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Meet Our Team

Principal Investigator

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David P. Corina, Ph.D.
Dr. Corina’s research focuses on understanding the neural bases of higher cognitive function, specifically language and memory. He is interested in neurobiological models of language processing and elucidating the degrees of plasticity within systems related to language and memory, drawing insights from the comparisons of signed and spoken languages. Dr. Corina’s work includes developmental studies of children learning language, studies of deaf and hearing college students and neuropsychological studies of language breakdown in aging populations. On-going studies explore language and human actions processing in deaf users of American Sign Language and hearing users of spoken language. A current interest is in the expression of cross-modal plasticity in children with cochlear implants. Dr. Corina’s research encompasses psychology, linguistics and neuroscience.


Research Staff

Graduate Students

Elizabeth Pierotti
Elizabeth is a fifth year doctoral student in Psychology using EEG to study speech recognition and semantic processing in deaf and typical hearing children. She is also interested in the role of audiovisual integration during speech perception. Outside of research, she likes running, cooking, and listening to music.

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Brett Bormann

Brett is a third year Neuroscience PhD Student who is using EEG to investigate sensory and attentional processing in children with ADHD. When not in lab, he enjoys riding his bike along with spending time relaxing at home reading and watching movies with his cats.


Tanya Matyushkina
Tanya is a PhD student in Psychology, broadly interested in speech perception. Her current project is dedicated to investigation of effects of cross-modal plasticity on speech perception in children with cochlear implants.


Brennan Gonering

Brennan is a PhD candidate in linguistics, interested in the neurobiology of syntax; their dissertation examines the connection between long-term memory and different syntactic knowledge. When not teaching or researching, Brennan enjoys playing video games, baking, and being involved in activism.


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Jamie Herron Lee
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Jamie is a fourth year doctoral student in the Linguistics Department. Her research interests focus on the characterization and development of second language and bi/multilingual proficiency in the brain. She enjoys cooking, DIY projects, and relaxing at home with her husband and cats.


Undergraduate Research Assistants
  • Cathleen Chany
  • Jack Fagan
  • Ruhaan Juyal
  • Natalie Laurie
  • Jilian McKie
  • Sana Shehabi
  • Plyfaa Suwanamalik-Murphy

Interested in doing research with us as an undergrad? Reach out to one of the grad students above to hear more about their needs for their projects!


Lab Alumni

Tristan Schaefer, M.A.

Ludmila Midrigan – Ciochina, Ph.D.

Karolina Ruiz-Rogelj
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Todd LaMarr, M.A.

Sarah Hafer

​Kelsey Hults

Shane Blau, M.A

Michael Rea

Mia Panelli

Michelle Chang

Kyler Prado

Alaina Porter

Michelle Cohn

Deborah Cates, Ph.D.

Belinda Bustillos

Krystina Ho

Diane Allshouse

Ken Bolingbroke

Victoria Brookins

Thomas Desautals

Vanessa Filippini

Micheal Grosvald, Ph.D.

Eva Gutierrez-Sigut, Ph.D.

Stephen Haight

Shiva Kasravi

Esther Kim

Heather Knapp, Ph.D.

Christian Lachaud, Ph.D.

Laurie Lawyer, Ph.D.

Brandon Loudermilk, Ph.D.

Robert Marker

Mike Pallas

Nicole Spotswood, M.A.

Max Stuart

Travis Taylor

Kearnan Welch

Tara Williams

Journie Dickerson

Tara Shively

Kayla Vodacek, M.A.

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