Bilingualism & Cognition Lab

Bilingualism & Cognition Lab

Meet the Team


Henrike Blumenfeld

Principal Investigator

Henrike K. Blumenfeld, Ph.D.

Website

Email: hblumenf@sdsu.edu

Henrike is an Associate Professor of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at San Diego State University. Together with her lab, she employs eye-tracking and behavioral methods to study how bilinguals across a lifespan and with aphasia process language.

Jonathan Robinson Anthony

Johnathan Robinson Anthony

A Ph.D. student in the SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Language & Communicative Disorders. He received his M.S. in communicative disorders at San Francisco State University.

Beth Neely

A second year M.A. student whose research interests include bilingualism in children and adults. She loves traveling and spent 8 years living in Asia.

Audrey Kim

Audrey Kim

A second year M.A. student who loves working with adults and hopes to work in a medical setting. She almost never wins in trivia, but when she does, it’s The Office.

Michelle Villaraza

Michelle Villaraza

A second year M.A. student who spent a summer teaching English to elementary school students in Thailand. She enjoys baking and bachata dancing.

Carmen Nguyen

Carmen Nguyen

A second year M.A. student, I am interested in how to apply bilingualism research to therapy in the school system. I love living in San Diego and exploring it!

Alexia Aranda

Alexia Aranda

A double major in SLHS and Spanish, she is originally from the bay area. When I am not working in the lab, I like watching Netflix and reading books.

Laura Silva

Johnathan Robinson Anthony

A senior undergraduate student at SDSU studying speech, language, and hearing sciences. She is both a mom and a foster dog mom who enjoys traveling.

Sami Hazelwood

Beth Neely

A senior undergraduate student at SDSU who also works as a Registered Behavior Technician. She loves baking and married her high school sweetheart.

Halie Doan

Halie Doan

A sophomore undergraduate majoring in speech, language, and hearing sciences. She speaks 4 languages and enjoys traveling the world.