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Joan A. Sereno is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Kansas, with a focus on psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics. She also serves as Division Director of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences at the National Science Foundation (NSF). Her research explores language processing, second language acquisition, and the intersection of speech perception and production with neurobiological mechanisms. She holds a B.S. and B.A. from Northern Illinois University, and M.A. and Ph.D. in Linguistics from Brown University.
Education:
- B.S. in Psychology, Northern Illinois University, 1982
- B.A. in Philosophy, Northern Illinois University, 1982
- M.A. in Linguistics, Brown University, 1986
- Ph.D. in Linguistics, Brown University, 1988
Research Interests:
- Psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic investigation of language structure
- Second language acquisition, particularly non-native language contrast training
- Speech perception and production, including tonal languages like Mandarin
- Acoustic phonetics and spoken word recognition
Awards and Honors:
- William T. Kemper Foundation Fellowship for Teaching Excellence (2006)
- Gene A. Budig Teaching Professor Award (2011–2012)
- Outstanding College Alumni Award, Northern Illinois University (2009)
- Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship (1999–2002)
Grants and Funded Projects:
- NSF-funded studies on speech categorization and Mandarin tone processing
- NIH-funded fetal language discrimination research (2013–2014)
- University of Kansas grants supporting perceptual learning and cross-modal studies
Labs/Teams: Active in the KU Linguistics Department’s research clusters, including the Multilingual Speech Lab and collaborations with the National Science Foundation.
