Viorica Marian
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Associate Professor
v-marian@northwestern.edu
Frances Searle Building
2240 Campus Drive, Room 3-346
Evanston, IL 60208-2952
847-491-2420
Graduate Programs: Communication Sciences and Disorders, Psychology, Cognitive Science
Viorica Marian's research focuses on bilingualism/multilingualism and the brain's ability to accommodate multiple languages at the same time. She studies the relationship between language and memory, as well as how people process spoken and written language. Her research uses cognitive, behavioral, and neurological measures to study the human linguistic capacity.
Lab Affiliations
Northwestern Bilingualism and Psycholinguistics Research Laboratory
Education
| PhD | Experimental Psychology, Cornell University |
| MA | Experimental Psychology, Cornell University |
| MA | Cognitive and Developmental Psychology, Emory University |
| BA | Psychology, University of Alaska |
Publications
| Marian, V., & Kaushanskaya, M. (in press). Language context shapes memory content. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. |
| Marian, V., Blumenfeld, H., & Kaushanskaya, M. (in press). The Language Experience and Proficiency Questionnaire (LEAP-Q): Assessing language profiles in bilinguals and multilinguals. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. |
| Marian, V., Blumenfeld, H., & Boukrina, O. (in press). Sensitivity to phonological similarity within and across languages: A native/non-native asymmetry in bilinguals. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. |
Recent Awards and Honors
| 2006-2007 | Outstanding Faculty of the Year, Northwestern Associated Student Government |
| 2005 | Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Otto Klineberg Intercultural & International Relations Honorable Mention |
| 1999-2000 | National Research Service Award, National Institute of Health |
Recent Grants and Funding
| 2006-2008 | Foreign Language Vocabulary Learning. National Science Foundation. $11,207. P.I |
| 2005-2008 | Memory and Language in Bilinguals. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. $148,500. P.I |
| 2004-2007 | Bilingual Language Processing: Parallel Activation During Spoken and Written Word Recognition. National Science Foundation. $119,913. P.I. |
Courses
| CSD 392 | Language Development and Usage |
| CSD 309 | Culture, Language, and Learning |
| CSD 545 | Research Methods |
| CSD 551 | Topics in CSD: Bilingualism |
