Roberta Ekuni, Ph.D.
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Dr. Roberta Ekuni (she/her) is an Adjunct Professor at Universidade Estadual de Londrina in Paraná, Brazil. She specializes in research on student study strategies, online learning, and neuromyths. She earned her Ph.D. from Universidade Federal de São Paulo. She debunks neuromyths for teachers and students on Instagram (@drarobertaekuni), where she has more than 30,000 followers.
Dr. Ekuni also led efforts to translate my practice guides in Portuguese, and she created a YouTube video about retrieval practice in Portuguese.
Additional language spoken: Portuguese (fluent)
Recommended research publication: Sazaka, L. S. R., Hermida, M. J., & Ekuni, R. (2024). Where did pre-service teachers, teachers, and the general public learn neuromyths? Insights to support teacher training. Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 36, Article 100235.
