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Janet Werker is a Killam Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of British Columbia's Department of Psychology. She is a founding member of the Early Development Research Group, which includes six research centers focused on the development of language, learning, and social understanding in infants and children. Her research is internationally recognized for its examination of the perceptual foundations of language acquisition in both monolingual and bilingual infants. Over her prolific career, she has published approximately 200 papers and chapters in leading journals such as Science, Nature, and Psychological Science. Her work has been supported by various funding sources including the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the National Institutes of Health in the USA. Her teaching and research concentrate on understanding the roots of language acquisition and the mechanisms by which native speech sound categories are formed during infancy. Through her interdisciplinary approach, she aims to explore critical periods that underpin changes in development, thereby informing and supporting early literacy, particularly considering the linguistic and cultural contexts in which infants grow.
Offers course-only and thesis routes. Focus areas include philosophy of science, mind, ethics, and Asian philosophy.