{"id":68844,"date":"2023-07-06T19:22:13","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T23:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=68844"},"modified":"2026-07-08T15:12:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T19:12:02","slug":"ola-ozernov-palchik","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/ola-ozernov-palchik\/","title":{"rendered":"Ola Ozernov-Palchik"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Ola Ozernov-Palchik is a research assistant professor at Boston University Wheelock College of Education &amp; Human Development, associate director of translational research in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/centers-initiatives-labs\/ai-and-education-initiative\/\">AI &amp; Education Initiative<\/a>, and director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/centers-initiatives-labs\/eval\/\">Evidence-Based AI in Learning (EVAL) Industry Collaborative<\/a>. She is also a research scientist at MIT\u2019s McGovern Institute for Brain Research.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ozernov-Palchik&#8217;s multi-disciplinary research centers on the cognitive neuroscience of language and literacy development, with a strong emphasis on translational work aimed at advancing learning for all students and promoting educational equity. Her recent line of research includes harnessing and advancing AI to create effective, personalized, and scalable tools for literacy.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"profile-section-label\">Recent News<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2024\/bu-wheelock-welcomes-new-faculty-for-2024\/\">BU Wheelock Welcomes New Faculty for 2024<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"profile-section-label\">In the Media<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2026\/03\/13\/opinion\/ai-artificial-intelligence-literacy-education\/\">Will AI Solve America&#8217;s Reading Crisis Or Make It Worse?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2026\/03\/12\/opinion\/literacy-ai-say-more-podcast\/?p1=BGSearch_Advanced_Results\">US Literacy Rates Are Shocking. Will AI Save Us?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2026\/02\/26\/opinion\/mass-needs-catch-up-with-mississippi-reading-instruction\/\">Is Mass. Really an Educational Leader When Reading Scores Lag Behind Mississippi?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2025\/why-do-so-many-kids-struggle-with-reading\/\">Why Do So Many Kids Struggle with Reading?<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":21306,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/68844"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21306"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/68844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89564,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/68844\/revisions\/89564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}