Alumni

Kata Tamási

Graduate Student.

I am a second year graduate student working with Professor Iris Berent towards my PhD degree in Language and Cognition. I would like to gain a better understanding of phonological knowledge. I am especially interested in whether the evidence for a specialized language system is conclusive.

Tracy Lennertz

Graduate Student.
Thesis (2010): People’s knowledge of phonological universals: Evidence from fricatives and stops.

My research focuses on the level of understanding language users have of phonology. To do this, I examine speaker’s preferences for novel forms of consonant clusters in onsets.

Myles Louis Dakan

Lab Manager
2011

I graduated with honors from Swarthmore College studying linguistics, music, & mathematics before completing a post-bac research fellowship at the University of Maryland. My interests lie in psycholinguistics, sign languages, & language endangerment; more broadly, I am also a Sacred Harp singer, contra dancer, & gamelan musician.

Monica Bennett

Lab Manager
2010

I graduated from McGill University in Montreal with a degree in Cognitive Science. I am interested in psycholinguistics, particularly in the areas of reading and dyslexia, and I plan to pursue a doctorate in the field.

Katherine Harder

Lab Manager
2009

I graduated from Hamilton College in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and French. I am interested in language development in infants and children, and hope to pursue a higher level degree in this area of research in the future.