My name is Shawn Hemelstrand and I research early literacy development.

Welcome! As the page suggests, I am a researcher who studies early literacy development at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Scroll down to check out some of my recent work. To learn more about me, check out the About page. To preview my publications and projects, please navigate to My Research. My social media can also be found below.

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Featured Post: In this editorial in South China Morning Post, I discuss post-COVID education in Hong Kong.

Latest Article: In my most recent publication, I discuss the unique attributes of the Japanese writing system. Along with that I show how individual differences in reader ability may shape what we previously knew about cognitive skills related to reading in Japanese.

New R Content : I am excited to share my new free online course for learning the basics of R at Quantfish. This course is designed to be a gentle introduction to R programming. Click here to access the course and its content.

Recent Presentations

ARWA 2025

ARWA 2025 Oral Presentation: A Tale of Two Scripts

This is my presentation on the relationship between complexity and frequency in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

ARWA QGAM Project

ARWA 2024 Oral Presentation: The Extrema of Japanese Literacy

This is my presentation on Japanese literacy, where my analysis investigated the impact of individual differences on literacy acquisition in Japanese.

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shemelstrand@link.cuhk.edu.hk

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My name is Shawn Hemelstrand and I research early literacy development.

Featured Content

Recent Presentations

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Email shemelstrand@link.cuhk.edu.hk

Email
shemelstrand@link.cuhk.edu.hk