Kay James

Kay James is an Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, and serves as Director of the Graduate Program in Neuroscience and Education and the Neurocognition of Language Lab. Their work focuses on neural mechanisms underlying language disorders, second language acquisition, and cognitive processes in schizophrenia. Key affiliations include Biobehavioral Sciences, Neuroscience and Education, Human Development, and Cognitive Science in Education.

Research interests emphasize the neural basis of language processing in pathological contexts such as developmental speech disorders and schizophrenia, alongside second language acquisition in adults. Their interdisciplinary approach bridges cognitive neuroscience with clinical and educational interventions.

Publications span studies on mismatch negativity in speech disorders, syntactic development in Arabic diglossia, and brain-behavior asymmetry in schizophrenia. Ongoing work explores voice-related cortical potentials and emotional face processing through electrophysiological methods.

Labs and teams include the Neurocognition of Language Lab, focusing on language neurobiology and clinical applications. Grants and advising roles are not explicitly detailed in the provided materials.