Dr. Madeline Berkowitz

Assistant Professor

Dr. Madeline Berkowitz
+1 (615) 898-25
+1 (615) 898-50
Room 263, Academic Classroom Building (ACB)
MTSU Box 87, Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Office Hours

M/W 10:00- 10:30

T/TH 1:00-2:00

Or by appointment

Degree Information

  • PHD, University of Massachusetts Amherst (2022)
  • MS, Northeastern University (2011)
  • BA, Bryn Mawr College (2010)

Areas of Expertise

Evidence Based Intervention for Academics and Behavior

Science of Reading

Early Reading

Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS)

Response to Intervention (RTI)/Mutli-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)

Research / Scholarly Activity

Berkowitz, M (2022). Reading wars practice: Comparing guided reading and explicit phonics. Paper presentation at the National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention 2022: Boston, MA  

Hall, C & Berkowitz, M (2022). Promoting professional collaboration through remote school psychologist professional learning communities. Paper presentation at the National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention 2022: Boston, MA &nb...

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Berkowitz, M (2022). Reading wars practice: Comparing guided reading and explicit phonics. Paper presentation at the National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention 2022: Boston, MA  

Hall, C & Berkowitz, M (2022). Promoting professional collaboration through remote school psychologist professional learning communities. Paper presentation at the National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention 2022: Boston, MA   Hall, C & Berkowitz, M (2022). Best practices for matching emergent fluent readers to text. Poster presentation at the National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention 2022: Boston, MA  

Roberts, Z. S., Berkowitz, M., & Marcotte, A. M. (2019). The case for vocabulary instruction. Poster presentation at the Nation Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention 2019: Baltimore, MD  

Marcotte, A. M., Boyle, C, Berkowitz, M., Roberts, Z., Hall, C. (2018). An examination of extended vocabulary routines within repeated reading interventions. Paper presentation at the National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention 2018: Atlanta, GA  

Berkowitz, M. (2018). Early bird gets the worm? Effect of later school start time on attendance, graduation, and attention. Poster presentation at the Northeast Regional Educational Association Annual Conference: Trumbull, CT  

Marcotte, A.M., Habib, A., Meyer, A., & Berkowitz, M. (2018). Testing developmental reading theory through a pat analysis of triannual screening data. Paper presentation at the Northeast Regional Educational Association Annual Conference, Trumbull, CT  

Myers, L., Berkowitz, M., Kadota, L., Tolkin, S. (2011). What’s in a name? the role of iconicity and conventionality in children’s understanding of gesture symbols. Paper symposium at the Society of Research in Child Development biennial meeting.

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