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Mara&#8217;s presentation is co-authored with MA program alum Corey Hollinger.  Avinash also received ASHA\u2019s Research Mentoring-Pair Travel Award in his mentorship work with second year SLP student Jasmine Wang.<\/li>\n<li><b>Yael Neumann<\/b> has three (!) new articles out:\n<p>Neumann, Y. (2026). Evaluating Language-Specific Attention Treatment and Play Attention in aphasia: Standardized language, attention, functional communication, and P\/FROM outcomes. <i>Aphasiology<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Neumann, Y. and Webman Shafran, R. (2026). Structural and functional macrolinguistic analysis of narrative production in bilingual aphasia. <i>Aphasiology<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Neumann, Y., Leaman, M., and Lerman, A. (2026). Preliminary evidence for the effects of bilingual ECoLoGiC-Tx for people with aphasia. <i>American Journal of Speech Language Pathology<\/i>. 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Mara is Co-PI (together with Amy Vogel-Eyny at Hunter) on a the project &#8220;Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Improve Lexical Retrieval of Common and Proper Nouns in Healthy Aging.&#8221;  <\/li>\n<li>The Department, together with the Department of Computer Science, has launched a new BS program in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/lcd\/computational-linguistics\/\">Computational Linguistics<\/a>.\u00a0 Check it out!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.8&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;15px&#8221; ul_line_height=&#8221;1.1em&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adjunct instructor <b>Reid Vancelette<\/b> recently defended his PhD thesis, <i>The Representation and Use of Russian Case Across L1, Heritage and L2 Speakers<\/i>, at the CUNY Graduate Center.\u00a0 Congratulations Dr. Vancelette!<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px\">Adjunct instructor <b>Daniela Castillo<\/b> successfully defended her thesis, <i><span>Investigating the Role of Phonology and Morphology in the Processing and Acceptability of Bilingual Code-Switching,<\/span><\/i> at the CUNY Graduate Center. Congratulations, Dr. Castillo!<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px\">Through funding from New York State, the Department has recently opened a new Language Science Lab in Delany Hall.\u00a0 Faculty members <strong>Bill Haddican<\/strong> and <strong>Mara Steinberg Lowe<\/strong> will be lab PIs.<\/li>\n<li><b>Kh\u00e1nh L\u00ea<\/b> is giving a talk at the CUNY Graduate Center on September 16, on his recently published co-edited book <i>Asian Americans in Bilingualism and Bilingual Education<\/i>.<\/li>\n<li> Congratulations to <b>Kate Menken<\/b> on her new co-authored article in Bilingual Research Journal: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/15235882.2025.2599935\">Ableism, gentrification, and the exclusion of multilingual learners with disabilities from bilingual education programs<\/a>. Check it out!<\/li>\n<li><b>Mara Steinberg Lowe<\/b> has two (!) new articles out:<br \/>\nKinsey, L. E., Vogel-Eyny, A., Botero, V., Kuns, M. C., &amp; Lowe, M. S. (2026). 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