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![]() | Dr. Fran Conners is a professor in UA Psychology Department. She trained in experimental psychology and intellectual disability research with Doug Detterman at Case Western Reserve University and spent two years as a postdoctoral research associate working on reading disability research with Dick Olson at the University of Colorado. She received a 5-year NIH FIRST award (R29) as an early career investigator to study phonological skills in children with intellectual disabilities (ID). Her main research interests are in language and cognition in individuals with ID, especially those with Down syndrome. She looks for areas of strength as well as areas of specific difficulty, how they impact higher-level cognitive/language function, and what implications there are for intervention. Dr. Conners teaches courses in research methods and intellectual disabilities. For more information on Dr. Conners' work visit her website at www.connerslab.as.ua.edu |