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Name
Area
Advisor(s)
Year
Current Position
Ahn, David CS Schubert 2003 Software Engineer, Google
Austin, Alison BCS Newport 2010
Bardhan, Neil BCS Aslin, Tanenhaus 2010 Social Media Chair, Human Rights Campaign,
Bazrafshan, Marzieh CS Gildea 2014
Boland, Julie CSP Tanenhaus 1991 Professor of Psychology and Linguistics, University of Michigan
Bonn, Cory
Brown-Schmidt, Sarah BCS Tanenhaus 2005 Assistant Professor, Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Brown, Meredith BCS Tanenhaus 2014 Postdoctoral Fellow, Tufts University and Massachusetts General Hospital
Byron, Donna CS Allen 2002 Senior Research Scientist, Relational Agents Group, Northeastern University
Campana, Ellen BCS Tanenhaus 2006 Software Architect, Intel Corporation
Carbary, Katie BCS Tanenhaus 2011 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Columbia Basin College
Chambers, Craig BCS Tanenhaus 2001 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Mississauga
Chung, Tagyoung CS Gildea 2013 Research Engineer, Nuance Communications
Clayards, Meghan BCS Aslin, Tanenhaus 2008 Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics & School of Communication Sciences Disorders, McGill University
Coppola, Marie BCS Newport 2003 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut
Creel, Sarah BCS Aslin 2005 Associate Professor, Cognitive Science, University of California San Diego
Degen, Judith BCS & LIN Tanenhaus, Gunlogson 2013 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, Stanford University
Dzikovska, Myroslava CS Allen 2004 Research Fellow, Human Communication Research Centre Informatics, University of Edinburgh
Eigsti, Inge-Marie BCS & CSP Newport, Bennetto 2002 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut
Eyigoz, Elif CS Gildea 2014
Faber, Ben BCS & LIN Newport 2008 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Saint Benedict, Saint John’s University
Fedzechkina, Masha BCS Jaeger, Newport 2014 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
Fine, Alex BCS & LIN Jaeger, Runner 2013 Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Frank, Austin BCS Aslin, Tanenhaus 2010 Riot Games
Galescu, Lucian CS Allen 2003 Research Scientist, Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition
Garnsey, Susan CSP 1985 Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics and Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Gegg-Harrison, Whitney BCS Tanenhaus 2014 Lecturer / Workshop Leader, Writing, Speaking,and Argument Program, University of Rochester
Gomez-Gallo, Carlos CS & LIN Jaeger, Allen 2011 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University
Gordon, Jonathan CS Schubert 2014 Postdoctoral Researcher, Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California
Gorman, Kris BCS Tanenhaus 2012 Assistant Education Specialist, University of Minnesota
Hafezi, Mahdi CS Allen 2014 Software Engineer, Google
Hanna, Joy BCS Tanenhaus 2001 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Daemen College
Hirshorn, Elizabeth BCS Bavelier 2011 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
Hudson-Kam, Carla BCS Newport 2003 Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of British Columbia
Karuza, Elisabeth BCS Aslin, Newport 2014 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
Kidd, Celeste BCS Aslin 2013 Assistant Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester
Kim, Christina BCS & LIN Tanenhaus, Runner 2012 Lecturer, English Language & Linguistics University of Kent
Klein, Natalie BCS Tanenhaus 2011 Office of Research Protections, US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
Liu, Daphne CS Schubert 2012 Software Engineer, Amazon Web Services
Loparev, Anna CS 2016 Waters Corporation
Magnuson, Jim BCS Tanenhaus 2001 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut
Mauner, Gail BCS Tanenhaus 1996 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo
McMurray, Bob BCS Aslin, Tanenhaus 2004 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Iowa
Merickel, Jennifer BCS Aslin 2015 Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Mintz, Toby BCS & LIN Newport 1996 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology & Linguistics, University of Southern California
Peng, Xiaochang CS 2018 Facebook
Pirog-Revill, Kate BCS Aslin, Tanenhaus 2007 Assistant Director/Senior Research Scientist, School of Psychology, Georgia Tech
Post, Matthew CS Gildea 2010
Qian, Ting BCS Aslin 2014 Postdoctoral Fellow, Brown University
Qui, Qiyuan CS 2016 Facebook
Reeder, Patty BCS Newport 2010 Assistant Professor, Psychological Science, Gustavus Adolphus College
Ruskin, David BCS Newport 2013 Instructor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester
Saffran, Jenny BCS Aslin, Newport 1997 Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sedivy, Julie LIN Carlson 1997 Writer and Language Scientist, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Calgary
