Ph.D. (Experimental Psychology), The Ohio State University , 1990
M.A. (Experimental Psychology), The Ohio State University , 1987
B.S. (Psychology), Summa Cum Laude, New York Institute of Technology, 1982

Career

Research Scientist, Dept. of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, 1994-present

Research Scientist, Haskins Laboratories, 1990-present

Reviewer for Psychological Review, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, Journal of Memory and Language, Perception and Psychophysics, 1989-present

Visiting Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College , 1992-1994

Visiting Assistant Professor (Research), University of Connecticut , 1991-1993

Visiting Assistant Professor, College of the Holy Cross , 1989-1992

Instructor, Denison University, 1988-1989

Representative Publications and Presentations

Pugh, K., Rexer, K., Peter, M., & Katz, L. (1994). Neighborhood effects in visual word recognition:  Effects of letter delay and nonword context difficulty. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 20, 639-648.

Shaywitz, B., Shaywitz, S., Pugh, K., Constable, T., Skudlarski, P., Fulbright, R., Bronen, R., Fletcher, J., Shankweiler, D., Katz, L., & Gore, J. (1995). Sex differences in the functional organization of the brain for language. Nature, 373, 607-609.

Pugh, K., Shaywitz, B., Constable, T., Shaywitz, S., Skudlarski, P., Fulbright, R., Bronen, R., Shankweiler, D., Katz, L., Fletcher, J., & Gore, J. (1996). Cerebral organization of component processes in reading.  Brain, ,119, 1221-1238.

Pugh, K., Shaywitz, B. A., Shaywitz, S. E., Fulbright, R. K., Byrd, D., Skudlarski, P., Shankweiler, D. P., Katz, L., Constable, R. T., Fletcher, J., Lacadie, C., Marchione, K., & Gore, J. C.. (1996). Auditory selective attention:  An fMRI investigation. NeuroImage, 4, 159-173.

Pugh, K., Shaywitz, B., Shaywitz, S., R., Shankweiler, D., Katz, L., Fletcher, J., Constable, R. T., Skudlarski, P., Fulbright, R., Bronen, R. & Gore, J. (1997). Predicting reading performance from neuroimaging profiles: The cerebral basis of phonological effects in printed word identification. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 23, 299-318.

Shaywitz, B., Shaywitz, S., Pugh, K., R., Fulbright, Constable, T., Mencl, E., Skudlarski, Liberman, A. R., Shankweiler, D., Katz, L., Fletcher, J., Lacadie, C., Marchione, K., Gatenby, C., & Gore, J. (1998). Functional disruption in the organization of the brain for reading in dyslexia.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 95, 2636-2641.

Shaywitz, S., Shaywitz, B., Pugh, K., Fulbright, R., Constable, R. T., Mencl, W.E., Naftolin, F., Skudlarski, P., Fletcher, J., Marchione, K., Lacadie, C., Gatenby, C., Klorman, R., & Gore, J. (1999). Effect of Estrogen on Brain Activation Patterns in Postmenopausal Women During Working Memory Tasks. Journal of the American Medical Association, 281, 1197-1202.

Pugh, K., Mencl, E.W., Shaywitz, B. A., Shaywitz, S. E., Fulbright, R. K., Skudlarski, P., Constable, R. T.,  Marchione, K., Jenner A.R.,  Shankweiler, D. P., Katz, L., Fletcher, J., Lacadie, C., & Gore, J. C.. (2000). The angular gyrus in developmental dyslexia: Task-specific differences in functional connectivity in posterior cortex,  Psychological Science, 11, 51-56.

Pugh, K.R., Mencl, W.E., Jenner, A.J., Katz, L., Frost, S.J., Lee, J.R., Shaywitz, S.E., & Shaywitz, B.A. (2000). Functional neuroimaging studies of reading and reading disability (developmental dyslexia). Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilites Review, 6(3), 207-213.

Shaywitz, B.A., Shaywitz, S.E., Pugh, K., R., Mencl, W.E., Fulbright, R.K.,  Skudlarski, P. Constable, R.T.,  Marchione, K.E., Fletcher, J.M.,   Lyon, G.R., & Gore, J.C. (2002). Disruption of posterior brain systems for reading in children with developmental dyslexia. Biological Psychiatry, 52, 101-110.

Shaywitz, B.A, Shaywitz, S.E, Blachman, B,. Pugh, K.R., Fulbright, R, Skudlarski, P, Mencl, E.M. Constable, R.T., Holahan, J., Marchione, K.E.,. Fletcher, J., Lyon, G.R. & Gore, J. (2004). Development of Left Occipito-Termporal Systems for Skilled Reading Following a Phonologically-Based Intervention in Children.. Biological Psychiatry. 55, 926-933.

Jacobsen LK, D’Souza DC, Mencl WE, Pugh KR, Skudlarski P, Krystal JH (2004). Nicotine effects on brain function and functional connectivity in schizophrenia, Biological Psychiatry, 55, 850-858.

Sandak, R., Mencl, W. E., Frost, S. J., Rueckl, J. G., Katz, L., Moore, D., Mason, S. M., Fulbright, R. K., Constable, R. T., Pugh, K. R. (2004). The neurobiology of adaptive learning in reading: A contrast of different training conditions. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 4, 67-88.

Katz, L., Lee, C. H., Tabor, W., Frost, S. J., Mencl, W. E., Sandak, R., Rueckl, J. G., Pugh, K. R. (2005). Effects of printed word repetition in lexical decision and naming on behavior and brain activation, Neuropsychologia, 43, 2068-2083.

Frost, S. J., Mencl, W. E., Sandak, R., Moore, D. L., Rueckl, J., Katz, L., Fulbright, R. K., & Pugh, K. R. (2005). An fMRI study of the trade-off between semantics and phonology in reading aloud. Neuroreport, 16, 621-624.

Pugh, K. R., Sandak, R., Frost, S. J., Moore, D., & Mencl, W. E. (2005). Examining reading development and reading disability in English language learners: Potential contributions from functional neuroimaging. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 20 (1), 24-30.