About

Johanne Paradis is Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Adjunct Professor in Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Alberta. Paradis received her B.A. and M.A. in Linguistics from the University of British Columbia and her PhD in Psychology from McGill University (1998). Her research is concerned with bilingualism in children with typical development and in children with developmental disorders, in particular children learning English-as-a-second language from immigrant and refugee families. Paradis has published more than 65 peer-reviewed journal articles and chapters on bilingual children and is first author of Dual Language Development and Disorders, 3^rd Edition, Brookes Publishing (2021). Paradis was the recipient of the 2020 National Achievement Award from the Canadian Linguistic Association. Paradis is the current editor of Journal of Child Language.