Ligia Gomez Franco

Ligia Gomez Franco is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at Ball State University's Teachers College. Her research focuses on language development in monolingual and bilingual children, emphasizing the roles of parents, teachers, and technology in fostering vocabulary learning and reading comprehension.

• Ph.D. in Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology, Boston College
• M.A. in Developmental and Educational Psychology, Boston College
• M.Ed. in International Teaching, Framingham State College
• B.A. in Educational Psychology, Bolivian Catholic University, San Pablo

Her work explores cultural contexts in education, bilingual education, and technology's impact on learning. Recent publications highlight educational data mining and preschool teaching practices, analyzing response time modeling, literacy instruction, and cross-cultural interventions.

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Chile (2018–2019)