OUR TEAM

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

BRITTANY LEE, PHD, CCC-SLP

Dr. Lee is an assistant professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Chapman University and director of the Communication and Language Acquisition Lab. She uses cognitive science to better understand how children develop language and literacy skills and is committed to improving speech-language pathology services that support deaf and hard-of-hearing children in achieving their communication goals. Dr. Lee received her PhD in Language and Communicative Disorders from University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University, where she used event-related potentials and eye tracking to investigate how deaf adults process words and signs. Dr. Lee previously worked as an English teacher and is a licensed speech-language pathologist with a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

GRADUATE ASSISTANTS

UNDERGRADUATE ASSISTANTS

ALEENA HELMS

Aleena Helms is a senior at Chapman University, where she is earning her Bachelor’s degree in Applied Human Physiology. She is a scholar-athlete in softball for Chapman. Being involved in sports from an early age has allowed her to gain a strong desire to pursue a career in orthopedic medicine, particularly in surgery. Last summer, she shadowed orthopedic surgeries to gain practical experience. She holds a Seal of Biliteracy in Spanish from the State of California and is eager to use her skills to help those in need. Additionally, she is excited to pursue her interest in language development while working as a research assistant for the CoALA lab.

SARINA ZOMORRODIAN

Sarina Zomorrodian is a senior Psychology student at Chapman University. With a background in interning at a Clinical Psychology private practice, she is currently a research assistant at both the CoALA Lab and the Brain Institute. She has a great passion for clinical psychology and working with people and is eager to gaining more experience in research during her time at Chapman University. She looks forward to connecting the knowledge from her textbooks and applying it to help improve real-world mental health obstacles while gaining experience to help prepare her for a graduate studies in Psychology.

ALUMNI

GRADUATE ASSISTANTS

Kambrya Goldstein

Natalie Gray

Grace Hiltbrunner-Johnson

Clara Le

Elizabeth Magpantay

Nicole Wang

UNDERGRADUATE ASSISTANTS

Nardin Koopai

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