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• June 2002Cognitive Psychology - Ph.D.
  University of Toronto
  
• Sept 1997Cognitive Psychology - M.A.
  University of Toronto
  
• June 1996Psychology and Music Theory - B.A./B.M.
  Northwestern University
  

Academic Employment

• 2004 – PresentAssistant Professor and Philip F. Holton Scholar
  Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Instructor, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Department of Psychology: Lifespan Development
  
• 2003 — 2004Assistant Scientist
  Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
  
• 2001 — 2003NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
  
• 2002 — 2004Supervisor
  NIH Summer Research Traineeships for Medical Students
  
• 1999 — 2000Instructor
  University of Toronto: Introduction to Development
  
• 1996 — 2001Teaching Assistant
  University of Toronto: Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Psychology Lab, Developmental Psychology, Psychology of Language, Language Acquisition, Cross-Cultural Psychology, Exceptionality: Disability and Giftedness
  Research Assistant
  Dr. Sandra E. Trehub, University of Toronto
  
• 1993 — 1996Research Assistant
  Dr. David Uttal, Northwestern University (Psychology)
  
• June — Sept 1995Summer Research Assistant
  Dr. Sandra E. Trehub, University of Toronto
  
• June — Sept 1993Summer Research Assistant
  Dr. Elliott Ross, University of North Dakota Medical Education Center (Neuropsychiatry)

Research Grants

• 2007National Institutes of Health - National Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders (NIH-NIDCD): R21 DC006682-01, "Multimodal perception by infants with cochlear implants"; Principal Investigator; $375,000 (Total Direct Costs)
  
• 2003 — 2008National Institutes of Health - National Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders (NIH-NIDCD): R01 DC006235-01, "Speech perception by infants after cochlear implantation"; Research Scientist (Principal Investigator, Derek M. Houston); $1,125,000 (Total Direct Costs)
  

Awards and Honors

• Dec 2001 – PresentNIH Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
  
• 2001Doctoral Thesis Completion Grant, University of Toronto
  
• Sept 2000Student Presentation Award, Canadian Acoustical Association
  
• 1998 – 2001University of Toronto Fellowship
  
• 1997 – 2001International Student Award, University of Toronto
  
• 1996 – 1998University of Toronto Open Fellowship ()
  
• 1996Honors in Music Theory, Northwestern University
  
• 1996Honors in Psychology, Northwestern University
  
• 1996Honorable Mention, William A. Hunt Award for best research paper in psychology by an undergraduate, Department of Psychology, Northwestern University
  
• 1995Carl Milton Beecher Award for musical and academic excellence, Northwestern University
  
• June – Sept 1994Benton J. Underwood Fellow, Department of
• Psychology, Northwestern University
  
• 1993 – 1996Latin Honor Society, Northwestern University
  

Professional Affiliations

• 2003 – PresentAmerican Psychological Association
  
• 2002 – PresentAmerican Psychological Society
  
• 2003 – PresentInternational Phonetic Association
  
• 2003 – PresentInternational Speech Communication Association
  
• 2002 – PresentInternational Society for Infant Studies
  
• 2001 – PresentSociety for Music Perception and Cognition
  
• 2002 – PresentSociety for Research on Child Development
  

Professional Activities

• 2002Ad-hoc reviewer, The Volta Review
  
• 2003 – 2004Ad-hoc reviewer, Language Learning
  

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