UCSC Bilingualism Research Lab

The UCSC Bilingualism Research Laboratory facilitates research focused on the linguistic, social, and cognitive consequences of knowing more than one language. We are interested in how the bilingual language experience, language learning history, language dominance, proficiency levels, and cognitive factors affect the production, perception, and processing of both languages of the bilingual/multilingual individual. The laboratory provides research opportunities to faculty, undergraduate, and graduate students interested in exploring patterns of cross-language interaction in early simultaneous bilinguals, early sequential bilinguals, and second language learners at different levels of proficiency. The lab is located in Humanities 1, Room 115E.

If you are interested in getting involved in the lab please get in touch with me.

Resources

Equipment

Sound isolation booth (Whisper Room 4848S)
MOTU Ultralite mk3 Firewire Audio Interface
Sound Devices MM-1 microphone and headphone pre-amplifier
Marantz PMD660 solid-state digital recorder
Head-mounted microphones: AKG C520 (condenser), Shure SM10A (dynamic)
Headphones: AKG K 240 MkII, AKG 77
Monitor, keyboard, mouse, and Cedrus button-box inside the booth
2 Apple iMac desktop computers
1 Apple MacBook Air laptop computer

Software

SuperLab
PsychoPy
Praat
Audacity
R Statistics
SPSS

Current members

Dr. Mark Amengual (Languages and Applied Linguistics)
Martha Pérez (Spanish Studies and Applied Linguistics)
Cévacien Moran (Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism)
Lilia Díaz (Legal Studies and Cognitive Science)
Cristina González (Psychology, Sociology, and Latin American and Latino Studies)

Former members

Angélica Cárdenas Ayala (Fall 2015; Spanish Studies)
Valeria Andrade (Winter 2016; Language Studies)
Gabriela López (Spring 2016; Spanish Studies)
Benjamin Youngstrom (Spring 2016; Language Studies)
Yukari Iventosch (Spring 2016; Language Studies)
Ruben Alfredo (Spring 2016; Linguistics)
Abigail Reyes (Spring 2016; Spanish Studies)
Sara Hatter (Spring 2016; Psychology)
Lindsey Archer (Winter/Spring 2017; Language Studies)
Richard Bibbs (Winter/Spring 2017; Linguistics)
Serene Tseng (Winter/Spring 2017; Linguistics)
Lizzie Meredith (Winter 2016-Spring 2017; Linguistics)
Talia Panelli (Winter 2016-Spring 2017; Linguistics)
Magaly Gastélum (Winter 2016-Spring 2018; Spanish Studies)
Rebecca Hernández (Spring 2017-Winter 2018;Spanish Studies)
Daisy Soto (Spring 2017-Winter 2018; Language Studies)
Emma Peyton (Spring 2017-Spring 2018; Linguistics)
Megan Roby (Spring 2018; Linguistics)
Amparo Martínez (Spanish Studies)
Cindy Dominguez (Languages and Applied Linguistics)
Cailtlyn Welsh (Languages and Applied Linguistics)
Katrina Escher (Language Studies)
Chase Rodriques (Languages and Applied Linguistics)
Linda Yang (Linguistics and Applied Linguistics)
Nadia Perez (Latin American and Latino Studies)

Research Assistants (Spring 2021): Lilia Díaz, Cristy González, Martha Perez, and Cévacien Moran.

Research Assistants (Spring 2019): Caitlyn Welsh and Chase Rodriques (not pictured: Amparo Martinez, Cindy Dominguez, and Katrina Escher)

Research Assistants (Spring 2018): Emma Peyton, Megan Roby, Magaly Gastélum

Research Assistants (Spring 2017): Top: Garrett Meyer, Richard Bibbs, Lindsey Archer, Sara Hatter, Serene Tseng, Lizzie Meredith; Bottom: Talia Panelli, Magaly Gastélum, Emma Peyton, Rebecca Hernandez, Daisy Soto

Research Assistants (Winter 2017): Magaly Gastélum, Lindsey Archer, Lizzie Meredith, Talia Panelli (not pictured: Rebecca Hernandez, Daisy Soto, Serene Tseng, Richard Bibbs)

Research Assistants (Spring 2016): Gabriela López, Ruben Alfredo, Yukari Iventosch, Lizzie Meredith, Abigail Reyes, Talia Panelli, Benjamin Youngstrom (not pictured)