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Dr. Maria Kondaurova is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Louisville. Her research focuses on speech perception, child language development, and the impact of technology like telepractice and social robots on communication. She directs the Language Acquisition Research and Exploration Lab (LAREL), studying vocal interactions in families with children with hearing loss or autism.
Dr. Kondaurova holds a PhD in Linguistics from Purdue University (2008), an M.A. from Purdue (2004), and a B.A. in Linguistics, English, and French from Moscow State Linguistic University (1995). She teaches courses in quantitative methods, psycholinguistics, and speech science.
Her research interests include experimental phonetics, acoustic-phonetic analysis, and telepractice efficacy. Key projects examine how modern technologies (e.g., telepractice, robots) influence child linguistic behavior and caregiver interaction. She collaborates with experts in audiology, robotics, and statistics, including Qi Zheng (Bioinformatics), Karla Welch (Electrical Engineering), and Laura Dilley (Michigan State).
Dr. Kondaurova advises graduate students (e.g., Bianca Welikson, Loui Chang) and mentors undergraduates in research on topics like trauma effects on infant-directed speech and music-emotional development links. She actively recruits participants for studies on caregiver-child interactions and telepractice outcomes.
Her lab’s facilities include tools for physiological monitoring (e.g., Empatica E4 sensors) and speech analysis software. Current projects validate telepractice techniques for measuring listening effort in children with hearing loss. Future work explores social robotics in autism therapy and vocal turn-taking dynamics.
