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
Ashley Blayney-Hoffer
Ashley is currently in her second year of a Bachelor of Science in Honours Kinesiology, with a minor in Psychology. 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 child development and pursue a career in Pediatric Occupational Therapy.
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.
Bronte Smith
Bronte Smith is in her third year of a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a minor in Biology at University of Waterloo. After Graduation, she is interested in pursuing a career in Speech Language Pathology.
NSERC Student
Kasondra Woodland
Kasondra recently completed her Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Psychology at the University of Waterloo. She hopes to pursue graduate studies in Developmental Psychology or Couple and Family Therapy.
Research Assistants
Catherine Rocha
Catherine Rocha is in her fourth year of her Psychology degree with a minor in French. Catherine hopes to pursue a career in Speech Language Pathology or Developmental Psychology. 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.
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.
Amy (Xuewei) Liang
Amy is in her fourth year of her Psychology degree with a minor in Human Resource Management. Amy is particularly interested in bilingualism in language development and hopes to pursue a career in Developmental Psychology or Human Resource Managment.
Collaborators (current and recent)
Kyle Chambers
Naomi Feldman
Celeste Kidd
James Morgan
Emily Myers
Mohinish Shukla
Melanie Soderstrom
Eiling Yee
Alumni
Erin Kim (Lab Coordinator)
Amanda Pereira (Research Assistant)
AJ Orena (Honours Student/NSERC USRA Student)
Alex Rett (Lab Manager/NSERC USRA Student)
Amy Xu (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Anielle Lim (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Anita Abeyesekera (MASc student)
Anum Syeda (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Austin Penner (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Ayah Taji (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Carry Derome (Honours Student)
Drew Weatherhead (PhD Student)
Elaina Bentz (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Emily McIntosh (Research Coordinator)
Erik Johnson (Honours Student)
Giulia Vintila (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Gloria Ip (Honours Student)
Jennifer Smith (Lab Manager/NSERC USRA Student)
Joel Le Forestier (Research Coordinator)
Justin Leung (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Katelyn Rowe (Honours Student/NSERC USRA Student)
Katelyn Burden (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Kavita Schaffer (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Laura Brooks (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Laura Rance (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Mary Krupicz (Honours Student)
Melissa Nikkel (Research Coordinator)
Nasim Ahmadpour (MASc student)
Olivia Daub (Honours Student/NSERC USRA Student)
Peiyao Zhang (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Ragini Suresh (MASc student/Research coordinator)
Richard Holmes (Honours Student)
Robin Rosentrer (MASc student)
Shanan Floto (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Shaquille Sealy (Research Coordinator)
Shirley He (Lab Manager/NSERC USRA Student)
Sophie Yung (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Taylor Columbus (Honours Student)
Taylor Riemersma (Honours Student/NSERC USRA Student)
Vibhuti Jethava (Honours Student)
Yasaman Keshavarz (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Zack Miller (Honours Student)
