School of Communication

Lab Projects in Progress:

Bilingual Language Processing

  • Eye-tracking studies of bilingual language processing: Evidence for parallel activation during word recognition
  • Recognition of homophone, cognate, and non-cognate words in bilinguals
  • Phonological and orthographic contributions to visual word recognition in bilinguals
  • Neural correlates of first and second language processing in bilinguals

Language and Memory

  • Autobiographical Memory and Language in Bilinguals
  • Semantic Memory for Academic Material in Bilinguals
  • Semantic Memory for Everyday Knowledge in Bilinguals
  • Analogical Reasoning in Bilinguals

Language Learning and Bilingual Assessment

  • Developing a Tool for Assessing Language Experience and Proficiency (LEAP-Q)
  • Semantic Development in Bilingual Children
  • Modality Effects in Foreign-Word Learning
  • Efficacy of Bilingual Education in Schools