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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: 

ARLIS

Degree(s): 

Ph.D., 2022, 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): 

Faculty

Website: 

ARLIS

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ResearchGate

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Nick's CV

About: 

Nick is an Assistant Research Scientist 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 recently received his PhD in Second Language Acquisition at the University of Maryland. He was 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 Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.

Collaborators: 

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