Expertise

Her research interests include language acquisition, bilingualism, and lexical and syntactic processing.


Research Skills & Tools

  • Research software programming
    • Qualtrics
    • EPrime
  • Statistical analyses tools
    • RStudio
    • SPSS
    • SAS
  • Neuroimaging hardware
    • MRI
    • HD-tDCS
    • EEG
  • Language analysis software
    • Praat
    • Audacity
  • Programming familiarity
    • Python
    • Matlab
    • VBA

Danielle's research interests include lexical and syntactic processing, language acquisition, bilingualism, & aphasia. Her current work focuses on understanding the neurobiology of syntactic processing in aphasia by speakers of other languages (non-Englishes) and bilingual speakers. Previous work has focused on how degree of lexical overlap (syntactic, phonological & orthographic) modifies the cognate facilitation effect.


Research Areas:

  • Comprehension and production of grammar (syntax) & its brain bases (Adult) second language acquisition and bilingualism
  • Grammatical processing and working memory in aphasia (expressive agrammism, paragrammatism, receptive agrammatism)
  • Bilingual & non-English aphasia
Past Affiliations

PhD Student, Linguistics Program, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Carolina (past)

Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina (past)

PhD Student, Neurolinguistics Laboratory, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina (past)

Communities
Neurology, Linguistics
Degrees
PhD, University of South Carolina, Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition and Psycholinguistics, 2021
MS, McDaniel College, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, 2014
BA, Johns Hopkins University, International Studies, 2009