Sarah Fairchild

Curriculum Vitae

401 Wolf Hall

University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
H +1 (570) 250 2860
T +1 (302) 831 8827
B sarahcfairchild@gmail.com

Education
2014-Present PhD Cognitive Psychology, University of Delaware
Advisor: Anna Papafragou
2012 BA Psychology, Pennsylvania State University
Advisor: Janet van Hell

Honors & Fellowships

2012 Catherine Rein Shultz Trustee Scholarship
{ Tuition support ($2000) given to high-achieving students with financial need
2012 NSF-PIRE Fellowship for "Code-Switching in Welsh-English and Spanish-English
Bilinguals," awarded to 8 undergraduates at Penn State annually
{ Funding for 8 weeks of independent research at Bangor University (UK)
{ Tuition for participation in Bangor Universitys Summer School in Bilingualism
2012 Deans List

Research Experience
2014-Present Graduate Research Assistant
Language & Cognition Lab, University of Delaware
Principal Researcher: Anna Papafragou
2013-14 Research Technologist \Lab Manager
Center for Language Science, Pennsylvania State University
Principal Researchers: Judith Kroll, Janet van Hell, Giuli Dussias
2013 Research Assistant
Cognition & Language Lab, Pennsylvania State University
Principal Researcher: Cari Bogulski
2013 Lab Manager
Bilingualism & Language Development Lab, Pennsylvania State University
Principal Researcher: Janet van Hell
2012 Visiting Researcher
ESRC Centre for Research on Bilingualism, Bangor University (UK)
Principal Researcher: Margaret Deuchar
2012 Summer School in Bilingualism, Bangor University (UK)
2011-12 Undergraduate Research Assistant
Bilingualism & Language Development Lab, Pennsylvania State University

Principal Researcher: Janet van Hell

Publications
Submitted Papafragou, A., Fairchild, S., Cohen, M.L. & Friedberg, C. Learning words from
speakers with false beliefs. Journal of Child Language.
In Press Fairchild, S. & van Hell, J.G. Determiner-noun code-switching in Spanish heritage
speakers. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition.
In Press Fairchild, S. Cultural identification and language use in monolinguals, bilinguals,
and trilinguals. Journal of Psychology & Personality. (In Ukrainian)

Publications In Prep
In Prep Fairchild, S. & Papafragou, A. Expectations of informativeness from native and
non-native speakers.
In Prep Fairchild, S. & Papafragou, A. The role of language in novel category formation:
Unique, powerful, selective, and flexible.
In Prep Fairchild, S. & Papafragou, A. The distinctive role of labels in childrens categorization across domains.

Presentations
2015 Fairchild, S. & Papafragou, A. Labels facilitate categorization of dissimilar objects.
Poster presented at 56th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Chicago, IL, 21
November.
2015 Weiss, A., Fairchild, S., & Papafragou, A. Cues for categorization in monolinguals and
bilinguals. Poster presented at the 2nd Annual Penn State Undergraduate Conference
in Spanish and General Linguistics. State College, PA, 16 October.
2015 Fairchild, S. & van Hell, J.G. How individual differences in language proficiency and
cultural identification influence code-switching in Spanish-English bilinguals. Poster
presented at the 10th International Conference on Bilingualism. New Brunswick, NJ,
23 May.
2015 Fairchild, S. Cross-linguistic and individual differences affect memory for motion in
speakers of Ukrainian and speakers of English. Talk given at the Cognitive Study in
the System of Humanities seminar, Poltava National Pedagogical University named
after V.G. Korolenko, Poltava (Ukraine), 20 May.
2015 Weiss, A., Fairchild, S., & Papafragou, A. Linguistic cues for categorization: Differences in monolinguals and bilinguals. Poster presented at the University of Delaware
Undergraduate Poster Day. Newark, DE, 19 May.
2015 Fairchild, S. & Papafragou, A. A walk down memory lane: Cross-linguistic and
individual differences affect memory for motion in speakers of English and Ukrainian.
Poster presented at the University of Delaware Graduate Research Forum. Newark,
DE, 21 April.
2015 Fairchild, S. & Papafragou, A. How language helps shape our categories. Talk given
at the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences Cognitive Brown Bag, University
of Delaware, Newark, DE, 20 April.

