PRESENT AND PAST CONTRIBUTORS TO UA ADVANCE
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LouAnn Gerken Professor of Cognitive Science, Psychology, and Linguistics Director of the Tweety Language Development Lab gerken@email.arizona.edu [website] |
| Dr. Gerken is a faculty member in the departments of Psychology, Linguistics, and Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, and she is the Director of Cognitive Science. In the latter role, she promotes interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching across more than a dozen, mostly STEM, departments at the University of Arizona. Dr. Gerken received her Ph.D. from Columbia University and received tenure at the State University of New York at Buffalo before joining the University of Arizona faculty in 1995. Dr. Gerken has served on NIH and NSF grant review panels, and she is currently Associate Editor and co-founder of the journal Language Learning and Development. Her research has been funded continuously since 1992. Throughout her career, Dr. Gerken has used a range of techniques to study language development in infants and children, and has directed her research at addressing both practical issues and classic questions about the nature of human language and its relation to the human mind. In addition to her work on language development, Dr. Gerken is involved in efforts to restructure academic institutions to promote broader participation and greater equity. | |
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