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Dr. Rapp selected as 2026 Distinguished Career Award Recipient

Society of Neurobiology of Language logo

The Society for the Neurobiology of Language honored Dr. Rapp for advancing scientific understanding of written language processing. As stated in the announcement, “Brenda’s research on the neurobiology of language has provided an increasingly more detailed understanding of the neurocognitive bases of written word production that extends from words to letters, from brain regions and...

Congratulations, Dr. Tsapkini!

Dr Kyrana Tsapkini

Dr. Kyrana Tsapkini is now a tenured Professor of Neurology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Well-deserved recognition of her many accomplishments!

Dr. Neophytou joins UNIC Athens

Dr. Kyriaki Neophytou at the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus

Dr. Kyriaki Neophytou accepted a position as Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Nicosia (UNIC) Athens. She will contribute to building and shaping the future of this new program. Congratulations, Kyriaki!

Ph.D. Student Awarded Prestigious Fellowship

Aerial view of Hong Kong at night

Angela Xu earned a competitive one-year dissertation fellowship from Hong Kong Polytechnic University to conduct research on the representation and processing of compound words in Cantonese during speech production.

Belgium’s UCLouvain Honors Dr. Brenda Rapp

Dr. Rapp delivers commencement address at UCLouvain, Belgium.

Dr. Brenda Rapp was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. This prestigious recognition highlights Dr. Rapp’s significant contributions to the field of reading science and the impact it has had on an international scale. As noted by UCLouvain’s Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Dr. Rapp’s research has greatly contributed to elucidating...

Congratulations, Dr. Neophytou

Kyriaki Neophytou

Kyriaki Neophytou finished her PhD degree this spring, defending her dissertation on “Selection in Written Language Production: Evidence from Aphasia.” Kyriaki has started a postdoc position at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine working with Dr. Kyrana Tsapkini.

Prof. Rapp Elected to Society of Experimental Psychologists

Brenda Rapp

Please join us in congratulating Brenda Rapp, who has just been elected to the Society of Experimental Psychologists.  Membership is a great honor as it recognizes significant accomplishments in experimental psychology, encompassing cognitive, perceptual, developmental, neuroscientific, and social areas of the field. The society currently admits at least 6 new members annually from among the leading experimentalists...