Chris Brozdowski
Chris Brozdowski is a Ph.D. student in the UCSD/SDSU Joint Doctoral Program in Language and Communicative Disorders. He received his B.S. in Cognitive Science and Psychology & Linguistics from the University of Connecticut. There, he spent time working on phonological development in ASL with Diane Lillo-Martin, path and manner expressions in Nicaraguan homesign with Marie Coppola, and semantic network modeling of abstract and concrete terms with Jim Magnuson. He's interested in the cognitive effects of sign language use as well as investigating language co-activation in bimodal bilinguals.
Chris Brozdowski is a Ph.D. student in the UCSD/SDSU Joint Doctoral Program in Language and Communicative Disorders. He received his B.S. in Cognitive Science and Psychology & Linguistics from the University of Connecticut. There, he spent time working on phonological development in ASL with Diane Lillo-Martin, path and manner expressions in Nicaraguan homesign with Marie Coppola, and semantic network modeling of abstract and concrete terms with Jim Magnuson. He's interested in the cognitive effects of sign language use as well as investigating language co-activation in bimodal bilinguals.
Brittany Lee
Brittany Lee is a Ph.D. student in the UCSD/SDSU Joint Doctoral Program in Language and Communicative Disorders. She received a B.S. in Psychology and a B.A. in Spanish from Loyola University Chicago. She also has an M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from The New School along with seven years of experience in the field. She is interested in how native users of sign languages acquire English as a second language.
Brittany Lee is a Ph.D. student in the UCSD/SDSU Joint Doctoral Program in Language and Communicative Disorders. She received a B.S. in Psychology and a B.A. in Spanish from Loyola University Chicago. She also has an M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from The New School along with seven years of experience in the field. She is interested in how native users of sign languages acquire English as a second language.
Meghan McGarry
Meghan McGarry, a JDP Student in Communicative Disorders and is interested in the psycholinguistics of American Sign Language. McGarry received her BA from Hampshire College in Amherst, MA, in which she focused on Event-Related Potential representation of indirect speech acts. McGarry is a competitive long distance runner and enjoys cross-stitching.
Meghan McGarry, a JDP Student in Communicative Disorders and is interested in the psycholinguistics of American Sign Language. McGarry received her BA from Hampshire College in Amherst, MA, in which she focused on Event-Related Potential representation of indirect speech acts. McGarry is a competitive long distance runner and enjoys cross-stitching.
Gabriela Meade
Gabriela Meade is a Ph.D. student in the UCSD/SDSU Joint Doctoral Program in Language and Communicative Disorders. She received her B.A. in Cognitive Science from Dartmouth College and M.Sc. in Cognitive Neuroscience at Radboud University in the Netherlands. Gabriela works in the Neurocognition Lab, using electrophysiological techniques to investigate language interaction, especially in adults who are just beginning to learn a new language. In the future, she hopes to partner with teachers and apply this research to improving foreign language instruction.
Gabriela Meade is a Ph.D. student in the UCSD/SDSU Joint Doctoral Program in Language and Communicative Disorders. She received her B.A. in Cognitive Science from Dartmouth College and M.Sc. in Cognitive Neuroscience at Radboud University in the Netherlands. Gabriela works in the Neurocognition Lab, using electrophysiological techniques to investigate language interaction, especially in adults who are just beginning to learn a new language. In the future, she hopes to partner with teachers and apply this research to improving foreign language instruction.
Soren Mickelsen
Soren Mickelsen is currently a first-year M.A. student progressing through the clinical Speech-Language Pathology program at San Diego State University pursuing an additional Bilingual Certification in ASL. Soren earned his B.S. at Arizona State University studying Speech and Hearing Science, researching under Dr. Corianne Rogalsky in the Communication Neuroimaging and Neuroscience Laboratory and finished his honors thesis, “The neurobiology of sentence comprehension: a functional MRI study of late American Sign Language acquisition.” This study examined how neural structures afford one the ability to parse language of a novel modality much like a spoken language. He also earned a minor in Anthropology, compiling an ethnohydrology report on indigenous people’s rights to and access of clean water abroad in New Zealand. Soren is passionate about Deaf culture, how health care intersects with community access to services, and aims to continue his work alongside the Deaf community.
Soren Mickelsen is currently a first-year M.A. student progressing through the clinical Speech-Language Pathology program at San Diego State University pursuing an additional Bilingual Certification in ASL. Soren earned his B.S. at Arizona State University studying Speech and Hearing Science, researching under Dr. Corianne Rogalsky in the Communication Neuroimaging and Neuroscience Laboratory and finished his honors thesis, “The neurobiology of sentence comprehension: a functional MRI study of late American Sign Language acquisition.” This study examined how neural structures afford one the ability to parse language of a novel modality much like a spoken language. He also earned a minor in Anthropology, compiling an ethnohydrology report on indigenous people’s rights to and access of clean water abroad in New Zealand. Soren is passionate about Deaf culture, how health care intersects with community access to services, and aims to continue his work alongside the Deaf community.
Cinzia Quartarone
Cinzia Quartarone is a Ph.D. student in the University of Padova Doctoral Program in Psychological Sciences, department of Developmental and Social Psychology (DPSS). She received a B.A. in Developmental and Educational Psychology and a M.A. in Neuroscience and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation from the University of Padova. She is interested in the study of the neuroanatomical characteristics in Bimodal Bilinguals and Unimodal Bilinguals. In particular, she uses Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) to highlight similarities and differences between the two groups in specific White Matter tracts associated with production and comprehension.
Cinzia Quartarone is a Ph.D. student in the University of Padova Doctoral Program in Psychological Sciences, department of Developmental and Social Psychology (DPSS). She received a B.A. in Developmental and Educational Psychology and a M.A. in Neuroscience and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation from the University of Padova. She is interested in the study of the neuroanatomical characteristics in Bimodal Bilinguals and Unimodal Bilinguals. In particular, she uses Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) to highlight similarities and differences between the two groups in specific White Matter tracts associated with production and comprehension.