Florina Erbeli

Dr. Florina Erbeli is an Associate Professor with tenure in the Department of Educational Psychology at Texas A&M University, affiliated with the College of Education and Human Development. She holds a Ph.D. in Special Education from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and completed postdoctoral training at the Florida Center for Reading Research and Florida State University's Department of Psychology. Her research focuses on dyslexia, reading development, and predictive factors in education, with over $7.9M in external funding. She teaches courses in reading strategies for students with diverse needs and has authored/co-authored numerous influential publications in top-tier journals like Scientific Studies of Reading and Child Development.

Dr. Erbeli has received prestigious awards such as the Rising Star Award from the Association for Psychological Science and the Chancellor EDGES Fellowship. She serves on editorial boards for journals including British Journal of Educational Psychology and collaborates on high-impact projects like Project SUCCESS, addressing literacy challenges for underrepresented students. Her work integrates machine learning techniques to improve reading disability identification and interventions.

Her funded projects include AI-driven support systems for students with learning disabilities and collaborative initiatives on bilingual literacy diagnostics. She advises doctoral students and emphasizes equity, community engagement, and evidence-based practices in education.