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Moving away from deficiency models: Gradiency in bilingual speech categorization

Ethan Kutlu has published a paper, "Moving away from deficiency models: Gradiency in bilingual speech categorization", with Bob McMurray in Psychological and Brain Sciences (PBS) and Samantha Chiu, a graduate student in PBS.

Graduate Student in Linguistics selected as Teaching Fellow in OTLT

Osama Khalid, MA student in Linguistics, was selected as one of the 2022-2023 graduate teaching fellows in the Center for Teaching in the Office of Teaching, Learning & Technology (OTLT). Follow this link to view the OTLT announcement:
https://teach.its.uiowa.edu/news/meet-our-new-graduate-teaching-fellows

Linguistics student awarded 2022 Gilman scholarship to study abroad

Linguistics student Nicholas Mueller was awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad.

The Importance of Name Pronunciation

Laura Widman and Ethan Kutlu work with Isaac Podolefsky to raise awareness about the importance of name pronunciation and name identity on campus and to increase the effectiveness and types of name-capturing tools.

Moving forward: The development of a discourse marker

Sarah Fagan (co-authors: Carolyn Whitehead, Jeffery Davis, Mary Johnson) presented "Moving forward: The development of a discourse marker" at Studies in the History of the English Language (SHEL-12), University of Washington, May 19, 2022.

The FreqTag toolbox: A principled approach to analyzing electrophysiological time series in frequency tagging paradigms

Steady-state visual evoked potential (ssVEP) frequency tagging is an increasingly used method in electrophysiological studies of visual attention and perception. Frequency tagging is suitable for studies examining a wide range of populations, including infants and children. Frequency tagging involves the presentation of different elements of a visual array at different temporal rates, thus using stimulus timing to “tag” the brain response to a given element by means of a unique time signature. Leveraging the strength of the ssVEP frequency tagging method to isolate brain responses to concurrently presented and spatially overlapping visual objects requires specific signal processing methods.

Wenqi Zeng: 2022 Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship Winner

Wenqi Zeng is the recipient of the Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship for 2022. This fellowship program provides an opportunity for advanced Ph.D. student to benefit from protected and supported time to pursue their scholarly research activities. The fellowship is intended to recognize students with distinguished academic achievement during their early graduate training. These achievements should be evident from a combination of outstanding academic performance in coursework, as well as early scholarly research activities.

Wenqi Zeng: 2022 Graduate College Summer Fellowship Winner

Wenqi Zeng is the recipient of the Graduate College Summer Fellowship for summer 2022. This fellowship program provides an opportunity for advanced Ph.D. student to benefit from protected and supported time to pursue their scholarly research activities.

Christine Shea presents "Who Lateralizes Matters" at virtual conference

Christine Shea presented "Who Lateralizes Matters" at the Georgetown University Roundtable (virtual), Georgetown University, March 10-13, 2022.

Language Policy in Iowa and Spanish Heritage Speakers

Conference Presentation at National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language, February 24th-26th, 2022