People
Principal Investigator
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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: http://www.communication.northwestern.edu/faculty/VioricaMarian 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] |
Post-Doctoral Fellows
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Ashley Chung-Fat-Yim, Ph.D. Email: ashley.chungfatyim@northwestern.edu Room: Frances Searle 3-363 Phone: 847-467-2709 Research interests: bilingualism and multilingualism, language and cognition, event-related potentials, second language processing and narrative transportation Sample publications:
Curriculum Vitae [pdf] |
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Sirada Rochanavibhata, Ph.D. Email: siradarochanavibhata2020@u.northwestern.edu Room: Frances Searle 3-371B Phone: 847-467-2709 Research interests: bilingual language development, language learning (L1/L2 & multilingualism), environmental influences on language acquisition, language-mixing/code-switching, bilingualism and ageing, and bilingualism and memory. Sample publications:
Curriculum Vitae [pdf] |
Ph.D. Candidates
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Siqi Ning (Sherry) Email: siqining2022@u.northwestern.edu Room: Frances Searle 3-367 Phone: 847-467-2709 Expected Graduation: December 2023 Research interests: cognitive effects of bilingualism and bilingual language acquisition Sample Publications:
Curriculum Vitae [pdf] |
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Matias Fernandez-Duque Email: matiasfduque2024@u.northwestern.edu Room: Frances Searle 3-367 Phone: 847-467-2709 Expected Graduation: December 2024 Research interests: bilingualism, decision-making, how language affects cognition and perception. Sample publications:
Curriculum Vitae [pdf] |
Ph.D. Students
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Yung-Chieh (Jessica) Chuang Email: yung-chiehchuang@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. Conference Presentations:
Curriculum Vitae [pdf] |
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Malak Elmessiry Email: malak.a.elmessiry@vanderbilt.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:
Curriculum Vitae [pdf] |
Undergraduate Students
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Julia Borland Email: JuliaBorland2022@u.northwestern.edu Room: Frances Searle 3-367 Phone: 847-467-2709 Research interests: bilingualism and multilingualism, language development. Recent presentations:
Curriculum Vitae [pdf] |
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Kaniya Hester Email: kaniyahester2023@u.northwestern.edu Room: Frances Searle 3-371B Phone: 847-467-2709 Research interests: Bilingualism, bidialectalism, code-switching, psycholinguistics. 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] |
Research Affiliates
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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:
Curriculum Vitae [pdf] |
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Aya Williams, Ph.D. Email: aya.williams@ucsf.edu Room: Frances Searle 3-367 Phone: 847-491-2459 Research interests: bilingual code-switching, emotion, immigrant family Sample publications:
Curriculum Vitae [pdf] |
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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:
Curriculum Vitae [pdf] |
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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:
Curriculum Vitae [pdf] |
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 Assistant 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
James Bartolotti, Ph.D.
currently Senior Scientist, University of Kansas Medical Center
jamesbartolotti@gmail.com
Peiyao Chen, Ph.D.
currently Post-Doctoral Fellow, Swarthmore College
Susan C. Bobb, Ph.D.
currently Assistant Professor, Gordon College
scb207@gmail.com
Tuan Q. Lam, Ph.D.
currently Visiting Assistant Professor, Loyola University New Orleans
tuanq.lam@gmail.com
Sarah Chabal, Ph.D.
currently Research Psychologist, Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory
sarahchabal@gmail.com
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 Assistant 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 Assistant Professor, University of Oregon
cfausey@indiana.edu
Caroline Larson, M.Ed., CCC-SLP/L
currently Ph.D. student, University of Iowa
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
Collaborators
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