Junior Faculty Fellows Program Award
Dr. Crespo has been selected as one of eight faculty members to be part of the 2024 Junior Faculty Fellows of the Boston University Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering! The Junior Faculty Fellows Program recognizes outstanding early-career computing and data-driven researchers at Boston University. The program brings together a […]
Spring 2024 End of Semester Meeting!
✨ Wrapping up the Spring 2024 Semester ! ✨ Here’s a recap of the highlights: 👥 Our dedicated team of students came together to reflect on our accomplishments over the past year. From innovative experiments to insightful analyses, we’ve made significant progress in launching our studies examining how children with different language abilities and language […]
Center for Career Development’s Code-Switching & the Workplace
We also wanted to give a big shoutout to Malvika who was recently invited to form part of the panel at the Center for Career Development’s Code-Switching & the Workplace event. This event delved into the challenges faced by BIPOC professionals and offered strategies for achieving authenticity and belonging in the workplace. You can […]
April’s Research in Progress Meeting
We want to thank Boston University’s Wheelock College Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being for inviting Dr. Kimberly Crespo to their April Research in Progress Meeting. It was a privilege to form part of such an inspired conversation. Research in Progress aims to bring together BU faculty and graduate students and community partners to […]
Successful Master’s Thesis Defense – Gabby Rushi
We wanted to congratulate Gabby for successfully defending her Master’s Thesis! We are incredibly proud of your work. We also wanted to extend our gratitude to Gabby’s committee, Boston University’s Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences, and all the families who participated in the study for making this possible. Congratulations, Gabby!!
UROP 2024 Spring Research Recipient!
We are thrilled to share that Paulina Villanueva Salcedo has received funding from Boston University’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), which supports undergraduates conducting research projects under faculty mentorship. Under the direction of Dr. Crespo, Paulina will conduct a study to examine how exposure to multiple speakers and bilingual language experience influences children’s productions of […]
Boston University’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Presentation!
Congratulations to Renzo on his successful Summer UROP Presentation. Over the summer, Renzo researched the effects of bilingualism and input variability in children’s word-learning. Huge shoutout to everyone who made this possible, especially Dr. Crespo for her guidance, and UROP for providing the funding. We are incredibly proud of your work, Renzo!🎉
Puerto Rico Festival of MA 2023
Throwback to the summer, when we had the honor to attend “The Puerto Rican Festival of MA” with the Bilingual Language Development Lab and the Sound2Syntax Lab from UMass-Amherst. A great reminder of the importance of Hispanic communities! Recordando el verano cuando tuvimos el honor de atender el Festival puertorriqueño de MA en colaboración con […]
Successful Master’s Thesis Prospectus!
Congratulations Gabriela Rushi on successfully presenting your master’s thesis prospectus! We are incredibly grateful to the committee, Dr. Perrachione and Tim DeLuca, M.S., CCC-SLP, for their insightful feedback and comments that will strengthen the proposal.
Summer Research Program 2023
We would like to extend our gratitude to Janelle Beth Flores, MS, CCC-SLP for the summer she spent at the Bilingual Learning Lab participating in the collaborative Boston University – University of Houston Summer Research Program. Janelle is a second year PhD student in the Dual Lab directed by Dr. Anny Castilla-Earls. Her research interests […]