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Meet the new administrative and scientific leadership of the CRLMB

`A warm welcome back and Happy New Year to all CRLMB members, students, colleagues and friends.

As you may be aware, Centre membership and administrative terms run for three years, and January 1, 2008 marked not only a new year, but also a new three-year administrative term in the CRLMB.

I am pleased to announce that all eligible members have chosen to renew their affiliation with the Centre and, with several new members joining us this year, we boast more than 45 principal, associate and collaborative faculty members.

I would also like to announce that, in the interests of distributing the growing responsibilities of running the centre, members were asked at renewal time to volunteer for positions as research theme leaders or steering committee members, and these positions are now filled.

Before introducing our new appointees, and on behalf of everyone affiliated with the CRLMB, I would like to sincerely thank our outgoing research theme leaders: Drs. Elin Thordardottir (language acquisition), David Ostry (speech science modeling) , Karsten Steinhauer (neural bases of language) and Debra Titone (visual language processing).

I would also like to thank all of the members who served on the funds, outreach, student affairs and membership committees.

All of these individuals have contributed their talent and creativity to help the Centre realize an impressive set of accomplishments, and have laid the groundwork for an exciting future for Quebec language scientists.

Now, on behalf of our entire membership and the greater academic community, I would like to welcome our new research and administrative leaders.

CRLMB Research Theme Leaders:

  • Dr. Fred Genesee (language acquisition)
  • Dr. Susan Rvachew (speech science modeling)
  • Dr. Natalie Phillips (neural bases of language and visual language processing)

Funds Committee

  • Dr. Vincent Gracco
  • Dr. Lucie Menard (ex-officio)
  • Dr. Elin Thordardottir
  • Dr. Lydia White

Outreach Committee

  • Dr. Panayiota Kendeou
  • Dr. Denise Klein
  • Dr. Lucie Menard (ex-officio)
  • Dr. David McFarland
  • Dr. Kristine Onishi

Student Affairs Committee

  • Dr. Lucie Menard (ex-officio)
  • Dr. Yuriko Oshima-Takane
  • Dr. Marc Pell
  • Dr. Linda Polka
  • Dr. Rushen Shi
  • Jérôme Aubin (Ph.D. candidate)
  • Chinar Dara (Ph.D. candidate)
  • Efrat Pauker(Ph.D. candidate)
  • Meghan Zvaigzne (Ph.D. candidate)

Membership Committee

  • Dr. Caroline Palmer
  • Dr. Debra Titone
  • Dr. Lucie Menard (ex-officio)

Finally, please note that the Centre will appoint a new director pending a decision by the Office of the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs. Dr. Shari Baum has shouldered a tremendous responsibility, and a large workload over the past several years, from which our members, students and the larger community have benefited enormously. I trust you will all join me in thanking her for her efforts on our behalf!