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.