Graduate Researchers

Most of our studies are created and run by graduate students. The results of the studies contribute towards their MA or Ph.D. research.
​Graduate students also mentor Undergraduate Lab Members.

Scarlet Li

Ph.D. Candidate, Linguistics (CCLR)
  • BACKGROUND: 
  •   M.A. in Linguistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong;
  •   B.A. (Honours) in Bilingual Studies at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • KEY RESEARCH INTERESTS: Psycholinguistics, Spoken Word Recognition, Memory and Language Acquisition, Bilingualism, Language Processing.
  • PERSONAL WEBSITE: https://sites.google.com/view/scarletwyli/

​

Sarah Jane Shepherd

M.A. Student, Linguistics, University of Ottawa (CCLR)
  • BACKGROUND:
  • B.A. (Honours), English Language and Literature at Western University
  • KEY RESEARCH INTERESTS:
  • Bilingualism, accented speech recognition, language development 

Theresa Rabideau

Ph.D. Candidate, Linguistics (CCLR)
  • BACKGROUND: 
  •   M.A. in Linguistics, University of Ottawa;
  •   B.A. (Honours) in  Linguistics, University of Ottawa
  • KEY RESEARCH INTERESTS: Language Acquisition, Psycholinguistics, Visual Speech.
  • PUBLICATIONS: Google Scholar.

Sydney Rossiter

Ph.D. Candidate, Experimental Psychology (CCLL)
  • BACKGROUND:
  •   B.A. (Honours) in Psychology at Western University
  • KEY RESEARCH INTERESTS: Child Development, future-thinking, executive functioning, perspective taking, theory of mind.
​

Ellen Doucet

Ph.D. Candidate, Psychology at Carleton University (CCLL)
  • BACKGROUND:
  • M.A.  Psychology, Carleton University
  • B.Sc. (Honours) Psychology,
    Mount Allison University 
  • KEY RESEARCH INTERESTS: Children’s cognitive development, future-oriented cognition, saving.
  • PROFESSIONAL WEBSITE: https://ellengracex3.wixsite.com/ellendoucet​ 

Julia Guerra

Ph.D. Candidate, Clinical Psychology (LDL)
  • BACKGROUND:
  •   B.Sc. (Honours) Psychology, minor in Gerontology at University of Ottawa
  • KEY RESEARCH INTERESTS: Language Development, speaker identity, psycholinguistics, bilingualism.

Jean-Louis René

Forthcoming...
​

Undergraduate Lab Members

Our Undergraduate Researchers recruit participants for research and also engage families and educate parents on child development using fun research activities. They assist the Graduate Researchers with their studies and often become Graduate Researchers themselves!

Brinell Ramesh

B.A. (joint Honours) Specialization in Psychology & Linguistics, University of Ottawa (CCLR)
  • KEY RESEARCH INTERESTS: Speech Language Pathology, Language Acquisition, Bilingualism, Psycholinguistics.

Shirley Liu

B.A. (joint Honours) Specialization in Psychology & Linguistics, University of Ottawa (LDL)
  • KEY RESEARCH INTERESTS: Child Language Development, Speech Pathology, Bilingualism, Neurolinguistics.​​
​

Madeline King

B.A. (joint Honours) Psychology & Linguistics, University of Ottawa (CCLR)
  • KEY RESEARCH INTERESTS: Speech Language Pathology, Bilingual Language Acquisition, Psycholinguistics. ​

Carmel N'Sa

B.Sc. (Honours), Psychology, University of Ottawa (LDL)
  • KEY RESEARCH INTERESTS:          Child development, Language Acquisition, Bilingualism.

Grace Campbell

B.A., Psychology, University of Ottawa (LDL)
  • KEY RESEARCH INTERESTS: Child development psychology and relationship development.

Sabine Duknic

B.A. (joint Honours) specialization in Psychology & Linguistics, University of Ottawa (CCLR)
  • KEY RESEARCH INTERESTS: Psycholinguistics, Language Acquisition, Speech Language Acquisition.

​

Isabel Ghiara

B.A. (Honours) Psychology, University of Ottawa (LDL)
  • KEY RESEARCH INTERESTS: Child development, cognitive development, and Language and Social Development.

Teju Oladipo

B.Cog.Sc (Honours) Cognitive Science, concentration in Cognition and Psychology, Carleton University (CCLL)
  • KEY RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cognitive Development, future-oriented cognition, children's Saving Ability.

​

Elisa Loftus

B.A. (Honours) specialization in Psychology with a minor in Linguistics, University of Ottawa (CCLR)
  • KEY RESEARCH INTERESTS: Psycholinguistics, Bilingual Language Acquisition, Language Processing in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Cognitive Development.

Maria Valle

B.A. (Honours) Psychology, University of Ottawa (LDL)
  • KEY RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cognitive and Learning Development, Child Development and Future Thinking.

Léa Francoeur

B.Sc. (Honours) Biology & Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston  (CCLL)
  • KEY RESEARCH INTERESTS: Child Cognitive Development, 
    theory of mind, and social development.

​

Jacob Wilson

B.A. (Honours) Psychology, University of Ottawa (CCLL)
  • KEY RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cognitive Development, future-thinking, social evaluation,
    theory of mind.

Laila Fuoco

B.A. (Honours), Psychology with a minor in Theatre, University of Ottawa (LDL) ​

Brittany Nguyen Vo

BSc. (Honours), University of Ottawa (LDL)

Veronica Lavallee

Forthcoming...