Judith F. Kroll

Judith F. Kroll is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Education at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). She holds leadership roles as Co-Founder of Women in Cognitive Science and Principal Investigator (PI) of an NSF PIRE grant focusing on bilingualism research. Her career includes prior faculty positions at Penn State (1994–2016), UCR (2016–2019), and other institutions.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree from New York University
• Graduate degrees from Brandeis University

Her research explores bilingual language processing, cognitive interplay between languages, and the neural mechanisms underlying multilingualism. Supported by NSF and NIH grants, her work highlights how bilingualism illuminates language-cognition relationships obscured in monolingual contexts. She co-leads an international training network for language scientists through her NSF PIRE grant.

Awards & Recognition:

• Fellowships from AAAS, APA, APS, Psychonomic Society, and Society of Experimental Psychologists
• Founding editor of Bilingualism: Language and Cognition

Grants include NSF PIRE funding for global bilingualism research. She advises students and collaborates internationally. Kroll co-founded Women in Cognitive Science to advance gender equity in the field.

Her lab focuses on translating cognitive and brain science into practical language-learning strategies, emphasizing real-world applications of laboratory findings.