SAiL Research

Dr. Hogan's body of work bridges laboratory research and real-world educational practice to support children’s language and literacy, including neurodiverse learners, such as those with dyslexia, developmental language disorder (DLD), ADHD, and speech sound disorders. Hogan's grants span foundational studies on how children learn words, process sounds and spelling patterns, and develop reading skills, as well as implementation science projects that bring research findings directly into classrooms. Current work includes community partnerships to improve identification of learning disabilities through the Learning Disabilities Translational Science Collective at Florida State University, evaluating school-based language comprehension interventions, and partnering with local schools to improve literacy outcomes for at-risk students through educator training and personalized instruction programs. Previous funding has supported studies on working memory's role in learning, the connections between oral language difficulties and dyslexia, and reading comprehension processes.

Supported by major agencies including the National Institutes of Health, the Institute of Education Sciences, and multiple foundations, Dr. Hogan and her lab colleagues strive to translate and disseminate scientific discoveries into effective educational interventions.

Hogan Principal Investigator, RSM Foundation Grant: Engaging Educators to Improve Literacy Outcomes in At-Risk Charlestown Children (Project OAR), 2024-2027.

Hogan Co-Investigator, Robert B. Bradley Library Research Grant Award, Florida State University: Analyzing Instructional Components of Widely Used English Language Arts Curricula. (PI: Cabell, S. Q., Co-Is: Sheranian, K., Espittia, C.J., & Catts, H.W. (Co-Is), 2025.

Hogan Co-Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health (P50 HD052120): Learning Disabilities Translational Science Collective: Building on the Florida LDRC, 2023-2028. Co-PIs: Sara Hart, Emily Solari, Nicole Patton Terry.

Hogan Co-Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health R01 (R01 DC018823): Translating research into school-based practice via small-group, language-focused comprehension intervention, 2021-2026. Co-PI Shayne Piasta, Co-Is: Mindy Bridges & Kandace Fleming.

Hogan Co-Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health R01 (R01 DC016895): Orthography and phonology in word learning as a predictor of dyslexia in children with language impairment, 2018-2024. Co-PI Julie Wolter, Co-Is: Jessie Ricketts, & Yaacov Petscher.

Hogan Consultant, National Institutes of Health R01 (R01 DC010784): Profiles of Working Memory for Education Research, 2018-2023, PI: Shelley Gray, Co-Is: Mary Alt and Nelson Cowan.

Hogan Co-Principal Investigator, RSM Foundation Grant: The MGH IHP Personalized Instruction Program for Improving Literacy Outcomes for Grades K-3 at the Harvard-Kent Elementary School for The RSM Foundation Charlestown Reads Initiative. 2020-2023. Co-PIs: Rouzana Komesidou & Jason Gallagher

Hogan Co-Investigator, National Institutes of Health R15 (R15 DC016438): Feedback-based learning in children with language impairments, 2018-2021. PI: Yael Arbel.

Hogan Co-Investigator, American Speech-Language Hearing Foundation Clinical Research Grant. Orthographic and phonological processing in children with language impairment with and without dyslexia, 2018. PI: Suzanne Adlof.

Hogan Co-investigator (co-I; PI for subaward), National Institutes of Health R01 (R01 DC010784): Working memory and word learning in children with typical development and language impairment, 2011-2016, PI: Shelley Gray

Hogan Consultant, National Institutes of Health R01 (R01 DC011023): Co-occurrence of language and attention difficulties in children, 2011-2016, PI: Sean Redmond

Hogan Co-investigator (PI for subaward), Institute of Education Sciences Reading for Understanding Research Initiative (R305F100002): The Language Bases of Reading Comprehension, 2010-2016, PI: Laura Justice

Hogan Faculty affiliate, National Institutes of Health Core Grant (P30 DC004662-11), Boys Town National Research Hospital Core Center for Communication Disorders, 2011-2013

Hogan Co-Investigator, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Munroe-Meyer Institute, Center for the Neural Basis of Motor Development & Rehabilitation, 2010-2013.

Hogan Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health R03 Small Grant Award (R03DC9667): The lexicon and phoneme awareness, 2008-2012.

Hogan Co-Principal Investigator, University of Nebraska Great Plains Health Research Consortium Translational Research, Biological pathways in childhood speech and language impairments, 2010-2012, Co-PI: Jordan Green

Hogan Principal Investigator, College of Education and Human Sciences, International Research Seed Grant, Improving early identification of poor comprehenders using brain-based measures of comprehension monitoring, 2011, International Collaborator: Kate Cain, Lancaster University, United Kingdom

Hogan Principal Investigator, University of Nebraska – Lincoln College of Education and Human Sciences Scholarly Enhancement Research Grant, 2009-2011.

Hogan Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health Supplement Grant: Supplement R03 to the lexicon and phoneme awareness, 2009-2010

Hogan Principal Investigator, American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation New Investigator Research Award: An experimental evaluation of competing phonological awareness treatments, 2007-2009.

Hogan Principal Investigator, International Dyslexia Association General Research Grant: Phonological, lexical, and semantic influences on phonological awareness performance, 2007-2008.

Hogan Co-principal Investigator, American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation Multicultural Research Grant: Understanding the Navajo: Language, culture, and people, 2007-2008.

Hogan Principal Investigator, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Advancing Academic-Research Careers Award: Mentorship in an early research career with a focus on student research training, 2006-2007, Mentors: Judith Gierut, LouAnn Gerken, & Elena Plante

Hogan Research Fellow, International Reading Association Jeanne S. Chall Research Fellowship: Emergent phonological awareness: The role of lexical representations, 2005-2006.

Hogan Research Fellow, National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F31 DC6749): Lexical representations and phonological awareness, 2004-2006, Co-mentors: Hugh Catts & Holly Storkel

Hogan Principal Investigator, PEO Research Scholar Award: Early literacy, 2004-2005.

Research at the SAiL Lab

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