Grace deMeurisse

About me:

Welcome to my website! I am an incoming Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Iceland. I earned my bachelor's degree in linguistics and certificate in TESOL from Western Washington University; I earned my master's and doctoral degrees in linguistics from the University of Florida. 

My research is broadly situated in psycholinguistics. My two primary lines of research include second language (L2) sentence processing, and bilingual cognition.

My current research investigates whether and/or the extent to which adult second language (L2) speakers have difficulty with integrating hierarchical forms of grammar in real-time processing (real-time language compehension), and the factors that might modulate this (like proficiency, and transfer between the first and second languages). I primarily use behavioral methods and electoencephalography (EEG) to investigate my research questions. 

Outside of my academic interests and research, my personal interests and hobbies include spending time outside, listening to music (~70,000 minutes listened last year), and trying new foods. 

I also speak Danish -- Jeg kan også tale på Dansk. I always look forward to a good conversation in Danish (jeg glæder mig altid til en god samtale på Dansk) :-)

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