Jennifer Ganger,
Ph.D
(Click here
for my official department-sponsored website)
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychology
Director, University
of Pittsburgh Twin Study of Language Development
CONTACT INFORMATION
Department of Psychology
University of Pittsburgh
210 S. Bouquet St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
office phone: (412)624-3064
email: jganger+@pitt.edu
Courses
Psychology 1320: Language Development (Taught Spring 2000; Spring 2002; Spring 2003; Fall 2004; Spring 2005; Fall 2005; Spring 2006)
Psychology/Linguistics 2320 (Graduate Language Development) (Last offered Spring 2005)
Psychology 0310: Developmental Psychology (Taught Fall 2001; Spring 2002 ; Fall 2002; Spring 2003; Fall 2004; Spring 2005; Fall 2005; Spring 2006; Fall 2007; Spring 2008)
Developmental Behavioral Genetics (Graduate Seminar) (Fall 2001)
Psychology 1053: Behavior Genetics (Taught Fall 2003; Spring 2004; Spring 2005; Spring 2006; Fall 2009)
Research
My research investigates the environmental and genetic basis of first language acquisition in children. I have recently wrapped up more than 10 years of studying twins and have begun more direct investigations of the role of language input on language learning.
Research Links
· BU 2004 poster
on genetics of passive voice (with Peter Gordon and Sabrina Dunn)
· Vocabulary spurt data
(from Ganger & Brent 2004)
Visit The Twins Study @ Harvard Homepage, (formerly the MIT Twins Study) which describes part of my twin study.
Education
Postdoctoral Fellowship (NIH/NRSA), 1998-2001, University of Pittsburgh.
Ph.D in Cognitive Science, 1998, MIT (Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences), Cambridge, Massachusetts
B.A. in Linguistics, 1992, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Personal
Pictures of my sons
Tim (now 5 1/2) and William (now age 3 1/2)
