Sarah Asinari
SLAC Trainee
Linguistics
Syntax, Morphology, English dialectal variation,
synchronic language variation, Wh-questions, numeral systems
sarah.asinari@uconn.edu

Anne Marie Crinnion
SLAC Trainee
Psychological Sciences Language & Cognition
Computational models of speech, variation in speech
anne.crinnion@uconn.edu

Jason Crutcher
SLAC Trainee
Psychological Sciences
Optimal Outcomes in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Psycholinguistics of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cognitive neuropsychology of pragmatic language
jason.crutcher@uconn.edu

Pamela Fuhrmeister
SLAC Trainee
Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Speech sound learning,  memory consolidation, Acquisition of
difficult non-native speech sounds in adults and children
pamela.fuhrmeister@uconn.edu

Nikole Giovannone
SLAC Trainee
Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Speech Perception, Prosody, Functional Plasticity, and Electrophysiology
nikole.giovannone@uconn.edu

Nathan Lautz
SLAC Trainee
Psychological Sciences
Cognitive neuroscience of concepts, grounded cognition, semantic control, the neural basis of language 
nathan.lautz@uconn.edu

Sahil Luthra
SLAC Trainee
Psychological Sciences
Speech, Language, Learning, Words, Perception, Neuroscience
sahil.luthra@uconn.edu

Amanda Mankovich
SLAC Trainee
Psychological Sciences
Learning, Attention, Language, Coordination,  Exploration, and Infancy
amanda.mankovich@uconn.edu

Shireena McGee
SLAC Trainee
Psychological Sciences
Reasoning & Problem Solving, Early Childhood Cognitive
Development, Learning, Educational Psychology, Embodied
Cognition, Executive Functioning Development in Preschool
shireena.mcgee@uconn.edu

Ruth Mcleod
SLAC Trainee
Psychological Sciences
Behavioral NeuroScience
Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury and Behavioral Outcomes
ruth.mcleod@uconn.edu

Oliver McNeil
SLAC Trainee
Psychological Sciences
Perception, Action & Cognition
Structural and functional correlates of pathological cognition,
Language disorders, Neurodevelopment
and plasticity, Computational modeling
oliver.mcneil@uconn.edu

Hannah Morrow
SLAC Trainee
Psychological Sciences
Perception, Action & Cognition
Neural organization of semantic memory
hannah.morrow@uconn.edu

Ashley Parker
SLAC Trainee
Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Typical/Atypical Language Development, Auditory Processing
ashley.parker@uconn.edu

Joselyn Perez
SLAC Trainee
Educational Psychology
Achievement gaps regarding English Language Learners and self-efficacy of bilingualism
joselyn.perez@uconn.edu

Peter Perrino
SLAC Trainee
Psychological Sciences
Behavioral Neuroscience & Neurodevelopmental Disorders
peter.perrino@uconn.edu

Kirsten Reyna
SLAC Trainee
Educational Psychology
Research Methods, Measurement, and Evaluation (RMME)
Measurement, Assessment & Learning
kirsten.reyna@uconn.edu

Jennifer Richardson
SLAC Trainee
Research Methods, Measurement, and Evaluation (RMME)
Structural Equation Modeling
Hierarchical Linear Modeling
Learning Growth Modeling
Neuropsychology  Bayesian Statistics
jennifer.ichardson@uconn.edu

David Saltzman
SLAC Trainee
Psychological Sciences
Perception, Action & Cognition
Neural bases of speech perception, distributional learning of speech sound categories, adaptation to talker specific speech input
david.saltzman@uconn.edu

Ryan Troha
SLAC Trainee
Psychological Sciences
Learning, Memory, Social, Behavioral Neuroscience
ryan.troha@uconn.edu

Katherine (Kara) Vlahcevic
SLAC Trainee
Psychological Sciences
Development of Reading and Learning Disabilities in Children
Different Neuroimaging Techniques: MRI, EEG
Impact of Remediation Training
katherine.vlahcevic@uconn.edu

