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Welcome to the directory for the University of Delaware's Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Science. The comprehensive guide is intended to help students, colleagues, and collaborators connect with our diverse and talented team.

Through their commitment and collaboration, our community of educators, researchers, scholars, and administrators are advancing the study of the brain and human behavior. Our faculty and graduate students uphold excellence in instruction, research, and service to the profession. Our internationally recognized faculty are leaders in their disciplines and drive the excellence of our academic programs and research. Get to know some of the talented people behind one of the most respected linguistics and cognitive science programs in the nation.

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Adjunct and Teaching Faculty

Name Email Title
Ken Hyde

 

 kenny@udel.edu

Instructor

Manager, English Learning Institute Tutoring Center
Kathleen Riley

 

 rileyk@udel.edu Adjunct Faculty
Natasha Wynn, AUD, CCC-A   Adjunct Faculty

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Affiliated Faculty

Name Email Title
Lauren Clemens lclemens@albany.edu Associated Professor, Anthropology, SUNY Albany 
Kathryn Franich kfranich@fas.harvard.edu Assistant Professor, Linguistics, Harvard University

Bill Idsardi, Ph.D.

 idsardi@umd.edu Professor, Linguistics, University of Maryland
Kaja Jasinska kaja.jasinska@utoronto.ca Assistant Professor, Applied Psychology and Human Development, University of Toronto
Zhenghan Qi, Ph.D. z.qi@northeastern.edu Assistant Professor, Psychology, Northeastern University
Yasuaki Shinohara y.shinohara@waseda.jp Associate Professor, Linguistics, Waseda University

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Departmental Staff

Name Email Title
Alaina Norvell anorvell@udel.edu Business Administrator I

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Graduate Students

Name Email M.A. or Ph.D. Student
Sami Alharbi salharbi@udel.edu Ph.D.
Faisal Awad Alkahtani kahtani@udel.edu Ph.D.
Abdulaziz Mohammed Alromihi azizr@udel.edu Ph.D.
Dursun Altinok daltinok@udel.edu Ph.D.
Daiki Asami daiasami@udel.edu Ph.D.
Kyle Barbutes barbutes@udel.edu M.A.
Janina Boecher janinab@udel.edu M.A.
Jacob Burger jburger@udel.edu Ph.D.
Alex Carey acarey@udel.edu M.A.
Margaret Collins macollin@udel.edu Ph.D.
Seshasayi Dharmavaram dharmas@udel.edu M.A.
Isabella Ford iford@udel.edu Ph.D.
Kevin Harris khacad@udel.edu Ph.D.
Tarleton Hill tghill@udel.edu Ph.D.
Maxwell Hope maxhope@udel.edu Ph.D.
Keita Ishii keitaish@udel.edu Ph.D.
Brittlea Jernigan-Hardrick bjerniga@udel.edu Ph.D.
Paige Kenton pskenton@udel.edu M.A.
Hee-Yeon Kim heeyeon@udel.edu Ph.D.
Azia Knox knoxa@udel.edu Ph.D.
Joseph Koski jkoski@udel.edu M.A.
(Evelyn) Matthew David Leboeuf mdlevo@udel.edu M.A.
Hyejin Lee jinlee@udel.edu Ph.D.
Dominique Lopiccolo dlopicco@udel.edu Ph.D.
Vincent Mariani vmariani@udel.edu Ph.D.
Randy Okero ometeran@udel.edu M.A.
Gonzalo Resa Heras gheras@udel.edu Ph.D.
Yuki Seo yaseo@udel.edu Ph.D.
Abhyuday Singh Sikarwar abhyuday@udel.edu M.A.
Neemias Silva de Souza Filho nsfilho@udel.edu Ph.D.
Brody Ray Michael Silva brosaka@udel.edu M.A.
Jeeyeon Sohn jysohn@udel.edu Ph.D.
Larson Stromdahl laedyost@udel.edu Ph.D.
Xiaoyi Tang xtang@udel.edu Ph.D.
Tran Ta-Tran ttatran@udel.edu Ph.D.
Thomas Vassallo tcvass@udel.edu M.A.
Minxuan Xu maxine@udel.edu Ph.D.

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Joint Faculty

Name E-mail Title
Meghan Dabkowski mdabkows@udel.edu Associate Professor, Languages, Literatures & Cultures
Renee Dong rdong@udel.edu Associate Professor, Languages, Literatures & Cultures
F. Sayako Earle fsearle@udel.edu Associate Professor, Communication Sciences & Disorders
Roberta Golinkoff, Ph.D. roberta@udel.edu

Unidel H. Rodney Sharp Chair, School of Education

Professor, Linguistics & Cognitive Science

Professor, Psychological & Brain Sciences
Beth Mineo mineo@udel.edu

Director, Center for Disabilities Studies

Associate Professor, School of Education
Giovanna Morini gmorini@udel.edu Associate Professor, Communication Sciences & Disorders
Amanda Seidl aseidl@udel.edu Chair, Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Evan Usler eusler@udel.edu Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Amanda Van Horne ajovh@udel.edu Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Kathleen Verdolini Abbott kittie@udel.edu Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders

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Retired and Emeritus Faculty

Name Email Title
Frederick Adams, Ph.D. fa@udel.edu Professor Emeritus
Louis Arena, Ph.D. larena@udel.edu Associate Professor Emeritus
Peter Cole, Ph.D.  

Professor Emeritus

(1941–1923)
Gabriella Hermon, Ph.D. gaby@udel.edu Professor Emerita
Nancy Schweda Nicholson, Ph.D. nsn@udel.edu Professor Emerita
Nina Straitman straitman@udel.edu Assistant Professor, Retired
Irene Vogel, Ph.D. ivogel@udel.edu Professor Emerita

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