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Maria Arredondo completed her PhD in Developmental Psychology at the University of Michigan and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. She joined UT Austin in January 2020 after serving as a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia and Haskins Laboratories. Her research focuses on understanding how infants and young children acquire languages, with a particular interest in bilingualism and the cognitive and neural mechanisms involved. Arredondo employs various methods, including infant-friendly experimental designs and neuroimaging techniques such as functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), to study children's language abilities and cultural understanding. She is committed to supporting undergraduate and graduate research opportunities in her lab and actively engages in research that addresses issues of culture, inequality, and resilience within developmental contexts.
University of Texas at Austin • Austin, TX
Joined as Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, focusing on research related to child learning and bilingualism.
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