Chair, Dept. of Hearing & Speech Sciences
Associate Director, Maryland Language Science Center
Lab Manager
Annie her Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree from Harvard University Extension School, concentrating in Psychology. Before moving to Maryland to work here at the Language Development and Perception Labs, she was a research assistant at the Spelke Lab and the Affective Neuroscience and Development Lab. She is primarily interested in how traumatic brain injuries impact cognition in children and adults. In the future, she plans to pursue a graduate degree in Psychology.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Ph.D. Student
Christina obtained her B.A. in Speech and Hearing Science with an additional major in Psychology from the University of Iowa. She is now pursuing a Master’s and Ph.D. in Speech Language Pathology. Her primary research interests focus on language and literacy development, specifically the relationship between the development of language processing and reading acquisition. She is co-advised by Dr. Jan Edwards.
Ph.D. Student
Erika obtained a B.A. in Linguistics and B.S. in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Penn State University in May 2018 and joined the lab as a Ph.D. student in Hearing and Speech Sciences that fall. Erika's research interests include language processing and bilingualism, as well as the ways these concepts are related to language perception. Her research background used neurophysiological measures in adults, so she is excited to enter a new line of research.
Ph.D. Student
Mine obtained her B.A. in Neuroscience and French from Vanderbilt University in May 2020. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in the Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (NACS) Program working with Drs. Rochelle Newman and Bob Slevc. Her research interests focus on language processing and acquisition, and she is particularly interested in the relationship between language development and music cognition.
Class of 2024
Class of 2023
High School Intern