Nuria Sagarra

Nuria Sagarra is a Professor at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, affiliated with research groups in Latin American, Iberian, and Luso-Afro-Brazilian Literatures and Cultures (LAILAB) and Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and Bilingualism. Her work bridges cognitive science, linguistics, and language pedagogy.

• Educated at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Ph.D.)

Her research investigates factors underlying adults’ challenges in acquiring second language (L2) morphosyntax, focusing on working memory, language proficiency, exposure, and cross-linguistic similarity. She employs experimental methods like self-paced reading, eye tracking, and event-related potentials to analyze real-time processing and instructional effectiveness.

Recent publications highlight trends in computerized training (AI and human voices), lexical stress processing, and the interplay between interpreting experience and L2 morphological anticipation. These studies emphasize suprasegmental and segmental cues, proficiency metrics, and cognitive resource allocation.

Her work also explores the longitudinal impacts of cognitive variables on L2 grammar and reading abilities, with implications for linguistic and cognitive models. Collaborative projects and methodological guides, such as her eye-tracking manual, further underscore her technical and theoretical contributions.