Alumni
Ayse Aycicegi-Dinn
Ayse Aycicegi-Dinn (now Head of Department at Istanbul University) worked with Professor Caldwell-Harris on native language leads to more ethical choices: integrating ratings and electrodermal monitoring.
Alison Morris
Alison Morris was a formal associate and became Assistant Professor at Iowa State University. She worked with Professor Caldwell-Harris on intersection between attention, perception and memory. Alison had particular interest in visual word recognition, especially the processes producing repetition blindness. She passed away in 2015.
Henry Bley-Vroman
Henry recieved his B.A. in Linguistics and Cognitive Science with a focus in Psychology from Pomona College and his MA from Boston Univsersity. His research interests include psychopathology (schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in particular), addiction, ion transport in the brain, embodied cognition, and simulation semantics. He is currently working on some interesting joint projects with Professor Caldwell-Harris and Evelyn Rosset. You can view some of his papers here:
The Evolving Context of the Fundamental Difference Hypothesis
Integrating the Spatial Semantics of Verbs and Prepositions
Kristina Dahlen
Kristina received her doctorate in the Applied Linguistics Program. She is interested in foreign language learning, inner speech, and the contribution of phonemic awareness to overall foreign language aptitude.
You can view some of her papers here:
Aptitude, Rehearsal, and Skin Conductance Response in Foreign Vocabulary Learning (dissertation)
Winvy Lung
Winvy Lung received her MA from Boston University’s College of Communication. She co-authored this paper with Professor Caldwell-Harris. Winvy also worked with Jimmy Tong, Professor Caldwell-Harris, and Sinlan Poo on Physiological Reactivity to Emotional Phrases in Mandarin.
Hui-Wen Cheng
Hui-Wen Cheng has been in BU’s Applied Linguistics program since Fall 2005. She received her master’s in Linguistics from the National Chengchi University of Taiwan. She is interested in compound words, Chinese tone language linguistics, polysemy, and bilingualism.
Jimmy Tong
Jimmy received his B.A. in Psychology with an emphasis in Cognitive Science from UC Irvine and has been in BU’s Brain, Behavior, & Cognition program since Fall 2006. His research interests include emotion & bilingualism, language acquisition, affective processing, autism, and virtual environments. Please see our lab blog for a description of my proposal for using video games for foreign language learning.
Former Research Assistants:
Zeya Wu
Alexander Yung
Sinlan Poo
Noreen Cipriano
Ebi Poweigha
Norma Sanchez
Ximena Valdez
Dalia Lopez
Carina Wind
Mara Anderson
Colpan Angun
Corinne Bart
Monique Bellefleur
May Cheung
Kaori Fujita
Haneen Haddad (PsyD, Assistant Professor at William James College)
Kelly Hartmann
Sayuri Hayakawa (Research Assistant Professor at Northwestern University) is interested in Biligualism and Psycholinguistics. Sayuri earned her Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Chicago and a B.A. in psychology from Boston University.
Natalie Holman
Samuel Kim
Christy Lykken
Megan Peppard
Steve Ramirez
Brenda Ventura
Samantha Rick
Angela Hall
Naomi Caselli (Assistant Professor at Boston University)studies the effects of language deprivation-limited language exposure during early childhood-on language acquisition and development of deaf children. She is particularly interested how people learn and use signs in American Sign Language (ASL). Naomi completed her MA with Professor Caldwell-Harris serving as an advisor.
Janet Geipel (Assistant Professor at Exeter Business School) focuses on the interplay between language, thinking, and decision making in domains such as sustainability, health, and ethicality. The ultimate aim of her experimental research is to support better decision making and to help consumers make good choices.