MG Prezioso, Ph.D. is a researcher, lecturer, and Expository Writing instructor at Harvard University.

She received her Ph.D. in Education with a concentration in Human Development, Learning, and Teaching from Harvard University. She also holds a B.A. in English literature from Harvard College and an Ed.M in Language and Literacy from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education.

Her academic work focuses on children’s and adolescents’ story world absorption – a state of heightened involvement, or immersion, in a narrative.

Her research has been featured in Education Week, The Boston Globe, and The Harvard Gazette, as well as The Culture Crush, Deseret News, and The Ministry of Ideas. She has also written for The Boston Globe.

Outside of academia, MG writes a series of children’s picture books, called the Whole Wilde World book series, for kids with chronic conditions and food allergies.

When she is not researching, writing, or teaching, you will find MG enjoying musical theatre, reading, running, traveling, and rooting for the New York Mets.