Juliana Gerard

Curriculum Vitae

  • Curriculum Vitae
cv.pdf

EDUCATION
  • 2018
  • P.G. certificate in Higher Education Practice - Ulster University
  • 2016
  • PhD in Linguistics - University of Maryland
  • dissertation: The acquisition of adjunct control: grammar and processing
  • advisor: Jeffrey Lidz
  • 2011
  • M.A. in Linguistics - UCLA
  • B.A. in Linguistics and Spanish; Cognitive Science, summa cum laude
  • - UCLA
POSITIONS HELD
  • 2016 -
  • Lecturer in Linguistics
  • Ulster University School of Communication and Media
PUBLICATIONS
  • Gerard, J. & McDaniel, D. (submitted) Domain-specificity and the development of syntactic dependencies: the role of working memory in the acquisition of adjunct control.
  • Lauzon, B., Folli, R., Sevdali, C., & Gerard, J. (submitted) Auxiliary selection in French acquisition: Third-for-first person extensions and the role of input.
  • Logue, S., Folli, R., Sevdali, C., Singer, V., & Gerard, J. (submitted) Language proficiency across tasks in sequential bilingual and monolingual children.
  • Logue, S., Sevdali, C., Folli, R., & Gerard, J. (submitted) The impact of internal and external factors across language domains and features in sequential bilingual acquisition.
  • Gerard, J. & McDaniel, D. (2023) The Acquisition of Adjunct Control and Working Memory. In the Proceedings of the 47th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press: 317-330.
  • Gerard, J. (2022) The extragrammaticality of the acquisition of adjunct control. Language Acquisition, 29(2), 107-134.
    doi: 10.1080/10489223.2021.1971231
  • Gerard, J. (2021) Adjunct control and the poverty of the stimulus: availability vs. evidence. In Non-Canonical Control in a Cross-linguistic Perspective [Linguistik aktuell/Linguistics Today], Anne Mucha, Jutta Hartmann & Beata Trawiński (eds.), Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
    doi: 10.1075/la.270.08ger
  • Logue, S., Sevdali, C., Folli, R., & Gerard, J. (2020) Environmental factors and sentence complexity in child second language acquisition. In the Proceedings of the 44th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press: 336-348.
  • Volkova, S., Folli, R., Sevdali, C., & Gerard, J. (2020) The Task Clears the Path for Comprehension: The Acquisition of Case in Russian. In the Proceedings of the 44th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press: 703-716.
  • Gerard, J., Lidz, J., Zuckerman, S., & Pinto, M. (2018) The acquisition of adjunct control is colored by the task. Glossa: a journal of general linguistics, 3(1), 75.
    doi: 10.5334/gjgl.547
  • Gerard, J. & Lidz, J. (2018) Before and After the Acquisition of Adjunct Control. In the Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press: 266-279.
  • Gerard, J., Lidz, J., Zuckerman, S., & Pinto, M. (2017) Similarity-Based Interference and the Acquisition of Adjunct Control. Frontiers in Psychology. 8:1822.
    doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01822
PRESENTATIONS
Invited
  • Who needs evidence for control? Nov 16, 2023 at University of Bucharest, for the Bucharest Colloquium of Language Acquisition 8
  • Evidence for syntactic dependencies in language acquisition, Jan 23, 2021 at Université de Paris for LaPsyDÉ Scientific Focus
  • Errors, predictions, and continuity in grammar and processing,, Apr 18, 2018 at Utrecht University, for conference on Experimental Methods in Language Acquisition Research
  • Interference and control: the acquisition and processing of sentences with adjunct control, May 19, 2017 at University of Amsterdam
  • Interference effects in the acquisition of adjunct control, Dec 5, 2016 at University of Geneva
Conference
  • Chiu, C., Sevdali, C., Folli, R., & Gerard, J. (2024). Cross-linguistic influence in Cantonese-English bilingual children’s production of null objects, poster to be presented at the International Congress for the Study of Child Language (IASCL), Prague, Czech Republic, Jul 15-19, 2024.
  • Lauzon, B., Folli, R., Gerard, J., & Sevdali, C. (2024). Acquisition of auxiliary selection in French and Italian, poster to be presented at Linguistic Evidence 2024, Potsdam, German, Feb 22-23, 2024.
  • Gerard, J. & McDaniel, D. (2023). Adjunct control in children is predicted by working memory (but not inhibitory control), talk at HSP 36. Pittsburgh, PA, Mar 9-11, 2023.
  • Gerard, J. & McDaniel, D. (2022). The acquisition of adjunct control and working memory, talk at BUCLD 47. Boston, MA, Nov 3-6, 2022.
  • Logue, S., Sevdali, C., Folli, R., & Gerard, J. (2022). Variable input effects and language domains in sequential bilingualism, poster at GALA 15. Frankfurt, Germany, Sep 22-24, 2022.
  • Volkova, S., Folli, R., Sevdali, C., & Gerard, J. (2022). Children’s morphological case comprehension: a dual task-and-language approach, talk at GALA 15, Frankfurt, Germany, Sep 22-24, 2022.
  • Gerard, J. & McDaniel, D. (2022). Adjunct control, ambiguous pronouns, and input factors, talk at LAGB. Belfast, UK, Sep 12-15, 2022.
  • Gerard, J. (2022) Similarity-based interference, timing, and strategies in processing, poster at HSP 35. Mar 24-26, 2022.
  • Chiu, C., Sevdali, C., Folli, R., & Gerard, J. (2021) Cross-linguistic transfer of wh-questions in Cantonese-English bilingual children, talk at LAGB. Sep 6-8, 2021.
  • Gerard, J. (2021) Similarity-based interference in online and offline sentence processing, short talk at AMLaP. Sep 2-4, 2021.
