Rachael Harrington MS, MA, PhD

Rachael Harrington is a certified speech-language pathologist and assistant professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and the Center for Research on the Challenges of Acquiring Language and Literacy.

Harrington completed her graduate work at Georgetown University focusing on neuroplasticity and neurorehabilitation of the motor system after stroke. She completed her postdoctoral work at Georgia State University in the Department of Psychology through the Center for Research on the Challenges of Acquiring Language and Literacy. This work focused on the neurobiology of language and literacy and the rehabilitation of aphasia and alexia.

Harrington’s work has been funded by the American Heart Association, the National Institutes of Health, and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Her work has been published in Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, Brain Stimulation, and Frontiers in Neurology among others.

We are currently recruiting for a study that looks at how the brain works during reading and we are looking for adults in the Atlanta, Ga. area to participate. We are looking for all levels of reading ability — general reading difficulties (dyslexia or poor reading abilities,) reading difficulties after stroke/aphasia, and typical readers. The study involves two visits, each approximately three hours. In the first visit, we will test your reading skills and in the second visit, we will scan your brain in an MRI. Receive up to $65, based on the number of sessions completed (minimum $15)