Lab Alumni

Ayse Aycicegi-Dinn (now Head of Department at Istanbul University) 

Alison Morris

Alison Morris was a formal associate and became Assistant Professor at Iowa State University. Alison had a particular interest in visual word recognition, especially the processes producing repetition blindness. She passed away in 2015.

Henry Bley-Vroman
Henry received his B.A. in Linguistics and Cognitive Science with a focus in Psychology from Pomona College and his MA from Boston University. His research interests include psychopathology (schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in particular), addiction, ion transport in the brain, embodied cognition, and simulation semantics.

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.

Winvy Lung

Winvy Lung received her MA from Boston University’s College of Communication.

Hui-Wen Cheng

Hui-Wen Cheng has been in BU’s Applied Linguistics program since Fall 2005. She received her master’s degree in Linguistics from National Chengchi University, Taiwan. She is interested in compound words, Chinese tonal 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.

Former Research Assistants:

Seojin Song

Ruoqiong Li

Dila Bostanci

Sofia Bertone

Ayala Mazin

Jacqueline Kane

Anthony Reales

Abner Zhang

Patrick Soong

Dila Bostanci

Xiaonuo (Sarah) Qiu

Kyla Gibson

Yuxi Gao

Jingxuan Feng

Tzu-Chen (Bonnie) Lin

Jiangen (Austin) Xie

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)

Natalie Holman

Samuel Kim

Christy Lykken

Megan Peppard

Steve Ramirez

Brenda Ventura

Samantha Rick

Angela Hall

Naomi Caselli (Assistant Professor at Boston University)

Janet Geipel (Assistant Professor at Exeter Business School)