Undergraduates are an integral
part of my lab, and each semester undergraduates do research for credit
(independent study in psychology, cognitive science or linguistics, psychology
honors research, Rutgers College honors research etc.), experience, or
pay. If you have taken relevant
courses (e.g., cognitive psychology, linguistics, developmental psychology,
genetics, neurobiology, and computer science) or are a native speaker of
English, Korean or Turkish, I particularly urge you to consider joining the
lab. Many undergraduates who have
worked in the lab have been accepted into some of the best graduate programs in
cognitive and clinical psychology, speech pathology, linguistics and medicine.
Undergraduates are invited to participate in any of the following projects:
1. Genetics of language.
The linguistic and nonlinguistic
development of monozygotic (identical) twins is compared with that of dizygotic
(nonidentical) twins. Projects involve recruiting participants, sending out
mailings, and coding, entering and analyzing data from twins.
2. Perinatal factors & development. We
are investigating how various prenatal and postnatal environment factors affect
language development. Projects involve recruiting participants, sending out
mailings, and coding, entering and analyzing data from twins.
3. Normal language acquisition. Using a variety of
experimental techniques, we study how typically-developing children acquire
English and other languages.
Projects involve testing preschool- and school-aged children and
analyzing transcripts of their spontaneous speech.
4. Abnormal language acquisition. Language acquisition by
children with developmental language disorders is compared with that of normal
children. Projects involve testing
language-impaired children and analyzing transcripts of their spontaneous
speech.
5. Adult language
processing. Using a variety of experimental techniques, we study
how adults process spoken and written English and other languages.
If you are interested in
applying to graduate school at Rutgers, I urge you to contact me either by
phone or email as early as possible.
There are special fellowships that are available for graduate students, but
competition is fierce and deadlines are early.
If you are already a graduate
student in one of the departments affiliated with the Cognitive Science Center,
I would be happy to talk to you about potential research projects (either a
Cognitive Science Certificate Project or a supervised departmental research
project). Send me email, call me,
or snag me before or after a talk.
If you are interested in doing
a postdoctoral fellowship in my lab, contact me at least 12-18 months before
you would want to begin your postdoc.
For more information,
contact
Professor Karin Stromswold
732-445-2448 (office);
732-445-4295 (lab)