People
Principal Investigator
Professor Viorica Marian, Ph.D. Ralph and Jean Sundin Endowed Chair in Communication Sciences and Disorders Email: v-marian@northwestern.edu Room: Frances Searle 3-363 Phone: 847-491-2420 Twitter: @VioricaMarian1 Website: www.vioricamarian.com Research interests: bilingualism and multilingualism, language and cognition, language processing, language and memory, language learning, audio-visual integration in bilinguals and monolinguals, bilingual assessment, neurolinguistics of bilingualism, computational modeling of bilingual language processing, and eye-tracking Sample publications:
Curriculum Vitae [pdf] PROFESSOR VIORICA MARIAN WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING NEW PHD STUDENTS FOR THE 2025-2026 ACADEMIC YEAR. |
Research Assistant Professor
Ashley Chung-Fat-Yim, Ph.D. Email: ashley.chungfatyim@northwestern.edu Room: Frances Searle 3-365 Phone: 847-491-2421 Research interests: bilingualism and multilingualism, language and cognition, event-related potentials, second language processing and narrative transportation Sample publications:
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Post-Doctoral Fellows
Concepción Soto, Ph.D. Email: c.soto@northwestern.edu Room: Frances Searle 3-367 Phone: 847-491-2459 Research interests: language processing, first language attrition, heritage languages, code switching, bilingual lexical processing, research methods in psycholinguistics, eye tracking technology Sample publications:
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Clara Fridman, Ph.D. Email: clarafridman@gmail.com Room: Frances Searle 3-367 Phone: 847-491-2459 Research interests: multilingual language processing, heritage languages, code-switching, language learning Sample publications:
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Clinician Scientist
Renée Reilly, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Email: reillyslp@yahoo.com Room: Frances Searle 3-367 Phone: 773-909-4962 Research interests: bilingualism, language and cognition, language acquisition, word learning, developmental language disorder, evidence-based practice in clinical speech-language pathology, literacy. Sample publications:
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Ph.D. Candidate
Matias Fernandez-Duque Email: matiasfduque2024@u.northwestern.edu Room: Frances Searle 3-367 Phone: 847-467-2709 Expected Graduation: December 2024 Research interests: bilingualism, memory, creativity, effect of language on higher-order cognition Sample publications:
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Ph.D. Students
Yung-Chieh (Jessica) Chuang Email: jessicachuang2028@u.northwestern.edu Room: Frances Searle 3-367 Phone: 847-467-2709 Research interests: bilingualism, language processing, language and working memory, code-switching, neurolinguistics in bilingualism. Sample Publications:
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Malak Elmessiry Email: malakelmessiry2028@u.northwestern.edu Room: Frances Searle 3-367 Phone: 847-467-2709 Research interests: bilingualism and multilingualism, language and cognition, foreign language effect, memory, and misinformation. Conference Presentations:
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Research Assistants
Aalya Al-Beeshi Email: aalya.albeeshi@northwestern.edu Room: Frances Searle 3-367 Phone: 847-467-2709 Research interests: language and cognition, language processing, bilingualism, neurolinguistics, memory, language learning. Recent presentations:
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Suhuai Chen Email: SuhuaiChen2024@u.northwestern.edu Room: Frances Searle 3-367 Phone: 847-467-2709 Research interests: bilingualism, second language acquisition, language co-activation, semantics, computational linguistics Curriculum Vitae [pdf] |
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Maya Page Email: mayapage2026@u.northwestern.edu Room: Frances Searle 3-367 Phone: 847-467-2709 Research interests: bilingualism, early childhood language development, atypical language development and language disorders, psycholinguistics Curriculum Vitae [pdf] |
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Hui Feng Email: huifeng2025@u.northwestern.edu Room: Frances Searle 3-367 Phone: 847-467-2709 Research interests: bilingualism, language processing, code-switching, psycholinguistic, eye-tracking, language acquisition Curriculum Vitae [pdf] |
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Kelly Suh Email: kellysuh8@gmail.com Room: Frances Searle 3-367 Phone: 847-467-2709 Research interests: language and cognition, memory, decision-making, bilingualism and multilingualism, perception Curriculum Vitae [pdf] |
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Nik Sung Email: niksung2026@u.northwestern.edu Room: Frances Searle 3-367 Phone: 847-467-2709 Research interests: neurolinguistics, neuroimaging, attention networks, memory, eye-tracking Curriculum Vitae [pdf] |
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Joseph Biju Email: josephbiju2027@u.northwestern.edu Room: Frances Searle 3-367 Phone: 847-467-2709 Research interests: bilingualism, language acquisition, memory, and language processing Curriculum Vitae [pdf] |
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Alzaharaa Al Zaabi Email: AlzaharaaAlZaabi2027@u.northwestern.edu Room: Frances Searle 3-367 Phone: 847-467-2709 Research interests: Bilingualism, Perception and Cognition, Behavioral Research and Neuroimaging, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science Curriculum Vitae [pdf] |
Research Affiliates
Sayuri Hayakawa, Ph.D. Email: sayuri.hayakawa@northwestern.edu Room: Frances Searle 3-367 Phone: 847-467-2709 Research interests: bilingualism, emotion and mental imagery; foreign language processing and decision making Sample publications:
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Anthony Shook, Ph.D. Email: a-shook@northwestern.edu Room: Frances Searle 3-367 Phone: 847-467-2709 Research interests: language processing in bilinguals, computational models of language, and bimodal bilingualism Sample publications:
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Jen Krizman, Ph.D. Email: j-krizman@northwestern.edu Room: Frances Searle 3-367 Phone: 847-491-2459 Research interests: auditory processing in bilinguals, and neural correlates of bilingualism Sample publications:
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Alumni
Margarita Kaushanskaya, Ph.D.