2015 Fairchild, S. & Papafragou, A. Forming novel categories: The roles of verbal labels
and perceptual similarity. Poster presented at the University of Delaware Cognitive
Science Graduate Student Conference. Newark, DE, 13 March.
2014 Fairchild, S. Current electrophysiological research in bilingualism. Invited Talk given
at the Department of English and German Philology, Poltava National Pedagogical
University named after V.G. Korolenko, Poltava (Ukraine), 13 March.
2013 Fairchild, S. & van Hell, J.G. Does determiner-noun code-switching in Welsh-English
and Spanish-English bilinguals follow the Minimalist Program or the Matrix Language
Framework? Poster presented at the Penn State Undergraduate Exhibition. State
College, PA, 10 April.
2013 Fairchild, S. & van Hell, J.G. Choosing the over el in code-switching: Evidence
from Spanish heritage speakers. Poster presented at the Young Scholar Speaker Series.
State College, PA, 14 March.
2013 Fairchild, S. & van Hell, J.G. Codeswitching habits of Spanish heritage speakers:
Testing the Minimalist Program and the Matrix Language Framework. Poster presented
at the International Conference on Multilingualism. Montreal, Quebec (Canada), 24
October.
2012 Fairchild, S. & van Hell, J.G. Determiner-noun codeswitching in Welsh-English
bilinguals. Talk given at the Center for Language Science Speaker Series, Pennsylvania
State University, State College, PA, 05 November.
2012 Fairchild, S. & van Hell, J.G. El dog faster than the perro? Determiner-noun
codeswitching in Welsh-English and Spanish-English bilinguals. Poster presented at
the 8th International Conference on the Mental Lexicon. Montreal, Quebec (Canada),
24 October.
2012 Fairchild, S. & van Hell, J.G. Determiner-noun codeswitching in Welsh-English
bilinguals. Poster presented at the 31st Second Language Research Forum. Pittsburgh,
PA, 18 October.
2012 Fairchild, S. & van Hell, J.G. Determiner-noun codeswitching in Welsh-English and
Spanish-English bilinguals. Poster presented at the Young Scholar Speaker Series.
State College, PA, 19 January.

Teaching & Work Experience

University of Delaware
2016-17
Spring 2016
Fall 2015
Spring 2015

Assistant Director of Advising, Dept. of Psychological & Brain Sciences

Teaching Assistant, Cognition (PSYC 340)
Teaching Assistant, Measurement & Statistics (PSYC 209)
Teaching Assistant, Psychology of Language (PSYC 344)
Guest lecture: Animal Communication\The Brain & Language

Pennsylvania State University

2013-14 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to the Study of Language (LING 001)
Guest lectures: Models of Speech Production,
Code-Switching in Spanish-English Bilinguals

Professional Service
2016 Assistant Webmaster, 2016 Cognitive Science Society Meeting

2015 Session Chair, 10th International Symposium on Bilingualism

2015 Co-Organizer, Cognitive Study in the System of Humanities international web
seminar hosted by Poltava National Pedagogical University, Poltava (Ukraine)
2014-Present
2014
2013-14
2013
2011

Webmaster, Language & Cognition Lab (U. of Delaware)

Judge, Undergraduate Research Exhibition (Penn State)
Webmaster, Bilingualism & Language Development Lab (Penn State)
Webmaster, Program in Linguistics (Penn State)
Webmaster, Center for Excellence in Science Education (Penn State)

Undergraduate Supervision
University of Delaware
2015 Hannah Schwartz, "The Learnability of Semantic Systems"
{ UD Summer Scholars Grant ($3500), funded 10 weeks of summer research
2015 Amelia Weiss, "Cues for Categorization in Bilinguals"
{ Penn State Undergraduate Exhibition in Hispanic and General Linguistics Travel
Award ($500), given to top four poster presentations
2014 Alexis Weinberg, "Verbal Labels and Novel Artifact Categorization"

Pennsylvania State University

2013-14 Corinne Renner, "Translation Ambiguity Effects in Spanish-English Bilinguals"
2013-14 Jeremy Todd, "Language as a Tool for Novel Object Learning"
2013-14 Delaney Wilson, "An Acoustic Analysis of Spanish-English Code-Switched Phrases by
Non-Habitual Code-Switchers"
{ NSF-PIRE Fellowship, funded 8 weeks of summer research in Granada, Spain
2013 Susanna Cochrane, "Language as a Tool for Novel Object Learning"
2013 Clair Pelella, "Code-switching Comprehension in Non-Habitual Code-Switchers"
{ NSF-PIRE Fellowship, funded 8 weeks of summer research in Granada, Spain

Skills
Data CLAN, E-Prime, MATLAB Psychtoolbox, Mechanical Turk, Neuroscan, Open Sesame,
Collection PEBL, Qualtrics
Analysis Excel, JASP, Praat, R, SPSS
Web Dreamweaver, Plone