Faculty: Joanna Cutting, PhD

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Joanna Cutting, PhD

Adjunct Faculty, School Psychology Department

Email
joanna_cutting@williamjames.edu
Pronouns
she/her
Degree Major/Emphasis Institution Year
PhD School and Counseling Psychology Northeastern University 2011
CAGS School Psychology Northeastern University 2000
MS Applied Educational Psychology Northeastern University 1999
BA Psychology (Major), Health Science (Minor) SUNY Oswego 1986

Courses

  • School Psychology Second Year Practicum Seminar

Research and Practice Interests

  • Students with learning differences
  • Reading disabilities
  • Neuropsychological evaluations

Professional Licenses and Certifications

  • Licensed School Psychologist (Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education)

Publications and Presentations

  • Cutting, J. (2011). The use of video-based instruction, performance feedback and role play in teacher caregivers of preschool aged children to use dialogic reading strategies Northeastern University (Dissertation), April
  • Cutting, J. & Blom-Hoffman, J. (2006). Promoting early literacy with dialogic reading. MSPA-online, November.
  • Blom-Hoffman, J., O’Neil-Pirozzi, T., Volpe, R. J., Cutting, J., & Bissinger, E. (2006). Instructing parents to use dialogic reading strategies with preschool children: Impact of a video-based training program on caregiver reading behaviors and children's related verbalizations. Journal of Applied School Psychology, 23(1), 117-131.
  • Blob-Hoffman, J., O’Neil-Pirozzi, T., & Cutting, J. (2005). Read Together, Talk Together: The acceptability of teaching parents to use dialogic reading strategies via videotaped instruction. Psychology in the Schools, 43, 71-78.
    Blom-Hoffman, J, Cutting, J., Berdinka, S., Bissinger, L. (April 2005). Teaching caregivers to use dialogic reading strategies. Paper Presentation at National Association of School Psychologist’s 37th Annual Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Blom-Hoffman, J. & Cutting, J. (March 2004). Community health centers as a venue for early literacy promotion. Paper presentation at Northeastern University's "Stormy Monday" lecture series sponsored by the Department of African American Studies, Boston, MA

Prior Experience

  • School Psychologist, Lexington Public Schools
  • School Psychologist, Malden Public Schools
  • School Psychologist, Lowell Public Schools
  • School Psychologist, Billerica Public Schools
  • Adjunct Professor, Fisher College