J). National Center for Leadership in Intensive Interventions II. U. S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. (Subcontract with Vanderbilt University. Award to MSU: $799,901.14) Funded 2019 – 2024.
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Research Grants
Co-Principal Investigator. (PI: John, Z, Stong). Read STOP Write: Development of a multicomponent Intervention in Grades 4-5, Funded by the Advanced Education Research and Development Fund (AERDF) (#302,955). Funded 2022-2023
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Principal Investigator. Project i-SMART: Intervention to Support Mindset And Reading Together. Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Special Education Research, R324A210013 ($1,949,450.19) Funded 2021– 2025.
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Co-Principal Investigator (PI: Truckenmiller, A. J.). Writing Architect: a web-based tool for tailoring writing instruction to meet students’ needs. U.S.Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Research, R305A210061 ($ 1,575,000.00) . Funded 2021-2025.
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Principal Investigator. Assessing Students’ Learning Potential: Dynamic Assessment of Decoding as a Tool for Early Identification of Reading Disability, Funded by the Learning Disability Foundation of America ($6,450.00). Funded 2018-2019
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Principal Investigator. Development and Validation of Dynamic Vocabulary Assessment for Early Screening of Reading Comprehension Difficulties, Funded by the Dunn Family Foundation. ($79, 316.00). Funded 2017-2020.
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