Amanda Wadams
SLAC Trainee
Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
Attention, Working Memory, Executive Function and
Metacognition in people with Aphasia
amanda.wadams@uconn.edu

Emily Yearling
SLAC Trainee
Psychological Sciences
Event cognition, episodic memory, development, and object representation
emily.yearling@uconn.edu

SLAC Core Team

Stormy Chamberlain
Co-Principal Investigator
Genetics and Genome Sciences
chamberlain@uchc.edu

Marie Coppola
SLAC Core Faculty
Psychological Sciences
marie.coppola@uconn.edu

Inge-Marie Eigsti
SLAC Core Faculty
Psychological Sciences
Psycholinguistics in autism spectrum disorder (ASD): Language development,conversational
gestures, discourse and executive processes, prosody; Implicit learning and long-term
outcomes in ASD; functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
inge-marie.eigsti@uconn.edu

R. Holly Fitch
SLAC Core Faculty
Psychological Sciences
Roslyn.H.Fitch@uconn.edu

James Magnuson
Principal Investigator
Psychological Sciences
Computational and experimental approaches to the psychology and neurobiology of language, and science communication
james.magnuson@uconn.edu

Betsy McCoach
Co-Principal Investigator
Educational Psychology
betsy.mccoach@uconn.edu

Timothy Miller
Co-Principal Investigator
Digital Media and Design
timothy.miller@uconn.edu

Emily Myers
SLAC Core Faculty
Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Speech Perception, Aphasia, fMRI, Second Language Learning,
Perceptual Learning and Sleep
emily.myers@uconn.edu

Charlotte Nelson
SLAC Program Coordinator
Psychological Sciences
charlotte.nelson@uconn.edu

William Snyder
Co-Principal Investigator
Linguistics
Parametric Approaches to Language
william.snyder@uconn.edu

SLAC Affiliated Faculty

Gerry Altmann
Professsor
Psychological Sciences
gerry.altmann@uconn.edu

Adrian Garcia-Sierra
Assistant Professor
Speech, Language Hearing Sciences
brain plasticity, language development, event related potentials,
speech perception, and bilingualism
adrian.garcia-sierra@uconn.edu

Fumiko Hoeft
Professor & Director of BIRC
Psychological Sciences
Developmental cognitive neuroscience, Brain development, Multi-modal neuroimaging, Reading development, Dyslexia, Machine learning, Network analysis
fumiko.hoeft@uconn.edu

Nicole Landi
Assistant Professor
Psychological Sciences
nicole.landi@uconn.edu

Etan Markus
Professor and Associate Department Head of Graduate Studies
Psychological Sciences
Behavioral Neuroscience, Single Unit Recording, Hippocampus,
Episodic Memory, Spatial Navigation, Aging
etan.markus@uconn.edu

Jennifer Mozeiko
Assistant Professor
Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Aphasia, Treatment, Outcomes, Intensity,
Neuroplasticity, Quality of Life.
jennifer.mozeiko@uconn.edu

Letty Naigles
Professor and DEV Division Head
Department of Psychological Sciences
Child Language Acquisition, Early Child Development,
Methods of studying language knowledge and use
leticia.naigles@uconn.edu

Alexandra Paxton
Assistant Professor
Psychological Sciences
interpersonal dynamics, social interaction, data science, research methods
alexandra.paxton@uconn.edu

Adam Sheya
Assistant Professor
Psychological Sciences
Cognition, Development, Dynamical Systems
adam.sheya@uconn.edu

Erika Skoe
Associate Professor
Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
erika.skoe@uconn.edu

Rachel Theodore
Associate Professor
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
rachel.theodore@uconn.edu

Sumarga (Umay) Suanda
Assistant Professor
Psychological Sciences
Language Development, Word Learning, Statistical Learning, Parent-Toddler Interactions
s.suanda@uconn.edu

Eiling Yee
Assistant Professor
Psychological Sciences
eiling.yee@uconn.edu