I am a first language acquisition researcher interested in the acquisition of determiner phrase semantics and logical connectives, the early acquisition of functional categories, and theoretical issues concerning the semantics/pragmatics interface. I have a secondary interest in statistical methods, inductive inference, and the role of input in language acquisition, particularly with respect to differences in how developing children and transformer-based language models make use of input.
I completed my Ph.D. in Linguistics at the CUNY Graduate Center and joined the Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science as a Postdoctoral Associate in the fall of 2024.
You can reach me at [email protected] or [email protected]
I’m currently running a variety of Zoom studies looking at how preschoolers enrich the meaning of sentences using contextual information.
If you have a child who predominantly speaks English and is between the ages of 4 and 5, I’d love to have them take part! Please contact me if you’re interested.
