Rebecca Larkin

Rebecca Larkin is a Principal Lecturer and Deputy Head of Academy for Psychology at Nottingham Trent University (NTU), within the School of Social Sciences. Her academic focus is on cognitive developmental psychology, particularly language and literacy development in children. She leads research on developmental language disorder (DLD), developmental dyslexia, and spelling strategies, with a commitment to interdisciplinary approaches involving education and childhood learning.

Her research group affiliation is the Language, Literacy and Psycholinguistics Research Group. Key areas of investigation include typical/atypical language development, written language processes, and educational interventions. She actively collaborates with institutions like Coventry University and has secured funding from the British Academy and Leverhulme Trust.

Professional activities include editorial roles at Frontiers in Cognitive Science and Dyslexia, and conference organization (e.g., British Dyslexia Association International Conferences). Her publications span 15+ years, addressing topics like cyberbullying impacts (2023), writing processes in DLD (2023), and digital literacy interventions (2021).

Teaching contributions include undergraduate/postgraduate supervision and curriculum development. She welcomes PhD candidates exploring language/literacy development, DLD, or multi-disciplinary childhood learning projects.