Teaching


Courses Taught:

University of Toronto Scarborough (2017-):

2017 - PLIC55: Psycholinguistics
2017 - PSYC59: Cognitive Neuroscience of Language
2018 - LINB19: Computers in Linguistics



BCBL (2012-2016):

2015 Scientific Basics, Section II: Scientific Writing [coordinated with Dr. C. Martin (Section I: Presentations) & Dr. J. Andres Hernandez (Section III: Basic Programming)].
2012 - 2016 Quantitative Methods, Section III: Regression [coordinated with Martijn Baart (Section I: Basic Statistical Concepts) and Arthur Samuel (Section II: Analysis of Variance)]






Advising


Postdoctoral:

Year Name Topic
2020 - Jiangtian Li Computational and empirical studies of ambiguous word comprehension
2019 - 2022 Ian D. Miller The microstructure of new word learning and generalization: Computational and Behavioural studies
2018 - 2019 Raquel G. Alhama Simulating cross-linguistic differences in eye movements (co-supervised with Dr. Ram Frost) [BCBL]
2017 - 2019 Alejandro Perez EEG studies of word comprehension, advanced EEG methods (I was his supervisor for 50% of his appointment, another faculty supervised Alejandro separately for the other 50% of his appointment)
2016 - 2018 Rocío A. López-Zunini Similarities and differences in visual and word comprehension, and how these effects vary with age (co-supervisor, Dr. A. Samuel) [BCBL]



Doctoral

Year Name Topic
2023 - Irys-Amelie Champagne Reading curricula and the effects of context variability on rule learning
2017 - Di Mo Computational and empirical studies of ambiguous word comprehension
2015 - 2019 Joyse Medeiros The Time-course of Semantic Ambiguity: Behavioural and Electroencephalographic Investigations. Defended December 2019, Cum Laude, Premio Extraordinario. [BCBL & UPV].
http://hdl.handle.net/10810/40508



Masters

Year Name Topic
2015 - 2016 Pedro Margolles On-line Orthographical and Phonological Interactions during an Audiovisual Matching Task: An ERP Study. (co-supervisor: Dr. Martijn Baart). [BCBL & UPV].
2014 - 2015 Jane Aristia Adaptive Decision Making: Evidence from Feedback. [BCBL & UPV]
2013 - 2014 Elma Barreiro Abad Auditory and Visual Word Comprehension: A Comparative Study using a Lexical Decision Task (co-supervisor: Dr. A. Samuel) [BCBL & UPV]



Other Graduate Advising

Year Name Topic
2017 - 2018 Shouyu Ling Decoding EEG correlates of Visual Word Recognition. [External project completed with me as part of the UofT PhD program requirements]
2017 Caitlin Rice Computational and behavioural studies of ambiguous word comprehension [visiting graduate student from the University of Pittsburgh funded through the Women in Cognitive Science Networking Award]



Undergraduate: Independent Research Course

Year Name
2021 - 2022 Jameela Rasheed
2020 - 2022 Talia Shafir
2020 - 2022 Irys Champagne
2021 - 2022 Akathian Santhakumar
2021 - 2022 Sherry Yuan
2020 - 2021 Kiah Spencer
2020 - 2021 Nabeela Syeda
2020 - 2021 Korosh Ahangar
2020 - 2021 Rutvik Gupta
2020 - 2021 Ming Xiu
2019 - 2020 Abbas Rattani
2018 - 2020 Kristen Allen
2019 - 2020 Gabriel Blanco Gomez
2019 - 2020 Beauty Das
2017 - 2018 Guanchen Zhang
2017 - 2018 Sonal Prasad
2017 - 2018 Alexandra Teachman
2017 - 2018 Eric Alexander



Supervision of Award Recipients

Year Name Award
Summer 2022 Irys Champagne UTEA Award (SSHRC USRA analog funded by UofT). Title: The Effects of Explicit Instruction in Learning to Read
Summer 2022
  • Emma Abrams
  • Shysta Sehgal
  • Yiannie Lin
  • Hannah Rognan
  • Irys Champagne
Recipients of Jackman Scholar Award as part of the four-week Jackman Scholars-in-Residence program.
Project title: Improving Reading Curricula by Developing an Explicit Theory of Reading Instruction
Summer 2020 Gabriel Blanco Gomez Dr. Lorus J. Milne and Dr. Margaery J. Milne Award for a 4-month research project
Fall 2020 Gabriel Blanco Gomez NSERC USRA Recipient. Project title: Quantitative Analysis of Free Associates in Spanish
Summer 2019 Stephanie Deschamps UTEA Award (NSERC USRA analog funded by UofT). Title: Cross-Modal Noise Compensation in Audiovisual Words: Impact of Native Language
Summer 2018 Shanthos Thirunavukkarasu Budding Scholar Award
Summer 2017 Caitlin Rice Women in Cognitive Science International Networking Award



Other Paid Supervision

Year Name Position
2022 Yiannie Lin Curriculum coder
2022 Hannah Rognan Curriculum coder
2020 - 2021 Hanna Zhang Conversion of lab-based audio-visual noise experiment to an online format
2019 - 2021 Pui Shing (Brian) Lam Programing and analyzing neural network models of new word learning
2018 Alexandra Teachman Programming online experiments
2018 Guanchen Zhang Programming online experiments
2017 Alexandra Teachman Developing new lab modules for the Computers in Linguistics Course (LINB19).



