Lab Director
Katherine White
Katherine White, PhD joined the Psychology Department at the University of Waterloo in 2010, after completing her PhD in Cognitive Science at Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island, USA) and postdoctoral research in the department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences at the University of Rochester (Rochester, New York, USA). She studies the earliest stages of language development in infants and toddlers.
Graduate Students
Dana Bernier
Dana completed her Bachelor of Science (Bsc) Honours in Psychology and MA in Psychology from the University of Manitoba. Her MA project examined infants' ability to hear speech directed at them in a noisy, multi-speaker environments.
Currently, she is in the PhD program investigating toddlers' and adults' ability to understand children's speech.
Her other interests include the development of vowels in bilingually exposed infants, and examining noise levels across child care environments using LENA.
Emily Shiu
Emily Shiu completed her Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Psychology with a Japanese Certificate I from the University of Waterloo. Currently, she is in the Masters of Applied Science program. Her research interests include adult studies in bilingual language development - particularly in Cantonese-English bilinguals.
Alex Rett
Alex completed her Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Psychology with a minor in Biology at the University of Waterloo. Currently, she is in the Masters of Applied Science program and is interested in how preschool-aged children process accented speech. Alex is also interested in how children learn from others.
Lab Coordinator
Erin Kim
Erin has recently completed her second year of a Bachelor of Arts in Honours Psychology, Co-op. She is the Lab Coordinator for both the Lab for Infant Development and Language and the Developmental Learning Lab. She hopes to continue working with children and pursue a career in mental health research in the future.
Honours Thesis Student
Tim Woerle
Tim Woerle is in his fourth year of Honours Psychology at the University of Waterloo. After graduation he plans to pursue graduate studies in the field of language development.
Research Assistants
Catherine Rocha
Kristen Thompson
Kristen is in her final year of a Bachelor of Science in Health Studies, Co-op with a minor in Psychology and a French Certificate. She hopes to pursue a career in a Speech-Language Pathology.
Amanda Pereira
Amanda is a third year student in the Health Studies program with a research specialization. She is interested in health policy and public health.
Chloe Whitham
Chloe is in her fourth year of her Health Sciences Degree at Wilfrid LAurier University. She is minoring in both chemistry and psychology. She hopes to pursue a career in Speech-Language Pathology or Physical Therapy.
Collaborators (current and recent)
Kyle Chambers
Naomi Feldman
Celeste Kidd
James Morgan
Emily Myers
Mohinish Shukla
Melanie Soderstrom
Eiling Yee
Alumni
Drew Weatherhead (Doctorate Student)
Jennifer Smith (Lab Manager/NSERC USRA Student)
Shirley He (Lab Manager/NSERC USRA Student)
Shaquille Sealy (Research Coordinator)
Anita Abeyesekera (MASc student)
Katelyn Burden (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Taylor Columbus (Honours Student)
Vibhuti Jethava (Honours Student)
Mary Krupicz (Honours Student)
Anielle Lim (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Zack Miller (Honours Student)
AJ Orena (Honours Student)
Laura Rance (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Melissa Nikkel (Research Coordinator)
Gloria Ip (Honours Student)
Ragini Suresh (MASc student)
Olivia Daub (Honours Student)
Yasaman Keshavarz (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Nasim Ahmadpour (MASc student)
Austin Penner (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Erik Johnson (Honours Student)
Kavita Schaffer (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Anum Syeda (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Emily McIntosh (Research Coordinator)
Elaina Bentz (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Peiyao Zhang (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Sophie Yung (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Taylor Riemersma (Honours Student)
Richard Holmes (Honours Student)
Ayah Taji (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
