Maddie Alexanian
Email: mgalexanian@wisc.edu

Maddie Alexanian is a doctoral student in the School Psychology area within the Department of Educational Psychology. She received her BA in Psychology and Spanish with a minor in Education from Wake Forest University. Before beginning her studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Maddie worked as an English teaching assistant in Galicia, Spain through the Fulbright Student Program. There, she implemented curriculum-based measures of writing progress with her students. Advised by Dr. David Klingbeil, Maddie’s research interests include literacy development and evidence-based reading assessment and interventions. Specifically, she is interested in best practices for meeting the unique needs of linguistically diverse students.