Joanna A Morris is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Providence College. She holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania (1998). Her research focuses on morphological processing, ERP-based neurophysiological methods, and the intersection of language acquisition and clinical populations. Key areas include the neural mechanisms of morphosyntax, semantic processing, and computational models of linguistic analysis. Education Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 1998 Research Interests Morris investigates how human brains process morphological structures in language, combining experimental psycholinguistics with neuroimaging techniques. Her work explores questions such as: How do ERP components like the P600 and N400 reflect syntactic and semantic processing? How do clinical populations (e.g., those with language disorders) differ in morphological development compared to typical learners? Recent projects apply deep learning models to study morphological decomposition and semantic mapping. Recent Scholarship Trends Her 2018–2019 studies emphasize ERP correlates of metaphor interpretation and singular 'they' usage, while earlier work (2013–2017) focused on morpho-orthographic decomposition and bilingual priming effects. The 2011 series on semantic incongruity in children highlights developmental trajectories in semantic processing. Advising & Grants No formal advisee list is provided. Grants and institutional support details are unspecified in the provided texts. Labs/Teams No specific lab affiliations are mentioned, though collaborative projects with computational linguists and clinical psychologists are implied through ERP and neural network research themes.