currently Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
kaushanskaya@wisc.edu
Henrike Blumenfeld, Ph.D.
currently Associate Professor, San Diego State University
hblumenf@sdsu.edu
Scott Schroeder, Ph.D.
currently Associate Professor, Hofstra University
Scott.R.Schroeder@hofstra.edu
Max Freeman, Ph.D., CCC-CF
currently Assistant Professor, St. John’s University
freeman@u.northwestern.edu
Peiyao Chen, Ph.D.
currently Assistant Professor, College of Wooster
Sayuri Hayakawa, Ph.D.
currently Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University
sayuri.hayakawa@okstate.edu
Susan C. Bobb, Ph.D.
currently Professor, Gordon College
scb207@gmail.com
James Bartolotti, Ph.D.
currently Senior Scientist, University of Kansas Medical Center
jamesbartolotti@gmail.com
Tuan Q. Lam, Ph.D.
currently Visiting Assistant Professor, Loyola University New Orleans
tuanq.lam@gmail.com
Anthony Shook, Ph.D.
currently Lead Data Scientist and Algorithm Engineer, Rise Science
anthony.shook@gmail.com
Sarah Chabal, Ph.D.
currently Research Psychologist, Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory
sarahchabal@gmail.com
Siqi (Sherry) Ning, Ph.D.
currently working at the Epoch Media Group
siqining2022@u.northwestern.edu
Yasmeen Faroqi Shah, Ph.D.
currently Associate Professor, University of Maryland
yshah@hesp.umd.edu
Li Sheng, Ph.D.
currently Associate Professor, University of Texas-Austin
lil-sh@northwestern.edu
Elena Dukhovny, Ph.D.
currently Associate Professor, California State University
elena.dukhovny@csueastbay.edu
Sunhee Ko, Ph.D.
currently Assistant Professor, Kongju National University
shko@kongju.ac.kr
Caitlin Fausey, Ph.D.
currently Associate Professor, University of Oregon
cfausey@indiana.edu
Caroline Larson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP/L
currently Assistant Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia
calarson033@gmail.com
Jay Mittal
currently Resident in General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic
Bennett Magliato
currently Corps Member at Teach For America
ben@magliato.com
Alison Moy
currently M.D. student, University of Texas-Houston
Rachel Tepe
currently Dental Resident, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Justin White
currently Masters Student in Speech-Language Pathology, University of Iowa
David Chi
currently Dentistry Student, University of Washington
Aimee van den Berg
currently B.A. Student, Northwestern University
avandenberg@imsa.edu
Ashley Leung
currently Ph.D. Student, University of Chicago
ashleyleung@uchicago.edu
Laura Montenegro
currently M.S. Student, Northwestern University
lauramontenegro2020@u.
Grace Pickens
currently Fulbright Scholar, US Fulbright Commission (Santa Fe, Argentina)
pickensgrace@gmail.com
Neli Vorobyov
currently a student at Binghamton University
nvoroby1@binghamton.edu
Yue Pan
currently a PhD student at Cornell University
yuepan2023@u.northwestern.edu
Ryan Wagner
currently working at Duolingo
ryanwagner2021@u.northwestern.edu
Lesley Meza
currently a Masters student in Speech-Language Pathology at Maquette University
Claire Simcox
currently Speech-Language Pathologist at Renewal Rehab
clairesimcox2021@u.northwestern.edu
Kaniya Hester
currently a management consultant at EY-Parthenon, Boston
kaniyahester2023@u.northwestern.edu
Julia Borland
currently a management consultant at EY-Parthenon, Boston
juliaborland2022@u.northwestern.edu
Collaborators
Sayuri Hayakawa, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University
Henrike Blumenfeld, Ph.D., San Diego State University
Susan C. Bobb, Ph.D., Gordon College
Kailyn Bradley, Ph.D., Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Karen Emmorey, Ph.D., San Diego State University
Marcel Giezen, Ph.D., San Diego State University
Arturo Hernandez, Ph.D., University of Houston
Noriko Hoshino, Ph.D., Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, Japan
Margarita Kaushanskaya, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sunhee Ko, Ph.D., Kongju National University
Nina Kraus, Ph.D., Northwestern University
Tuan Q. Lam, Ph.D., Loyola University New Orleans
K.K. Luke, Ph.D., Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Karla McGregor, Ph.D., The University of Iowa
Li Sheng, Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Scott Schroeder, Ph.D., Hofstra University
Michael Spivey, Ph.D., University of California, Merced