My research investigates the cognitive mechanisms that support real-time language comprehension and word learning in early childhood. I focus on how young children draw on their growing knowledge of events and language to make sense of words as sentences unfold, using tools like eye-tracking and large-scale language data.
B.A., Psychology & German, University of Oregon
M.S., Psychology, Queen's University
Ph.D., Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign