Dr. Viorica Marian is a psycholinguist and cognitive scientist at Northwestern University, where she is the Sundin Endowed Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Professor of Psychology, and Director of the Northwestern Bilingualism and Psycholinguistics Research Lab. Her research centers on bilingualism, multilingualism, and linguistic diversity, with a focus on the c ognitive, developmental, linguistic, neural, and social consequences of knowing more than one language. Her work demonstrated parallel activation of multiple languages, language-dependent memory, and advanced the understanding of multilingual assessment, language learning, bilingual and multilingual neural function, using a range of methodological approaches, such as eye-tracking, mouse tracking, EEG, fMRI, computational modeling, standardized testing, and other cognitive and behavioral measures.

Dr. Marian previously served as Chair of the National Institutes of Health Study Section on Language and Communication and as Chair of the Northwestern University Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and private foundations, and has been recognized with the American Association for the Advancement of Science McGovern Award Lecture in the Behavioral Sciences, the University of Alaska Alumni of Achievement Award, the JSLHR Editor’s Award for best paper, and the Clarence Simon Award for Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring.

Originally from Moldova, Viorica Marian received her PhD in Psychology from Cornell University in 2000, Master’s Degrees in Psychology from Cornell University and Emory University, and Bachelor’s degree from the University of Alaska. She is a Fellow of the Psychonomic Society and first presented at the annual meeting in 1997. Marian is the author of over 200 publications and her new popular science book “The Power of Language” is being translated into 12 languages and counting.

Website: https://bilingualism.northwestern.edu/

Contact Information: 
Viorica Marian
Ralph and Jean Sundin Endowed Professor
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
2240 Campus Drive
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois 60208 USA

Phone: +1 847-491-2420
Email: v-marian@northwestern.edu