People
Principal Investigator
Dr. Phillip Hamrick is the PI of the Memory and Language Lab (MALL) and is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Kent State University. He conducts behavioral, computational, and electrophysiological studies on the specific roles of domain-general learning and memory mechanisms in language acquisition and processing. His research appears in journals on language (Language Learning, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Bilingualism: Language & Cognition), psychology (Applied Cognitive Psychology, Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, Learning and Individual Differences), and general science (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences).
Outside of academe, Dr. Hamrick is in two bands: Harmony Star and The Skoolies. He also regularly practices Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and submission grappling.
Current Affiliated Graduate Students
Katelyn McClure is a GA of the Memory and Language Lab (MALL) and is a graduate student of the Ph.D. Cognitive Psychological Sciences program in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Kent State University. Her research interests include foreign-accented speech on language and learning processing. She currently has two co-author publications (Proceedings of the 2020 Pedagogicon, Psicología Educativa) and one first author publication (Proceedings of the 2022 Pedagogicon).
Outside of academe, Katelyn enjoys reading, playing video games, and hanging out with her two cats.
Past Students
Kelli Ryan (Assistant Professor, Director of Medical Education Research, Case Western Reserve University)
Olesia Pavlenko (PhD student, Education, University of New Hampshire)
Maryna Ridchenko (PhD student, Psychology, University of Illinois)
Yin "Irving" Zhang (PhD student, Educational Psychology, Kent State University)
Josiah Murphy (PhD student, Linguistics, University of Hawai'i)
Dmitrii Pastushenkov (PhD student, Second Language Studies, Michigan State University)
Brittany Finch (PhD student, Second Language Studies, Michigan State University)
Ted Daisher (PhD student, Research and Educational Measurement, University of Massachusetts)
Jamie Alexander (Cryptolinguist, United States Air Force)