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Sara Incera, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Education

  • Ph.D. Psychology, Cleveland State University
  • M.A. Psychology, Cleveland State University
  • M.S. & B.S., Psychology, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain

Research & Academic Interests

  • Bilingualism
  • Accents
  • Reading
  • Language

Publications

  • Incera, S., *Hevia-Tuero, C., *Martín, I., & Suárez-Coalla, P. (2024). How country of origin and stimuli language influence visual word recognition in bilingual children. International Journal of Bilingualism, 1-23.
  • *Hairston-Dotson, K., & Incera, S. (2022). Critical reading: What do students actually do? Journal of College Reading and Learning, 1-17.
  • *Hevia-Tuero, C., Incera, S., & Suárez-Coalla, P. (2021). Does English orthography influence bilingual Spanish readers? The effect of grapheme crosslinguistic congruency and complexity on letter detection. Cognitive Development, 59, 1-16.
  • *McGuffin, B., Incera, S., & White, H. S. (2021). The Bluegrass corpus: audio-visual stimuli to investigate foreign accents. Behavioral Research Methods, 1-10.
  • *Sutherland, A., & Incera, S. (2021). Critical reading: what do faculty think students should do? Journal of College Reading and Learning, 51(4), 267-290.
  • Incera, S., *Tuft, S. E., *Fernandes, R.B., & McLennan, C. T. (2020). Taboo effects in first and second language speakers of American English. Cognition and Emotion, 1-9.

Associations, Affiliations & Work History

  • Kentucky Psychological Foundation
  • Españoles científicos en USA (ECUSA)
  • Women in Cognitive Science (WiCS)
  • Association for Psychological Science (APS)
  • Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA)
  • Psychonomic Society (PS)

Awards & Accolades

  • Scholarly and Creative Achievement Awards, 2023, Eastern Kentucky University
  • Ault Award for Online Teaching, 2023, Eastern Kentucky University
  • Winslow Award for Pedagogical Development, 2018, Eastern Kentucky University