  • Gerard, J. (2021) The acceptability of null subjects, short talk at CUNY 34. Mar 4-6, 2021.
  • Dougan, C. & Gerard, J. (2021) Omission and variation in bilingual Irish acquisition, poster at the 95th Annual LSA Meeting. Jan 7-10, 2021.
  • Volkova, S., Folli, R., Sevdali, C., & Gerard, J. (2019) The task clears the path for comprehension: The acquisition of case in Russian, poster at BUCLD 44. Boston, MA, Nov 7-10, 2019.
  • Logue, S., Sevdali, C., Folli, R., & Gerard, J. (2019) Environmental factors and sentence complexity in child second language acquisition, poster at BUCLD 44. Boston, MA, Nov 7-10, 2019.
  • Gerard, J. (2019) Adjunct control and the poverty of the stimulus: availability vs. evidence, talk at LAGB. London, UK, Sep 9-12, 2019.
  • Gerard, J. (2019) Acquiring adjunct control without using it, talk at DGfS 41 (Cross-linguistic variation in control phenomena). Bremen, Germany, Mar 6-8, 2019
  • Gerard, J. & Lidz, J. (2018) Ambiguity in the acquisition of adjunct control, talk at Ambigo: Workshop on Ambiguity. Göttingen, Germany, Jul 4-5, 2018.
  • Gerard, J. & Lidz, J. (2017) Before and after the acquisition of adjunct control, talk at BUCLD 42. Boston, MA, Nov 3-5, 2017.
  • Huang, Y., Hsu, N., Leonard, E., Gerard, J., Kowalski, A, & Novick, J. (2017) Syntactic parsing with limited control: Effects on the kindergarten path, poster at CUNY 30. Boston, MA, Mar 30-Apr 1, 2017.
  • Gerard, J., Lidz, J., Zuckerman, S., & Pinto, M. (2016) Similarity-based interference in the acquisition of adjunct control, talk at BUCLD 41. Boston, MA, Nov 4-6, 2016.
  • Huang, Y., Hsu, N., Gerard, J., Kowalski, A, & Novick, J. (2016) Cognitive-control effects on the kindergarten path: Separating correlation from causation, talk at BUCLD 41. Boston, MA, Nov 4-6, 2016.
  • Gerard, J., Lidz, J., Zuckerman, S., & Pinto, M. (2016) Adjunct control in 3 and 4 year olds: effects of age and similarity-based interference, talk at GALANA 7. Urbana, IL, Sep 8-10, 2016.
  • Gerard, J., Lidz, J., Zuckerman, S., & Pinto, M. (2016) Adjunct control interpretation in four year olds is colored by the task, talk at CUNY 29. Gainesville, FL, Mar 3-5, 2016.
  • Huang, Y., Gerard, J., Hsu, N., Kowalski, A, & Novick, J. (2016) Cognitive-control effects on the kindergarten path: Separating correlation from causation, poster at CUNY 29. Gainesville, FL, Mar 3-5, 2016.
  • Gerard, J. & Lidz, J. (2016) No ambiguity in the acquisition of adjunct control, poster at the 90th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA). Washington DC, Jan 7-10, 2016.
  • Gerard, J. & Lidz, J. (2015) Using passive sentences to rule out an agent account of adjunct control in 4-5 year olds, poster at GALANA 6. College Park, MD, Feb 19-21, 2015.
  • Gerard, J. & Lidz, J. (2015) Using Principle C to rule out an attachment account of adjunct control in 4-5 year olds,, poster at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA). Portland, OR, Jan 8-11, 2015.
  • Gerard, J. & Lidz, J. (2014) 4-5 year olds do not attach non-finite adjuncts too low, poster at the BUCLD 39. Boston, MA, Nov 7-9, 2014.
  • Gerard, J. (2011) Crosslinguistic Priming with Locative Prepositions, Southern California Undergraduate Linguistics Conference. Los Angeles, CA, Apr 9, 2011.
HONORS & GRANTS
  • 2024
  • International Science Partnerships Fund, Adaptive Education: Harnessing AI for Academic Progress, co-PI with Muskaan Singh, with partners at Queen’s University Belfast, the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, the University of Amsterdam, and the University of Bucharest, £40,122
  • 2023-2024
  • AHRC Impact Acceleration Account, An outreach programme for Child Development Research at Ulster University, PI with Tandy Haughey, Shauna McGill, Victoria Singer and Victoria Simms, £9,300
  • 2022-2023
  • Aurora leadership programme, media coverage
  • 2017-2018
  • Ulster University pump-priming fund, What is specifically linguistic in linguistic competence?, with Lynda Kennedy (PI), Christina Sevdali, Jacopo Romoli, and Raffaella Folli, £22,300
  • 2016-2017
  • NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (BCS-1551662), Similarity-based interference and the acquisition of adjunct control, $16,781
  • 2016
  • UMD Graduate Research Appreciation Day first place oral presentation, $450
  • 2016
  • UMD Graduate Research Appreciation Day first place oral presentation, $450
  • 2016
  • Arts and Humanities Student Travel Award, $350
  • 2014
  • Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Grant, $250
  • 2010-2011
  • Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, UCLA Psychology, $5000
  • 2010-2011
  • Department Scholar Program, UCLA Linguistics
  • 2010-2011
  • Departmental Honors, UCLA Psychology
  • 2007-2011
  • UCLA Dean’s Honors List
  • 2007-2011
  • UCLA College Honors Program
TEACHING & ADVISING
Teaching
  • Ulster University (Instructor)
  • CMM 375 Language Acquisition - Fall 2016-2022, Spring 2024
  • CMM 378 Research Methods in Linguistics - Spring 2017-2023, Fall 2023
  • CMM 125 Children’s Language - Fall 2016-2023
  • CMM 735 Language Acquisition (MSc) - Spring 2017, Fall 2017-2019, 2022-2023
  • CMM 538 Dissertation project (coordinator) - 2017-2023
  • Introduction to R
  • - short course for Psychology Research Methods summer school 2019
  • - workshop for Doctoral College 2020, 2022

