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Dr. Irina A. Sekerina is a Professor at the College of Staten Island, CUNY, specializing in experimental psycholinguistics. Her research investigates real-time language processing mechanisms in adults and children, with a focus on bilingualism and cross-linguistic studies in English and Russian. She employs eye-tracking techniques to study on-line language comprehension and has received prestigious grants such as the NSF ADVANCE award to advance women in STEM. Dr. Sekerina holds a PhD from the CUNY Graduate Center and a BA from Moscow State University. She has authored publications in top-tier journals like Cognition and Language Acquisition, and edited three volumes on linguistics. Her work integrates international collaborations, including research and teaching in Germany, Russia, and Bulgaria.
Education: PhD, CUNY Graduate Center; BA, Moscow State University.
Research emphasizes bilingual processing systems, developmental language acquisition, and the interplay of syntax and semantics in real-time. Her grants include NSF, Fulbright, and IREX funding. A recipient of multiple academic honors, she also contributes to professional development through editorial roles and international academic initiatives.
