Dr Ioanna Vasilopoulou

Biography

Ioanna Vasilopoulou (PhD, FHEA) is a linguist with interests in language disorders (dyslexia), language development, psycholinguistics, and education. She joined the School of Health and Social Care as a Lecturer, teaching linguistic subjects for Speech and Language Therapy. Ioanna is currently researching in-text evidence of visual deficits in children with developmental dyslexia and investigating how academic emotions affect their reading performance. She received her PhD in Applied Linguistics and MA in Psycholinguistics from the Department of Language and Linguistics at the University of Essex. Prior to this, she was awarded a BA in Greek Philology with a specialization in linguistics from the University of Patras, Greece. Additionally, in 2012-2013, she received training in linguistics at the University of Gent, Belgium.

Qualifications

• PhD Applied Linguistics University of Essex, (2023)

• MA Psycholinguistics University of Essex,

• BA Philology University of Patras,

Appointments

University of Essex

• Departmental Disability Liason Officer (DDLO) (interim), School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex (15/11/2025 - present)

• Section Disability Liaison Officer (SDLO) for the SLT Programmes, School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex (19/10/2023 - present)

• Postgraduate Selector, School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex (2/9/2025 - present)

• MSc Programme co-lead (interim), School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex (1/10/2024 - 18/1/2025)

• Extenuating Circumstances (EC) Committee Member, School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex (2/9/2024 - present)

• Education Commitee Member, School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex (2/9/2025 - present)

• Lecturer, School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex (1/11/2023 - present)

• Assistant Lecturer, Department of Language & Linguistics, University of Essex (23/9/2019 - 18/10/2023)