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Jane Oakhill

Jane Oakhill is a British cognitive psychologist and expert on the development of reading comprehension. She holds the position of Professor of Experimental Psychology at the University of Sussex.

Oakhill was awarded the British Psychological Society Spearman Medal for early career research contributions in 1991. In 2019, she received the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the Society for Text and Discourse in 2019 in recognition of her decades-long research program on children's reading difficulties. Other awards include the 2016 Research Impact Award from the University of Sussex.

Oakhill has served on the Governing Board of Society for Text and Discourse and on the Editorial Board of Discourse Processes. Provided by Wikipedia