Hi, I’m Leah! I am currently working as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Psychology at McGill University, under the supervision of Prof. Debra Titone. My work focuses on bilingualism, psycholinguistics, and neurolinguistics.
My broad research interests include:
- Code-switching
- Typed language production and processing
- Language diversity and multilingualism in context
- Grammatical gender
- Accented speech processing
Education
2019 – 2024
Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, University of Ottawa, Canada
- Thesis title: The production-processing paradox: Examining the cognitive effects of code-switching via FEBLOC, a novel ecologically valid switching corpus (nominated for thesis prizes)
- Supervisor: Dr. Laura Sabourin
- Thesis Committee: Prof. Jorge Valdés Kroff; Prof. Shanna Kousaie; Prof. Tania Zamuner; Prof. Juana Liceras
2019
Visiting student, Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language, Spain
- Project title: Perception of mispronunciations in accented speech
- Co-supervisors: Prof. Clara Martin, Prof. Sendy Caffarra
2018 – 2019
Master of Arts in Linguistics, University of Ottawa, Canada
- Mémoire title: Frequency of mixing habits modulates processing costs attributed to code-switching in determiner phrases
- Supervisor: Dr. Laura Sabourin
2014 – 2018
Bachelor of Arts (summa cum laude), Joint Honours in Psychology and Linguistics, University of Ottawa, Canada
- Honours thesis title: Electrophysiological effects of code-switching within nominal phrases
- Supervisor: Dr. Laura Sabourin
Research Experience
2025 – present
Postdoctoral Researcher, McGill University; Language & Multilingualism Lab (supervisor: Prof. Debra Titone)
Coordinator, Montréal Bilingualism Initiative / Initiative montréalaise du bilinguisme (PI: Prof. Debra Titone)
2024 – 2025
Research Assistant, University of Ottawa; ERP-Ling Lab (supervisor: Prof. Laura Sabourin)
2019 – 2021
Research Assistant, University of Ottawa; Laboratoire des polyphonies (supervisor: Prof. France Martineau)
2020
Research Assistant, University of Ottawa; ERP-Ling Lab (supervisor: Prof. Laura Sabourin)
2019
Visiting Scholar, BCBL; Speech & Bilingualism Group (supervisors: Profs. Clara Martin & Sendy Caffarra)
2017
Research Assistant, University of Ottawa; Centre for Child Language Research (supervisor: Prof. Tania Zamuner)
Teaching Experience
Winter 2026
Guest Lecturer, McGill University; PSYC213: Cognition (Prof. Signy Sheldon)
Fall 2025
Guest Lecturer, University of Ottawa; LIN2760: Bilinguisme (Prof. Félix Desmeules-Trudel)
Guest Lecturer, McGill University; PSYC341: Psychology of Bilingualism (Prof. Debra Titone)
Winter 2024
Instructor, University of Ottawa; LIN2352: Neurolinguistics
Fall 2023
Instructor, University of Ottawa; LIN2752: Neurolinguistique
Fall 2022
Guest Lecturer, University of Ottawa; LIN3350: Psycholinguistics (Dr. Gabrielle Manning)
Teaching Assistant, University of Ottawa; LIN2755: Acquisition des langues secondes (Dr. Gustavo Freire)
Teaching Assistant, University of Ottawa; LIN1303: Language and Mind (Prof. Laura Sabourin)
Winter 2022
Instructor, University of Ottawa; LIN3350: Psycholinguistics
Guest Lecturer, University of Ottawa; LIN1315: Introduction to Linguistics (Mariana Cortés Kandler)
Fall 2021
Instructor, University of Ottawa. LIN3750: Psycholinguistique
Guest Lecturer, University of Victoria; LING370A: Psycholinguistics (Dr. Gabrielle Manning)
Winter 2021
Teaching Assistant, University of Ottawa; LIN2330: Computational Linguistics (Prof. Kevin McMullin)
Teaching Assistant, University of Ottawa; LIN4952: Psycholinguistics Lab / Labo en psycholinguistique (Prof. Laura Sabourin)
Fall 2019
Teaching Assistant, University of Ottawa; LIN1710: Introduction à la linguistique: des mots aux énoncés (Gustavo Beritognolo)
Winter 2019
Teaching assistant, University of Ottawa; LIN2755: Acquisition des langues secondes (Prof. Prof. Laura Sabourin)
Select Funding and Scholarships
2026-2028
Canada Postdoctoral Research Award, SSHRC
“Digitized lying: Investigating cues to deception in the typed modality“. $140 000 ($70 000 per annum)
2023, 2024
Academic and Professional Development Fund, Association of Part-Time Professors (APTPUO), University of Ottawa
2022-2024
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) – Doctoral program
$30 000 ($15 000 per annum)
2019-2022
Joseph-Armand Bombardier Scholarship, SSHRC
“Investigating the neural effects of French English language mixing” $105 000 ($35 000 per annum)
2018-2022
Excellence Scholarship – Graduate level, University of Ottawa approx. $32 000 (tuition costs per annum)
2019
Globalink Research Award, MITACS
“Studying mispronunciations in accented speech” $6000
2018
Canada’s Graduate’s Scholarships – Master’s, SSHRC
“Electrophysiological effects of language mixing within determiner phrases” $17 500
2017
Undergraduate Student Research Award, NSERC
“Processing language using auditory and visual cues” $4500
Personal Interests
I grew up in a francophone pocket of Northern Ontario, with two bilingual parents. My first language is Frenglish/Franglais. In my spare time, I love to read, watch sports, and cuddle my two chihuahuas, and watch documentaries.
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