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Bio/Research
Dr. John W. Schwieter is Professor of Spanish and Linguistics and cross-appointed to the Department of Psychology. He is Director of the Language Acquisition, Multilingualism, and Cognition Laboratory and Bilingualism Matters @ Laurier. He is also Adjunct Professor of Linguistics in the Departmen...
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Bio/Research
Dr. John W. Schwieter is Professor of Spanish and Linguistics and cross-appointed to the Department of Psychology. He is Director of the Language Acquisition, Multilingualism, and Cognition Laboratory and Bilingualism Matters @ Laurier. He is also Adjunct Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics and Languages at McMaster University.
Dr. Schwieter received a PhD from the Florida State University, an MBA from the University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium, and an MSEd and BA from Western Illinois University.
Dr. Schwieter is interested in how humans learn and process more than one language and how this affects general cognition and executive functioning. In his Language Acquisition, Multilingualism, and Cognition Laboratory, psychological/behavioural experiments are conducted to better understand language acquisition and how two or more languages function and interact in one mind.
He is the founding Executive Editor of Bilingual Processing and Acquisition (John Benjamins Publishing), founding Editor of Cambridge Elements in Second Language Acquisition (Cambridge University Press), and serves on several editorial advisory boards.
Involvement in Funded Projects
- Principal Investigator of Bilingualism Matters in the Waterloo Region and
Canada, funded by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of
Canada Partnership Development Grant, 2019-2022, $199,678.
- Co-Principal Investigator (with Alexandra Gottardo as Co-Principal
Investigator) of Language experience and linguistic skills among
multilinguals in higher education, funded by a Social Sciences and
Humanities Research Council of Canada Insight Development Grant, 2018-
2020, $74,990.
- Collaborator (with Gary Libben as Principal Investigator) of Words in the
World, funded by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of
Canada Partnership Grant, 2016-2022, $2,499,832.
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Dr. Schwieter received a PhD from the Florida State University, an MBA from the University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium, and an MSEd and BA from Western Illinois University.
Dr. Schwieter is interested in how humans learn and process more than one language and how this affects general cognition and executive functioning. In his Language Acquisition, Multilingualism, and Cognition Laboratory, psychological/behavioural experiments are conducted to better understand language acquisition and how two or more languages function and interact in one mind.
He is the founding Executive Editor of Bilingual Processing and Acquisition (John Benjamins Publishing), founding Editor of Cambridge Elements in Second Language Acquisition (Cambridge University Press), and serves on several editorial advisory boards.
Involvement in Funded Projects
- Principal Investigator of Bilingualism Matters in the Waterloo Region and
Canada, funded by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of
Canada Partnership Development Grant, 2019-2022, $199,678.
- Co-Principal Investigator (with Alexandra Gottardo as Co-Principal
Investigator) of Language experience and linguistic skills among
multilinguals in higher education, funded by a Social Sciences and
Humanities Research Council of Canada Insight Development Grant, 2018-
2020, $74,990.
- Collaborator (with Gary Libben as Principal Investigator) of Words in the
World, funded by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of
Canada Partnership Grant, 2016-2022, $2,499,832.
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Media Relations
Aonghus Kealy
Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(519) 884-0710 ext. 3684
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Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(519) 884-0710 ext. 3684
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Media Relations
Aonghus Kealy
Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(519) 884-0710 ext. 3684
Lori Chalmers Morrison
Director: Integrated Communications
lchalmersmorrison@wlu.ca
(519) 884-0710 ext. 3067
Deirdre Healey
Director: Communications & Issues Management
dhealey@wlu.ca
(519) 884-0710 ext. 3070
Brantford Campus:
Beth Gurney
Associate Director: Communications & Public Affairs
bgurney@wlu.ca
(519) 884-0710 ext. 5753
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Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(519) 884-0710 ext. 3684
Lori Chalmers Morrison
Director: Integrated Communications
lchalmersmorrison@wlu.ca
(519) 884-0710 ext. 3067
Deirdre Healey
Director: Communications & Issues Management
dhealey@wlu.ca
(519) 884-0710 ext. 3070
Brantford Campus:
Beth Gurney
Associate Director: Communications & Public Affairs
bgurney@wlu.ca
(519) 884-0710 ext. 5753
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