Research Team
Principal Investigator
Myrto Grigoroglou is Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics and the Cognitive Science Program at the University of Toronto. Myrto completed her doctoral work in Linguistics and Cognitive Science at the University of Delaware. She received postdoctoral training at the University of Toronto, in the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development at OISE.
Before these, Myrto did undergraduate studies in Communication and Linguistics at the University of Athens, Greece and postgraduate studies in Communication in Université Paris 3 - Sorbonne Nouvelle, France. Myrto is broadly interested in the study of meaning; how it is acquired in development, how it is achieved in conversation and how it interacts with non-linguistic cognition.
Dr. Myrto Grigoroglou
Graduate Students
Christiana Moser is a PhD candidate in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Toronto. Christiana is interested in how the systems of morphology, syntax, and semantics work together to express the meanings that are possible in human language, especially when describing complex events where entities play more than one grammatical role. In her spare time, she loves taking ballet classes, baking, and hiking with her dog.
Christiana Moser
Claudia Raihert is a PhD student in Linguistics at the University of Toronto. She is interested in creative and figurative language, more specifically metaphor and its cognitive underpinnings. Her research focuses on children and adults, using a mix of experimental and computational methods. In her free time, Claudia likes to attend dance lessons, spend time outdoors, or play music.
Claudia Raihert
Lucy Li is a 3rd year PhD student in the Linguistics Department at the University of Toronto. She is interested in how children first begin to use language to describe alternative and hypothetical realities. During her MA at Western University, she completed a corpus study on the acquisition of modals by L1 Mandarin Chinese speakers. Prior to her graduate studies, Lucy completed her BSc at the University of Toronto with a specialist in Psychology. In her spare time, Lucy likes reading, hiking, playing violin, and staring mindlessly at bodies of water.
Lucy Li
Lab Manager
Alvina is a 3rd year PhD student in the Applied Psychology and Human Development Department at the University of Toronto. She is interested in political parasocial relationships and how their adverse effects can be mitigated through wise reasoning. During her MA in the same program, she studied parasocial relationships with political influencers. Alvina completed her BSc. at the University of Toronto with a double major in Psychology and Cognitive Science. In her spare time, Alvina enjoys playing video games, bouldering, cooking, and taking pictures of her two cats.
Alvina Lai
Undergraduate Students
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Wuda is a third-year undergraduate student at the University of Toronto Scarborough, specializing in Psycholinguistics. Her academic interests include speech rehabilitation for children with language delays and exploring the cognitive and social aspects of child development. In her free time, Wuda enjoys browsing through vintage shops, diving into classical literature, and enjoying the charm of Golden Age Hollywood films.
Wuda Rahman
Abigail is a fourth-year undergraduate student studying Psychology and Cognitive Science at the University of Toronto. She is curious about how language promotes meaningful connection and interested in learning about language acquisition in neurodiverse populations. In her spare time, you can find her outdoors: gardening, camping, playing baseball or discovering new coffee shops.
Abigail Vanderboom
Alex is a third-year undergraduate student at the University of Toronto double majoring in Linguistics and Cognitive Science. She is interested in the interactions between our modern technological world and our minds, especially through a linguistic lens. She is especially interested in language acquisition and cognitive development. Outside of academics, you can find her birdwatching, knitting, painting, and playing video games!
Alex Drotenko
Kelly is a third-year undergraduate student double majoring in Linguistics and Psychology at the University of Toronto. She works with both pediatric and geriatric populations with communication disorders, and is interested in how research on sentence processing and language acquisition can better inform speech therapy practices. Outside of academics, Kelly enjoys hiking with family, watching movie re-releases, and browsing through record stores.
Kelly Cheung
Hanna is a second-year undergraduate student, specializing in Linguistics with a major in Cognitive Science and a minor in Sociology. She is interested in the overlapping fields between sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics, such as multilingualism, language acquisition, and language variation. In her spare time, Hanna enjoys dancing, baking, reading, and playing the flute.
Hanna Chen