CAP Lab Alumni

Name Year Position Present Position
Sherinne Clarissa 2021 - 2022 Research Assistant Research assistant, START Clinic for Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Sahana Gopalakrishnan 2021 - 2022 Research Assistant Research assistant, CoNSens Laboratory, University of Toronto Scarborough
Vanessa Danielle Laham 2021 - 2022 Research Assistant
Talia Kate Shafir 2021 - 2022 Research Assistant Bachelor's student, University of Toronto
Rajan Singh Padda 2021 - 2022 Lab Programmer Software engineer, Solv4x.ai
Abdulrahman Abdulrazzag 2021 - 2022 Lab Programmer Machine Learning Compiler Engineer, Cerebras Systems
Akathian Santhakumar 2021 - 2022 Lab Programmer MSc, Computer Science, Toronto Metropolitan University
Rutvik Gupta 2020 - 2023 Lab Programmer Laboratory programmer, Computation and Psycholinguistics Laboratory- University of Toronto Scarborough
Irys Champagne 2020 - 2022 Lab Manager

Research Assistant
PhD Program in Psychology, University of Toronto
Ray Wen 2020 - 2022 Lab Programmer Software engineer, Intel Corporation
Breanna Pratley
(Master Student)
2020 - 2021 Lab Managers
Katelyn Tradros 2020 - 2021 Research Assistant
Sophie Zhou 2020 - 2021 Research Assistant
Mutasem Kharsa 2020 - 2021 Lab Programmer
Stephan Motha 2020 - 2021 Lab Programmer
Abbas Rattani 2020 - 2021 Lab Programmer
Sherry Yuan 2020 - 2021 Lab Programmer
Korosh Ahangar 2020 - 2021 Lab Programmer
Weiyu Li 2020 - 2021 Lab Programmer
Ming Liu 2020 - 2021 Lab Programmer
Yesinn Kwak 2020 - 2021 Lab Programmer
Winnie Chen 2020 Research Assistant
Christine Kim 2020 Research Assistant
Faizan Rana 2019 - 2022 Research Assistant
Nabeeha Ali 2019 - 2021 Assistant Lab Manager

Research Assistant
Jingshu (Helen) Yao 2019 - 2021 Research Assistant Program coordinator, Heritage Toronto
Abigeyla Hailemichael 2019 - 2020 Research Assistant
Pui Shing (Brian) Lam 2019 - 2020 Lab Programmer
Melanie Lamarca 2018 - 2020 Assistant Lab Manager

Research Assistant
Speech Language Pathologist, Sunnybrook Hospital- Veteran's Centre
Ester Kwok 2018 - 2019 Research Assistant Speech Language Pathology Assistant, Living Words Speech Pathology
Olivia Najdovski 2018 - 2019 Assistant Lab Manager

Research Assistant
Master of User Experience Design, University of Toronto
Kristen Allen 2017 - 2020 Lab Manager

Research Assistant Lab Volunteer
Post-Secondary Peer Support Specialist, Ontario Shores Center for Mental Health Sciences
Andrea Michelle Leung 2017 - 2020 Assistant Lab Manager

Research Assistant

Research Assistant Volunteer
Shanthos Thirunavukkarasu 2017 - 2020 Research Assistant Research Analyst, CAMH
(Recipient of Budding Scholar award, 2017-2018)
Shanthos Thirunavukkarasu 2017 - 2020 Research Assistant Research Analyst, CAMH
(Recipient of Budding Scholar award, 2017-2018)
Ka Yan (Kitty) Tsang 2017 - 2019 Research Assistant Audiologist, Costco Hearing Aid Centre
Stephanie Deschamps 2017 - 2019 Research Assistant

Research Assistant Volunteer
PhD student- Neuroscience, McGill University
Irene Delicano 2017 - 2018 Lab Manager Contracting & Procurement Officer, Government of Canada
Khansa Kiasatina 2017 - 2018 Lab Programmer Software engineer, Intel Corporation
Guanchen Zhang 2017 - 2018 Lab Programmer Software engineer, Amazon
Karlie Wood 2017 - 2018 Research Assistant

Research Assistant Volunteer
Nursing Student, University of Toronto
Brian Chim 2017 - 2018 Lab Programmer
Amal Azeez 2017 - 2018 Research Assistant Volunteer Speech Language Pathologist, Durham District School Board
Kate Prigaro 2017 - 2018 Research Assistant Volunteer MA student- Language and Literacies Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto
Rajan Shah 2017 - 2018 Research Assistant Volunteer Medical Doctor
Kittsy Tsang 2017 - 2018 Research Assistant Volunteer
Hanna Zhang 2016 - 2019 Lab Manager

Research Assitant Volunteer
Insiya Bhalloo 2016 - 2018 Research Assistant Volunteer PhD student- Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto
Sneha George 2016 - 2017 Research Assistant Volunteer Speech Language Pathologist