Biography

Dr.  R. Malatesha Joshi is the Regents Professor and Dennie L. Smith University Professor of Literacy Education and Educational Psychology in the School of Education and Human Development at Texas A & M University and the Editor of Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal. Dr. Joshi’s research has contributed to our general understanding of the causes and consequences of literacy developments of all children and the important role of the university schools of education can play in solving the reading puzzle. He has received many national and international awards such as Erasmus Mundus fellowship from Germany and Samuel and June Orton Award from the International Dyslexia Association. He is a fellow of the American Educational Research Association and an elected member of the Reading Hall of Fame. He has published over 200 scientific papers including in top journals like Journal of Educational Psychology and Scientific Studies of Reading and 23 books, the most recent being Handbook of Literacy in Africa. He has also received funding over 30 million dollars including from North Atlantic Treaty Origination (NATO) for over 20 years.

Representative Research Publications

   Joshi, R. M., & Aaron, P. G. (2000). The component model of reading: Simple view of reading made a little more complex. ReadingPsychology, 21(2), 85-97.
   Joshi, R. M. (2005). Vocabulary: A critical component of comprehension. Reading & Writing Quarterly, 21(3), 209-219.
   Joshi, R. M., & Aaron, P. G. (2005). Handbook of orthography and literacy. Routledge.
   Joshi, R. M., Wijekumar, K., & Gillespie Rouse, A. (2022). International perspectives on spelling and writing in different orthographies: Introduction to the special series. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 55(2), 83-86.
   Joshi, R. M., McBride, C. A., Kaani, B., & Elbeheri, G. (2023). Handbook of Literacy in Africa. Springer.