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The Baby Language Lab Research Team

	Lisa Gershkoff-Stowe, Director Dr. Lisa Gershkoff-Stowe is an associate professor in the Speech and Hearing Sciences Department and Cognitive Science Program at Indiana University, where she directs the Baby Language Lab. Prior to joining the faculty in 2001, she served on the faculty in the Psychology Department at Carnegie Mellon University (1998-2001), following a post doctoral fellowship at the University of Chicago (1997-1998). Dr. Gershkoff-Stowe is a developmental psychologist who studies children’s language learning. She teaches courses on childhood language, infant communication, and experimental research methods.

Research Assistants

Kaitlyn Crawford, Lab Manager Kaitlyn is working as the lab manager in the Baby Language Lab. Kaitlyn is from Winthrop Harbor, Illinois. She graduated from IU in May 2011 with a B.A. in Speech and Hearing Sciences and a minor in Psychology. She plans to pursue a master's degree in speech language pathology and hopes to work with children.


	Esther Chen Esther is a fourth year Ph.D. student, working towards a dual major in Speech and Hearing Sciences and Cognitive Science. Her research interests include language acquisition and cognitive development. More specifically, she is interested in the relationship between early word learning and object categorization.

Emily Comer Emily is a junior from Fort Wayne, Indiana. She is pursuing a double major in Speech and Hearing Sciences and Psychology. After graduation she plans to attend graduate school to obtain a master's degree in speech language pathology. This is her first research experience.


	Lidia Karpinski Lidia is a Senior from Lafayette, Indiana. She is studying Speech and Hearing Sciences. After graduation she plans to attend graduate school to pursue a master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology.

Allison Schnell Allison is a Senior from Valparaiso, Indiana. She is majoring in Speech and Hearing Sciences with a minor in Psychology. She is an honors student and is working on her thesis in the labAfter graduation she plans to attend to graduate school to pursue a master's degree in speech language pathology.


	Laura McIntyre Laura McIntyre is a Senior from northern Indiana. She is majoring in speech and hearing science. After graduation she plans on pursuing a master's degree in speech language pathology. This is her first research experience.

Jessica Luce Jessica is a Junior from Albion, Indiana. She is studying Speech and Hearing Sciences with a minor in Psychology. She is an honors student, and will be working on her thesis during her Senior year. After graduation, she plans to attend graduate school to pursue a master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology. This is her first research experience.


	James Lee James is a Sophomore from Taipei, Taiwan. He is currently majoring in Psychology, and is still unsure of what to minor in. After graduation, he wishes to attend graduate school and eventually become a Clinical Psychologist or a Counseling Psychologist.

Anna Timmons Anna is a Junior from Indianapolis, Indiana. She is double-majoring in Speech and Hearing Sciences and Psychology. After graduation, she plans to attend graduate school to obtain a master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology. This is her first research experience.

Alumni

Suzannah Edgar Suzannah earned her master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology at IU in December, 2008. Her master’s thesis examined the speech-gesture relationship in preschoolers who stutter and do not stutter. She is currently licensed as a speech-language pathologist and works with children who have communication disorders in the Bloomington area.


	Shakila Shayan Shakila received her Ph.D. in Computer Science and the Cognitive Science Program at IU in May, 2008. Her dissertation, entitled, “Role of Language in the Emergence of AGENT and PATIENT” addresses how young children acquire the syntactic knowledge of verb argument structure. She currently holds a postdoctoral position at the Max Planck Institute in Germany.

Leigh Hardy Leigh was a research assistant from Lafayette, Indiana. She graduated from IU in May 2011 with a B.A. in Speech & Hearing Sciences with a minor in Psychology. Leigh is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Speech Language Pathology at Purdue University.


	Natsuki Atagi Natsuki was a research assistant who graduated in 2010 from IU with a B.A. in Psychology and Gender Studies as well as a minor in Spanish. Her research interests include children's language and concept development and the ways in which socio-cultural factors influence development. She is pursuing a Ph.D. in developmental studies at UCLA.

Molly Beiting Molly graduated with honors with a major in Speech and Hearing Sciences with minors in Fine Art and Psychology. Her honors thesis was:Fast Mapping Novel Words to Novel Objects: Longitudinal Relationship between Word Comprehension and Production. She is currently attending the University of Maryland to pursue a master's degree in speech language pathology.


	Karen Walker Karen is a native to Bloomington, Indiana. Karen graduated with her Master's in Speech Pathology in May of 2011. She is interested in working with adults with acquired communication disorders related to stroke, traumatic brain injury, or progressive disease. She currently works at Bloomington Hospital. Prior to entering the master's program, Karen worked as an administrative assistant at Indiana University, and as Lab Manager at the Baby Language Lab.

Laura Replogle Laura is from Fort Wayne, Indiana. She graduated in May of 2011 with her bachelor's in Speech & Hearing Sciences with minors in Psychology and Human Sexuality. She’s looking forward to enrolling in a master's program to become a speech-language pathologist.


	Rachel Green Rachel is a sophmore from Memphis, Tennessee. She is still exploring, but hopes to double-major in English with a focus in Creative Writing for children and in the interdepartmental major between Speech and Hearing Sciences and Psychology, as well as minor in Arabic.

Paige Platenik Paige Platenik is a Senior from Lake Zurich, Illinois and is pursuing Speech and Hearing Sciences and Psychology double majors with a minor in Music. Upon graduation Paige is going to pursue her master's degree in speech language pathology.


	Beth Cherry Beth is a senior from Palos Park, Illinois. She is majoring in Speech and Hearing Sciences and English with minors in Psychology and Spanish. After graduation she plans to apply to graduate school to pursue a master's degree in speech language pathology.

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