UConn Child Language Lab

08/15/2022

Last Friday, the team took advantage of the beautiful weather and hiked on Soapstone Mountain. It was our last chance to be in-person for quite some time, as Dr. Naigles is about to depart on a multi-week trip to Denmark and Switzerland as part of her sabbatical. Additionally, it was our last chance to say goodbye to Juandiego Carmona, our former lab coordinator, who will be starting his PhD this fall at Teacher’s College, Columbia University. We are going to miss Juandiego but are so proud of him and hope he has an amazing time in NYC!

07/29/2022

Yesterday, we held a fully in-person Grad Lab meeting for the first time since our new personnel (lab coordinator Grace, honors student Julia, and McNair Scholar Sarah) joined the lab in June. It was great getting to see everyone in real life, albeit masked. We discussed upcoming conferences, trainings, and projects, then took a group photo* at the end. Next up: our team-building group hike in a few weeks!

*All members are fully vaccinated and were only unmasked for the duration of the photo.

Left to right: Grace, Amanda, Kaya, Cynthia, Dr. Naigles, Julia, Jaydel, Sarah

07/11/2022

Data collection is back up and running! We had to slow our research down considerably during the pandemic to ensure the safety of our participants and their families, but we are so excited to be back in action and we can't wait to start meeting with our incredible participants again. Hooray!

07/07/2022

Our lab is excited to announce the arrival of a new lab coordinator, Grace Corrigan, coming all the way from California! Grace recently graduated from Scripps College in Claremont, California, where she received a B.A. in Psychology with Honors and minored in Linguistics.

07/07/2022

Cynthia's paper has been published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, one of the foremost peer-reviewed journals in our field! Congratulations, Cynthia! You can check out the paper for yourself here:

Many studies have utilized standardized measures and storybook narratives to characterize language profiles of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). They report that structural language of these children is on par with mental-age-matched ty...

07/07/2022

Another of our fabulous graduate students, Cynthia Boo, recently passed her General Exams, officially becoming a doctoral candidate!

07/07/2022

One of our amazing graduate students, Leo Tecoulesco, passed his dissertation defense on May 25th, bravo! His degree will be awarded in August 2022.