Our Team
Meet the members of the DPL. Scroll down for more information on each member.
Phonological and Prosodic Development Group
Dr. Angeliki Athanasopoulou
Associate Professor
email: angeliki.athanasopou@ucalgary.ca
website: https://profiles.ucalgary.ca/angeliki-athanasopoulou
Research areas: Phonology, Phonetics, First (child) Language Acquisition, Psycholinguistics, Experimental Methods, Typology
Dr. Dušan Nikolić
Visiting Scholar
Ph.D., Linguistics, University of Calgary, 2023
email: dusan.nikolic1@alumni.ucalgary.ca
website: https://dusannikolic.com/
Research areas: Phonetics, Speech Perception, Psycholinguistics, Experimental Methods
Mir Ushmum Alam
M.A. Student
M.S., Communication Disorders, University of Dhaka, 2022
M.A., Linguistics, University of Dhaka, 2018
email: ushmum.alam@ucalgary.ca
Thesis: Processing of Bengali geminate consonants
Semantic and Pragmatic Development Group
Dr. Dimitrios Skordos
Associate Professor
email: dimitrios.skordos@ucalgary.ca
website: https://profiles.ucalgary.ca/dimitrios-skordos
Research areas: Acquisition of Semantics and Pragmatics, Language and Cognition
Dr. Mathieu Paillé
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D., Linguistics, McGill 2022
email: mathieu.paille@ucalgary.ca
Research areas: Formal Semantics, Syntax
Cheryl Iwanchuk
M.A. Student
B.A. (Honours), Linguistics, University of Calgary, 2022
email: cheryl.iwanchuk@ucalgary.ca
Rowan Sali
M.A. Student
B.A. (Honours), Linguistics, University of Calgary, 2024
email: rowan.sali@ucalgary.ca
Lab Alumni
2024
Rowan Sali - B.A. (Honours), Linguistics
Thesis: Every Adult has Consistent Acceptability Judgements or They Don’t: An examination of strong vs weak distributivity in English speaking adults
Currently pursuing a M.A. in Linguistics at the University of Calgary
Celeste Olson - B.A., Linguistics and Psychology (Project Manager)
Alyssa Sung - B.A., Linguistics
Currently pursuing a M.Sc. in Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Alberta
2023
Summer Abdalla - M.A., Linguistics
Currently working at POD Marketing
Madeline MacLean - B.A. (Honours), Linguistics
Thesis: Context and affective prosody in language perception
Currently pursuing a B.A. in Social Work at the University of Calgary
Anika Rogalski - B.A., Linguistics (Lab Manager)
Shannon Bierman - B.A., Linguistics (PURE project)
2022
Cheman Baira A'Gitok Sangma - M.A., Linguistics
Thesis: Non-convergence of pitch and duration: Word-prosody of Garo
Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Linguistics at McGill University
Cheryl Iwanchuk - B.A. (Honours), Linguistics
Currently pursuing a M.A. in Linguistics at the University of Calgary
Amy Sun - B.A. (Honours), Linguistics
2021
Jomanna Sleiman - B.A., Linguistics (PURE project)
Currently pursuing a M.Sc. in Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Alberta
2020
Raina Schneider - B.A. (Honours), Linguistics