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Nick B.

Pandža

Interests: 

Aptitude, Bilingualism, Cognitive Neuroscience, Executive Control, Individual Differences, Language Processing, Memory, Psycholinguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Word Recognition

Units: 

Second Language Acquisition, CASL

Degree(s): 

Ph.D., 2020 (expected), Second Language Acquisition, University of Maryland

Grad. Certificate, 2015, Measurement, Statistics, & Evaluation, University of Maryland

Certified MRI Operator, 2015, Siemens Magnetom TIM Trio, Maryland Neuroimaging Center

M.S., 2013, Applied Linguistics, Georgetown University

B.A., 2009, Spanish & Japanese, Minor in Linguistics, Florida State University

Advisor(s): 

Kira Gor

Contact: 

npandza at umd dot edu

Role(s): 

Graduate

Website: 

Nick's CV at Academia.edu

Nick's profile on ResearchGate

LinkedIn

CASL

About: 

Nick is a Ph.D. candidate in the Second Language Acquisition program and a Senior Faculty Research Specialist working in Cognitive Neuroscience, SLA, and Psychometrics at the University of Maryland Applied Research Lab for Intelligence & Security (ARLIS, formerly Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL)). He is also a certified MR Operator at the Maryland Neuroimaging Center. His research interests include issues such as lexical access, speech perception, executive control, and psychometrics. His papers have been presented at conferences such as the Second Language Research Forum, The Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Conference for the American Association for Applied Linguistics, and the Conference for the European Second Language Association, and published in journals such as the Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, Frontiers in Psychology and the International Journal of Innovation in English Language Teaching and Research.

Collaborators: 

Kira Gor (SLA)
Stefanie Kuchinsky (Walter Reed)
Svetlana Cook (NFLC)
Phillip Hamrick (Kent State)