Alumni

Sosthene is a former graduate student and research assistant in the BOLD lab (co-supervised by Dr. Jasinska at Center for Research and Action for Peace (CERAP) in Côte d’Ivoire). Sosthene completed an M.A. in child development at the University of Haifa in Israel, and continued to a Ph.D. program at Northwestern University. He holds an M.A. in sustainable development with a specialization in corporate social responsibility, as well as a master’s in English studies. His research works focus on development issues related to education and sustainability in Africa.

Ben was a research associate in the BOLD lab and the Princeton Baby Lab. His research explores language learning, bilingualism, and how the brain represents linguistic categories. He uses behavioral, computational, and neuroimaging methods in this work. Ben is now a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at Swarthmore College.

Joelle Hannon completed a Ph.D. in Linguistics and Cognitive Science at the University of Delaware. She holds a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of North Texas and an M.A. in Linguistics and Cognitive Science from the University of Delaware. Her research interests are in literacy development and second language acquisition and how these relate to memory and other aspects of neurocognitive development.

Shakhlo Nematova completed a Ph.D. in Linguistics at the University of Delaware. She holds a B.A. in English from The Uzbek State World Languages University and an M.A. in Linguistics and Cognitive Science from the University of Delaware. Her work examined the relationship between audiovisual speech perception and reading in monolingual and bilingual children.

Hassan Abdulrasul completed an M.A. in the Developmental Psychology and Education program at OISE. Hassan has a strong interest in the interdisciplinary approach of using neuroimaging techniques to understand human development and various pathologies. His work with the BOLD lab involved investigating the impact of interrupted schooling on the development of neural systems for reading in resettled refugee children.

Axel Seri completed a Master’s degree in ethics and governance with a focus on sustainable development at the Center for Research and Action for Peace (CERAP) in Côte d’Ivoire, under the co-supervision of Dr. Jasińska. After his time in the BOLD lab, Axel completed an Executive Master degree at The Graduate Institute in Geneva, Switzerland and continued to a Ph.D. program at the University of Ottawa. He is passionate about research and hopes to contribute to scientific innovation serving sustainable development in Africa.