Who we are

Meet our Lab Directors

Dr. Ashley Farris-Trimble

Director, Phonological Processing Lab 
Associate Professor in Linguistics and Cognitive Science at Simon Fraser University

Researching the role of phonological knowledge in speech processing; first-language phonological acquisition; online processing and word recognition.

Dr. Hali Kil

Director, All Families Lab 
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Simon Fraser University

Researching parenting, mindfulness, child well-being and mental health, and multicultural families.

Dr. Joanna Peplak

Director, Grow to Care Lab
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Simon Fraser University

Researching the development of children’s emotions in moral contexts, and the ways in which peers, parents, and teachers socialize children’s kind emotions and behaviours.

Dr. Henny Yeung

Director, Language Learning and Development Lab
Associate Professor in Linguistics and Cognitive Science at Simon Fraser University

Investigating how infants, children and adults learn spoken language.