Affiliated Members

Affiliate members include researchers, instructors, and students from universities in Canada and abroad, as well as members of related industries and the larger community.  Learn more about them below.

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Name Affiliated Institution Position Email
Jennifer Abel Portage Network Training Coordinator
Ricki-Lynn Achilles University of Western Ontario PhD Candidate
Steven Aiken Dalhousie University Associate Professor
John Alderete SFU Associate Professor
Carly A. Anderson Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London (UCL) Postdoctoral Fellow
Maria Arredondo University of Texas at Austin Assistant Professor
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Name Affiliated Institution Position Email
Guellaï Bahia University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès Academic Co-Director
Gašper Beguš UC Berkeley Associate Professor
Catherine Best Western Sydney University Professor
Oloff Biermann
Sonya Bird University of Victoria Associate Professor
Daria Boltokova University of Chicago Postdoctoral Fellow
Denis Burnham MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University Professor
Krista Byers-Heinlein Concordia University Associate Professor
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Name Affiliated Institution Position Email
Bridget Chase Language Technologist at Typotheque
Sheri Choi Yale Postdoctoral associate
James A. Crippen Simon Fraser University Postdoctoral Fellow
Suzanne Curtin University of Calgary Professor
Nathalie Czeke Childhood Deafness and Communication Research Marie-Sklodowska Curie Innovative Training Network Early Stage Researcher
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Name Affiliated Institution Position Email
Alexandra D'Arcy University of Victoria Associate Professor
Sara Florence Davidson Simon Fraser University Assistant Professor
Hélène Deacon Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University Killam Professor
Carrie Demmans Epp University of Alberta Assistant Professor
Félix Desmeules-Trudel University of Toronto Mississauga Postdoctoral Fellow
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Name Affiliated Institution Position Email
Irene de la Cruz-Pavía CNRS-Université Paris Descartes Postdoctoral Fellow
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Name Affiliated Institution Position Email
Terra Edwards Saint Louis University, Anthropology
Jan Edwards University of Maryland Professor
Michael Erard Maastricht University Writer and Linguist
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Name Affiliated Institution Position Email
Laurel Fais
Ashley Farris-Trimble SFU
Darin Flynn University of Calgary
Alona Fyshe University of Alberta Assistant Professor
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Name Affiliated Institution Position Email
Michelle Gagnon-Creeley
Judit Gervain CNRS & Université de Paris, France / University pf Padua Senior researcher / Professor
Roberta Golinkoff University of Delaware Professor
Wilkinson Daniel Wong Gonzales Assistant Professor
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Name Affiliated Institution Position Email
Johannes Heim Postdoctoral Fellow
Annina Hessel University of Göttingen Postdoctoral Fellow
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek Temple University Professor
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Name Affiliated Institution Position Email
Peter Jacobs Simon Fraser University Associate Professor
Cristina Jara Pontifical Catholic University of Santiago Assistant Professor
Kaja Jasinska University of Toronto Assistant Professor
Marc Joanisse University of Western Ontario / Haskins Laboratories Professor, Senior Affiliated Research Scientist
Allard Jongman University of Kansas
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Name Affiliated Institution Position Email
Padmapriya Kandhadai Douglas College
Megan Keough
Rayene Khoudour
Ioulia Kovelman University of Michigan Associate Professor
Edmundo Kronmüller Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Assistant Professor
Ethan Kutlu University of Iowa NSF Postdoctoral Fellow
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Name Affiliated Institution Position Email
David Lacho Splatsin Tsm7aksaltn
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Name Affiliated Institution Position Email
Kristan Marchak University of Alberta - Campus Saint-Jean Assistant Professor
David Marino
Stephen Matthews University of Hong Kong Professor
Elise McClay Simon Fraser University
Bob McMurray University of Iowa F. Wendell Miller Professor
Carolina Mendez Orellana Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Assistant Professor
Ranka Minic - Vidovic University of Regina Associate Professor
Saif M. Mohammad National Research Council Canada Senior Research Scientist
M. Willis Monroe University of New Brunswick Assistant Professor
Clarissa Montgomery Université Paris-Cité PhD Student
Wini Murphey Sessional Instructor
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Name Affiliated Institution Position Email
Dianne Newbury Oxford Brookes University Reader in genetics and genomics
Aaron J Newman Dalhousie University Professor
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Name Affiliated Institution Position Email
Daniela O’Neill University of Waterloo Professor
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Name Affiliated Institution Position Email
Brianna Peacey Queen's University PhD Student
Nick Peatfield ProtoMe CEO
Jonathan Peelle Washington University in St. Louis Associate Professor
Marcela Peña Garay Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Professor
Aidan Pine Mother Tongues / National Research Council Canada Application Development Specialist, Lead Developer
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Name Affiliated Institution Position Email
Pia Rämä Université Paris Cité Senior Researcher
Mohi Reza University of Toronto PhD Student
Constanza Rojas-Primus Faculty, Department of Languages and Cultures, Kwantlen Polytechnic University Professor
Jorge Emilio Rosés Labrada University of Alberta Assistant Professor
Susan Rvachew McGill University Associate Dean, Director
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Name Affiliated Institution Position Email
Jenny Saffran The University of Wisconsin–Madison Professor
Lauren Schneider Simon Fraser University PhD Candidate
Charles Simard Talonbooks Editor (Poetry and Fiction)
Tamara Sorenson Duncan School of Linguistics and Language Studies, Carleton University Assistant Professor
Ian Stavness University of Saskatchewan Associate Professor
Beth Stelle Linguist At Large, Los Alamos, New Mexico
Espen Stranger-Johannessen Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences Associate Professor
Victoria Surtees University of the Fraser Valley Teaching and Learning Specialist
Terrence Sutherland Kapuskasing Indian Friendship Centre Cultural Resource Coordinator
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Name Affiliated Institution Position Email
Maite Taboada SFU Professor
Sonja Thoma Linguistics Consultant, West Kootenay, British Columbia Language coach
Jenny Thomson University of Sheffield, University of Stavanger Reader in Language & Literacy, Visiting Associate Professor
Debra Titone McGill University Professor / Canada Research Chair in Language & Multilingualism (Tier I)
Kelly Tremblay Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington Retired Professor
Alannah Turner Columbia Speech and Language
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Name Affiliated Institution Position Email
Anuschka van ´t Hooft Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí, Mexico Professor
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Name Affiliated Institution Position Email
Jérémie Voix École de technologie supérieure Associate Professor, Professor
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Name Affiliated Institution Position Email
Laura Wagner Ohio State University Director, Language Sciences Research Lab, Professor
Fenqi Wang Simon Fraser University Postdoctoral Fellow
Yue Wang Simon Fraser University Professor
Sandra Waxman Northwestern University Professor
Drew Weatherhead Dalhousie University Assistant Professor
Lynne Williams BC Children's Hospital Staff Scientist
Martina Wiltschko Universitat Pompeu Fabra ICREA Research Professor
Erica Wojcik Skidmore College Assistant Professor
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Name Affiliated Institution Position Email
Henny Yeung Department of Linguistics, Simon Fraser University Assistant Professor
Virginia Yip The Chinese University of Hong Kong Professor
Skylet Yu Columbia College Sessional Lecturer

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Research Excellence Clusters at UBC Vancouver is a joint initiative of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver and the Vice-President, Research and Innovation. Funding support for the clusters is provided by Academic Excellence Funds – UBC Vancouver.

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