Education
2012 Stanford University
Ph.D., Psychology (Developmental Psychology)
2005 Northwestern University
B.A., Cognitive Science
Positions
2018- Assistant Professor
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Northwestern University
2014-2017 Research Scientist
Department of Pediatrics
New York University School of Medicine
2012-2014 Post-doctoral fellow
T32 Program in Primary Care Research (Pediatrics)
New York University School of Medicine
Selected Publications
You can find these on my Google Scholar page.
Weisleder, A., Friend, M., Tsui, A., & Marchman, V.A. (2022). Using parent report to measure vocabulary in young bilingual children: A scoping review. https://psyarxiv.com/un6yr/
Curtis, P.*, Estabrook, C.R., Roberts, M.Y. & Weisleder, A. (2022). Sensitivity to semantic relationships in U.S. English-speaking late talkers and typical talkers. 10.31234/osf.io/qxrj5
Curtis, P.*, Estabrook, C.R., Roberts, M.Y. & Weisleder, A. (2022). Specificity of phonological representations in U.S. English-speaking late talkers and typical talkers. 10.31234/osf.io/6k2ru
Bang, J.Y., Kachergis, G., Weisleder, A., & Marchman, V. (2022). An automated classifier for child-directed speech from LENA recordings. Proceedings of the 46th Boston University Conference on Language Development. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.
Cychosz, M.*, Villanueva, A*, & Weisleder A. (2021). Efficient estimation of children’s language exposure in two bilingual communities. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 64(10), 43-66.
Piccolo, L.R., Weisleder, A., Oliveira, J.B., Mazzuchelli, D.S., Lopez, A.S., Cates, C.B. & Mendelsohn, A.L., (2021). Reading aloud, self-regulation and early language and cognitive development in northern Brazil. Journal of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics.
Roby, E., Miller, E., Shaw, D., Morris, P., Gill, A., Bogen, D., Rosas, J., Canfield, C., Hails, K., Wippick, H., Honoroff, J., Cates, C.B., Weisleder, A., Chadwick, K., Raak, C. & Mendelsohn, A.L. (2021). Improving parent-child interactions in pediatric health care: A two-site randomized controlled trial. Pediatrics, e20201799.
Piccolo, L., Weisleder, A. & Mendelsohn, A.L. (2020). Promoting global early child development through play: Two sustainable, effective models. Pediatrics (commentary).
Rowe, M. & Weisleder, A. (2020) Language development in context. Annual Review of Developmental Psychology, 2(1).
Mendelsohn, A.L., Piccolo, L.R., Oliveira, J.B., Mazzuchelli, D.S., Lopez, A.S., Cates, C.B. & Weisleder, A. (2020). RCT of a reading aloud intervention in Brazil: Do impacts differ depending on parent literacy? Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 53, 601-611.
Marchman, V., Weisleder, A., Hurtado, N. & Fernald, A. (2020) Accuracy of the Language Environment Analyses (LENATM) system for estimating child and adult speech in laboratory settings. Journal of Child Language, 1-16.
Cychosz, M., Romeo, R., Soderstrom, M., Scaff, C., Ganek, H., Cristia, A., Casillas, M., de Barbaro, K., Bang, J. & Weisleder, A. (2020). Longform recordings of everyday life: Ethics for best practices. Behavior Research Methods, 1-19.
Weisleder, A., Cates, C. B., Harding, J. F., Johnson, S. B., Canfield, C. F., Seery, A. M., Raak, C., Alonso, A., Dreyer, B. & Mendelsohn, A. L. (2019). Links between shared reading and play, parent psychosocial functioning, and child behavior: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial. The Journal of Pediatrics, 213, 187-195.
Canfield, C. F., Seery, A., Weisleder, A., Workman, C., Cates, C. B., Roby, E., Payne, R., Levine, S., Mogilner, L., Dreyer, B. & Mendelsohn, A. (2018). Encouraging parent–child book sharing: Potential additive benefits of literacy promotion in health care and the community. Early Childhood Research Quarterly.
Weisleder, A. & Marchman, V.A. (2018). How socioeconomic differences in early language environments shape children's language development. In: A. Bar-On & D. Ravid (Eds.). Handbook of Communication Disorders. Theoretical, Empirical, and Applied Linguistics Perspectives. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton.
Cates, C. B., Weisleder, A., Johnson, S. B., Seery, A. M., Canfield, C. F., Huberman, H., Dreyer, B. & Mendelsohn, A. L. (2018). Enhancing parent talk, reading, and play in primary care: sustained impacts of the Video Interaction Project. The Journal of Pediatrics, 199, 49-56.
