Research: Psycholinguistics and Language Acquisition Lab
Located in 415 Bricker Academic Building, the Psycholinguistics and Language Acquisition Research Laboratory—also known as "The Red Lab"—is where research is conducted to explore the cognitive processes that support the acquisition and use of non-native languages. Broadly speaking, the research investigated in this lab looks at how multilingual speakers manage to speak in one language without massive intrusions from their other languages and how adult language learners access, process, and acquire words—and language in general. The data collection procedures employed in the laboratory make use of computerized psychological and cognitive tasks under controlled experimental conditions in order to evaluate the mental processes underpinning speech and language acquisition. Additional studies have also been conducted in socio-cultural linguistics and language teaching and learning.
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Lab Directory: Collaborating Researchers
John W. Schwieter, BA, MS, PhD
Director, 2007-present
Associate Professor of Spanish & Linguistics
Aline Ferreira, BA, MA, PhD
Associate Director & Post-doctoral Research Fellow, 2013-present
Doctoral Research Fellow & Research Associate, 2011-2013
Linguistic and Translation Studies
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Joyce Bruhn de Garavito, BA, MA, PhD
Research Collaborator, 2013-present
Professor of Hispanic Studies & Linguistics
Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
Gabrielle Klassen, BA, MA
Graduate Research Collaborator, 2012-present
PhD Candidate in Hispanic Linguistics
Jared A. Linck, BA, MS, PhD
International Research Collaborator, 2009-present
Assistant Research Scientist in Cognitive Psychology & SLA
Center for Advanced Study of Language — University of Maryland
Gretchen Sunderman, BA, MA, PhD
International Research Collaborator, 2007-present
Associate Professor of Spanish & Linguistics
Current and Past Research Facilitators
Katrina Annunziello, Research Assistant
Jeanette Atkinson, Research Assistant
Megan Boduch, Research Assistant
Ewa Bonczek-Baczek, Research Associate
Ewa Bonczek-Baczek, Research Assistant
Jordan Burrows, Research Associate
Jordan Burrows, Research Assistant
Samuel Daniels, Research Associate
Samuel Daniels, Research Assistant
Michelle Hill, Research Assistant
Alice Jakubowski, Research Assistant
Gabrielle Klassen, Research Associate
Gabrielle Klassen, Research Assistant
Sarah Kunert, Research Assistant
Ashling McWilliam, Research Assistant
Jamie Suderman, Research Associate
Jamie Suderman, Research Assistant
Emily Wood, Research Assistant
