George Georgiou, PhD

Area of Study / Keywords

Learning disabilities Educational psychology Reading and spelling acquisition Literacy acquisition Reading difficulties Cognition Executive functioning Reading development PASS theory of Intelligence Home literacy environment

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About

George Georgiou is a professor of educational psychology at the University of Alberta's Faculty of Education. After receiving his bachelors of education from the University of Cyprus in 2000, he earned his masters and PhD in education from the U of A in 2004 and 2008, respectively. After completing his PhD, Georgiou worked as a research associate at the Ministry of Education and Culture in Cyprus and as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland. 

Georgiou accepted a position as an associate professor and, later, professor at the U of A in 2008 and 2017, respectively. In 2018, he served as the Faculty of Education’s associate dean of international initiatives and as the director of the J. P. Das Centre on Developmental and Learning Disabilities as of 2019. 

Georgiou received the Martha Cook Piper research award from the U of A in 2014, the Richard E. Snow award from the American Psychological Association in 2015, and the Alberta Teachers' Association Educational Research Award in 2019. Additionally, he received the U of A’s Killlam Professorship award in 2020 and, in 2018, he became a member of the College of the Royal Society of Canada. In 2025, he was awarded the prestigious King Charles III Coronation Medal for his contributions to the literacy and numeracy screeners in Alberta. 

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Teaching

Undergraduate Courses:

EDPY 458 Assessment and Programming for Children with Reading Difficulties

EDPY 497 Learning Disabilities

Graduate Courses:

EDPY 501 Introduction to Research Methods

EDPY 555 Advanced Seminar in Assessment and Programming for Children with Reading Difficulties

EDPY 560 Advanced Seminar in Research Methods in Special Education

EDPY 597 Advanced Seminar in Learning Disabilities

Students interested in pursuing graduate studies in the area of reading may contact me at georgiou@ualberta.ca

EDPY 458 - Assessment and Programming for Children with a Specific Reading Disability

Intent is to (a) provide students with a theoretical understanding of specific reading disabilities, (b) introduce students to widely used assessment tools and the interpretation of assessment results, and (c) develop competence in designing and implementing successful instructional programs for students with specific reading disabilities.

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EDPY 555 - Advanced Assessment and Intervention for Reading Disabilities

This course provides students with an understanding of reading disabilities, introduces them to relevant assessment tools, and examines how to design and implement successful interventions for students with reading disabilities.

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EDPY 577 - Word Reading Difficulties: From Assessment to Intervention

This course provides an understanding of word reading development and difficulties from the cognitive and educational psychology point of views. Restricted to course-based MEd Special Education Cohort students. EDPY 577 is the fourth course in the prescribed sequence. Prerequisite or co-requisite: EDPY 553.

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Browse more courses taught by George Georgiou

George K. Georgiou, Tomohiro Inoue, Michael McMann, Scott McKenzie, Rauno Parrila

Learning and Instruction. 2025 June; 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2025.102105

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Ling-ling Wang, Dan-xin Huang, Dan Cai, George K. Georgiou

Annals of Dyslexia. 2025 March; 10.1007/s11881-025-00325-2

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Dalia Martinez, Danielle Colenbrander, Tomohiro Inoue, Rauno Parrila, George K. Georgiou

Scientific Studies of Reading. 2025 March; 10.1080/10888438.2024.2418943

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Robert Savage, George K. Georgiou, Tomohiro Inoue, Kristy Dunn, Rauno Parrila

Scientific Studies of Reading. 2025 March; 10.1080/10888438.2024.2418940

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George K. Georgiou, Tomohiro Inoue, Peter F. de Jong, George Manolitsis, Rauno Parrila

Reading and Writing. 2024 December; 10.1007/s11145-024-10624-6

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Sandra Romero, George K. Georgiou, Angeliki Altani, Athanassios Protopapas

Reading and Writing. 2024 December; 10.1007/s11145-024-10620-w

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Kristy Dunn, George K. Georgiou, Robert Savage, Rauno Parrila

Journal of Learning Disabilities. 2024 November; 10.1177/00222194241297058

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Su-Zhen Zhang, Tomohiro Inoue, Dianhai Zhang, Di Jin, George K. Georgiou

Scientific Studies of Reading. 2024 November; 10.1080/10888438.2024.2382204

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Sandra Romero, George K. Georgiou, Angeliki Altani, Guher Gorgun, Athanassios Protopapas

Scientific Studies of Reading. 2024 September; 10.1080/10888438.2024.2360189

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George K. Georgiou, Kyriakoula Rothou

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. 2024 August; 10.1007/s10936-024-10090-9

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Su‐Zhen Zhang, Tomohiro Inoue, George K. Georgiou

Reading Research Quarterly. 2024 July; 10.1002/rrq.553

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George K. Georgiou, Sergios C. Sergiou, Charalambos Y. Charalambous

Journal of Intelligence. 2024 April; 10.3390/jintelligence12040043

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Ana Paula Alves Vieira, Peng Peng, Andrea Antoniuk, Jodi DeVries, Kyriakoula Rothou, Rauno Parrila, George Georgiou

Annals of Dyslexia. 2024 April; 10.1007/s11881-023-00294-4

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George K. Georgiou, Rauno Parrila, Genevieve McArthur

Annals of Dyslexia. 2024 April; 10.1007/s11881-024-00300-3

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Dalia Martinez, Danielle Colenbrander, Tomohiro Inoue, George K. Georgiou

Applied Psycholinguistics. 2024 March; 10.1017/S0142716424000043

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Georgiou, G., Savage, R., Dunn, K., Bowers, P., & Parrila, R.

Journal of Research in Reading. 2020 August;

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Altani, A., Protopapas, A., Katopodi, K., & Georgiou, G.

Journal of Educational Psychology. 2020 May; 112

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Savage, R., Georgiou, G., Parrila, R., Maiorino, K., Dunn, K., & Burgos, G.

Scientific Studies of Reading. 2020 April; 24

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Georgiou, G., Guo, K., Naveenkumar, N., Vieira, A. P. A., & Das, J. P.

Intelligence. 2020 January; 79

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Georgiou, G., Kushnir, G., & Parrila, R.

Alberta Journal of Educational Research. 2019 November;

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Ludwig, C., Kan, G., & Georgiou, G.

Journal of Learning Disabilities. 2019 May; 52

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Georgiou, G., Torppa, M., Landerl, K., Desrochers, A., Manolitsis, G., de Jong, P. F., & Parrila, R.

Child Psychology. 2019 January; 91

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Landerl, K., Freudenthaler, H. H., Heene, M., de Jong, P. F., Desrochers, A., Manolitsis, G., Parrila, R., & Georgiou, G.

Scientific Studies of Reading. 2019 January; 23

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• Class of 2018 - New College Member | George Georgiou