  • University of Maryland (teaching assistant)
  • LING 200 Introduction to Linguistics - Spring 2015
  • LING 311 Syntax I - Spring 2014
  • LING 200 Introduction to Linguistics - Spring 2013
  • LING 240 Language and Mind - Fall 2012
Advising
  • Ulster University
  • Nevena Klobucar (PhD expected 2025)
  • Balthazar Lauzon (PhD expected 2024)
  • Sofja Volkova (PhD 2024)
  • Victoria Singer (PhD 2023)
  • Susan Logue (PhD 2022)
  • Nuffield research placement supervisor (summer 2017-2023)
  • Supervisor for MSc and BSc dissertations

  • University of Maryland
  • mentor for undergraduate research assistants, 2014-2016
SERVICE
    Reviewing
  • Language Acquisition
  • Journal of Child Language
  • Language Learning and Development
  • Journal of Memory and Language
  • Glossa: a journal of general linguistics
  • Fontiers in Psychology
  • Cogent Psychology
  • Child Development
  • Boston University Conference on Language Development
  • CUNY Human Sentence Processing Conference
  • Linguistic Association of Great Britain

    • Ulster University

  • 2024
  • Co-Leader of Workshop on Adaptive Education: Harnessing AI for Academic Progress
  • 2023 -
  • Coordinator, Ulster University Child Studies Consortium
  • 2018 -
  • Course director for MSc Linguistics
  • 2018 - 2021
  • Course director for MSc Linguistics and TESOL

    • University of Maryland

  • 2015
  • GALANA 6 conference committee
  • 2015
  • Co-Leader of Workshop on Extralinguistic contributors to language acquisition
  • 2013-2015
  • UMD Linguistics Department Colloquium Committee
  • 2013-2015
  • Linguistics Grad Student Association
  • 2012-2013
  • Mayfest committee
  • 2012
  • IGERT Language Science Day Committee
  • 2012-2014
  • UMD Language Science High School Outreach

    • UCLA

  • 2010-2011
  • Southern California Undergrad Linguistics Conference committee
  • 2009-2011
  • Society of Bruin Linguists (Vice President 2010-2011)
LANGUAGES
  • English (native), Spanish (intermediate), German (introductory)

Last updated April 2024