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Rhona Stainthorp OBE is a British academic. She is an Emerita Professor at the Institute of Education, University of Reading. She specializes in reading development and challenges, with her research focusing on the role of phonics in literacy.
In 2024, she has been recognized with an Order of the British Empire in the King's Birthday Honours for her contributions to education.
Education
Stainthorp completed an undergraduate degree in politics at the University of Nottingham, followed by a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in psychology at Birkbeck College, University of London (now Birkbeck, University of London). She later obtained a master's degree in Human Communication from the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, and a PhD under the supervision of Professor Maggie Snowling.
Research
Stainthorp has participated in a number of research projects focused on literacy and reading development. These include studies on the use of e-readers among Key Stage 2 students, transcription skills and literacy at Key Stage 3, and spelling at Key Stage 2. She has also contributed to research on the role of orthographic processing in reading and its connection to rapid automatized naming deficits, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
Books
Learning from children who read at an early age. London: Routledge. (1999). ISBN 978-0415174954.
Reading Development and Teaching (Discoveries & Explanations in Child Development). SAGE Publications Ltd;. 21 Dec. 2015. ISBN 978-1446249048.