Weisleder, A., Mazzuchelli, D.S.R., Duarte Neto, W., Lopez, A.S., Cates, C.B., Gonçalves, H., Fonseca, R.P., Batista, J. & Mendelsohn, A. (2018). Reading aloud and child development: A cluster randomized trial in Brazil. Pediatrics, 141(1), e20170723.
Choi J, Mendelsohn AL, Weisleder A, Cates C, Canfield C, Seery A, Dreyer BP, Tomopoulos S. (2017). Real world usage of educational media does not promote parent-child cognitive stimulation activities. Academic Pediatrics.
Lew-Williams, C., & Weisleder, A. (2017). How do little kids learn language? Frontiers for Young Minds, 5, 1-8 [this is an open-access journal reviewed by and targeted to children ages 8-15]
Cates, C.B., Weisleder, A., & Mendelsohn, A.L. (2016). Mitigating the effects of child poverty through interventions in primary care. Academic Pediatrics, 16(3), S112-S120.
Weisleder, A. (2016). Towards a bioecological model of bilingual development. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 1-2.
Weisleder, A., Cates, C.B., Dreyer, B., Berkule Johnson, S., Huberman, H., Seery, A., Canfield, C., & Mendelsohn, A. (2016). Promotion of positive parenting and prevention of socioemotional disparities. Pediatrics, 137(2).
Cates, C.B., Weisleder, A., Dreyer, B.P., Berkule Johnson, S., Vlahovicova, K., Ledesma, J., & Mendelsohn, A. (2015). Leveraging healthcare to promote responsive parenting: Impacts of the Video Interaction Project on parenting stress. Journal of Family Studies, 25(3), 827-835.
Canfield, C., Weisleder, A., Cates, C.B., Huberman, H., Dreyer, B.P., Legano, L., Berkule Johnson, S., Seery, A., & Mendelsohn, A.L. (2015). Primary care parenting intervention effects on use of corporal punishment among low-income parents of toddlers: VIP 0-3 impacts on reduced physical punishment. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 36(8), 586-593.
Berkule Johnson, S., Arevalo, J., Cates, C.B., Weisleder, A., Dreyer, B.P., & Mendelsohn, A.L. (2015). Perceptions about parental engagement among Hispanic immigrant mothers of first graders from low-income backgrounds. Early Childhood Education Journal, 1-8.
Fernald, A. & Weisleder, A. (2015). Twenty years after “Meaningful Differences,” It’s time to reframe the “deficit” debate about the importance of children’s early language experience. Human Development, 58(1), 1-4.
Weisleder, A. & Fernald, A. (2014). How social environments shape children’s language experiences and influence lexical development. In: I. Arnon, M. Casillas, C. Kurumada, & B. Estigarribia (Eds.) Language in interaction: Studies in honor of Eve V. Clark [Topics in Language Acquisition Series 12]. The Netherlands: John Benjamins.
Berkule, S.B, Cates, C.B., Dreyer, B.P., Huberman, H., Arevalo, J., Burtchen, N., Weisleder, A., & Mendelsohn, A.L. (2014). Reducing maternal depressive symptoms through promotion of parenting in pediatric primary care. Clinical Pediatrics, 53(5), 460-469.
Mendelsohn, A.L., Cates, C.B., Weisleder, A., Berkule, S.B., & Dreyer, B.P. (2013). Promotion of early school readiness using pediatric primary care as an innovative platform. Zero to Three, 33(7), 29-40.
Weisleder, A. & Fernald, A. (2013). Talking to children matters: Early language experience predicts processing skill and vocabulary. Psychological Science, 24, 2143-52.
Fernald, A., Marchman, V.A., & Weisleder, A. (2013). SES differences in language processing skill and vocabulary are evident at 18 months. Developmental Science, 16, 234-248.
Fernald, A. & Weisleder, A. (2011). Early language experience is vital to developing fluency in understanding. In: S. Neuman & D. Dickinson (Eds.) Handbook of Early Literacy Research (Vol. 3). New York: Guilford Publications.
Weisleder, A., & Waxman, S. (2010). What’s in the input? Frequent frames in child-directed speech offer distributional cues to grammatical categories in Spanish and English. Journal of Child Language, 37(5), 1089-1108.
Weisleder, A., & Fernald, A. (2009). Real-time processing of postnominal adjectives by Latino children learning Spanish as a first language. Proceedings of the 33rd Boston University Conference on Language Development. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.
Fennell, C.T, Waxman, S.R., Weisleder, A. (2007). With referential cues, infants successfully use phonetic detail in word learning. Proceedings of the 31st Boston University Conference on Language Development. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.