Spivey, Michael BCS Tanenhaus 1996 Professor, Cognitive Science and Associate Dean, School of Social Sciences, University of California, Merced
Starling, Sarah BCS Newport 2012 Assistant Professor, Psychology Program, DeSales University
Stent, Amanda CS Allen 2001 Principal Research Scientist, Yahoo! Labs
Tetreault, Joel CS Allen 2004 Senior Research Scientist, Yahoo! Labs
Thompson, Susan BCS Newport 2003 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Monroe Community College
Trueswell, John CSP Tanenhaus 1993 Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
Van Durme, Ben CS & LIN Schubert & Carlson 2010 Assistant Research Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Wonnacott, Elizabeth BCS Newport 2006 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Warwick University
Zollo, Teresa CS Schubert 2003 Assistant Professor, Ithaca College

Postdoc Alumni List

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Name
Area
Advisor(s)
Year
Current Position
Allopenna, Paul BCS Tanenhaus 1995 - 1999 Assistant Research Professor, Cognitive Linguistics & Psychological Sciences, Brown University
Arnold, Jennifer BCS Tanenhaus 2000 - 2004 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, UNC Chapel Hill
Barker, Chris Tanenhaus Professor, Department of Linguistics, New York University
Bicknell, Klinton BCS Tanenhaus, Jaeger 2013 - 2014 Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, Northwestern
Chambers, Kyle BCS Aslin 2004 - 2007 Associate Professor, Psychological Science, Gustavus Adolphus College
Crosswhite, Katherine BCS Tanenhaus 1999 - 2002
Daphan, Delphine BCS Tanenhaus 1997 - 1999 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
Eberhard, Kathleen BCS Tanenhaus 1993 - 1996 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Notre Dame
Farmer, Thomas BCS Tanenhaus, Jaeger 2010 - 2012 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Iowa
Filip, Hanna LIN Allen, Carlson 1996 - 1999 Assistant Professor, Department of Germanic & Slavic Studies, University of Florida
Fraundorf, Scott BCS Jaeger 2013 - 2014 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Pittsburgh University
Gebhart, Andrea BCS Aslin, Newport 2002 - 2005 Scientific Writing, Editing and Consulting Services, Rochester NY
Heller, Daphna BCS Tanenhaus 2004 - 2008 Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto
Kaiser, Elsi BCS Tanenhaus 2003 - 2005 Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California
Lehnert-LeHouillier, Heike LIN McDonough 2007 - 2009 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Communicative Disorders, University at Buffalo
Maye, Jessica BCS Aslin 2000 - 2003 Lecturer, Department of Linguistics, Northwestern University
McRae, Ken BCS Tanenhaus 1992 - 1993 Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London ON
Pajak, Bozena BCS Jaeger, Aslin 2012 - 2014 Research Associate and Lecturer, Department of Linguistics, Northwestern University
Piantadosi, Steve BCS Aslin 2011 - 2014 Assistant Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester
Prud’hommeaux, Emily CS Gildea 2013 - 2014 Assistant Professor, Computational and Linguistics and Language Science, Department of English, Rochester Institute of Technology
Race, David BCS Tanenhaus 2006 - 2009 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University
Reeder, Patty BCS Aslin 2011 - 2013 Assistant Professor, Psychological Science, Gustavus Adolphus College
Roche, Jennifer BCS Tanenhaus, Jaeger 2011 - 2014 Assistant Professor, Department of Speech Pathology & Audiology, Kent State University
Senghas, Annie BCS Newport 1995 - 1998 Professor, Department of Psychology, Barnard College
Shukla, Mohinish BCS Aslin 2007 - 2011 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston
Snider, Neal BCS Jaeger, Runner 2008 - 2010 Research Manager, Natural Language Understanding at Nuance Communications
Storto, Gianluca LIN Runner 2003 – 2005 Technical Program Manager, Google, Inc.
Swift, Mary BCS Allen 2001 - 2003 Advisory Software Engineer, IBM Watson
Swingley, Dan BCS Aslin 1997 - 1999 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
Tabor, Whitney BCS Tanenhaus 1994 - 1996 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology University of Connecticut
Vannest, Jennifer BCS Bavelier 2003 - 2006 Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Wagner Cook, Susan BCS Tanenhaus 2006 - 2008 Assistant Professor, Psychology, University of Iowa
Watson, Duane BCS Tanenhaus 2002 – 2005 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Weiss, Dan BCS Aslin 2000 - 2003 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Penn State University
White, Katherine BCS Aslin 2007 - 2010 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo
Wolter, Lynsey BCS Tanenhaus 2006 - 2008 Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire