John W. Schwieter
Cross-Appointed in Psychology Professor Faculty of Arts Languages and Literatures Waterloo, Ontario jschwieter@wlu.ca
Expert In
Languages
English
Spanish
Spanish
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
(548) 889-4855
Lori Chalmers Morrison
Director: Integrated Communications
lchalmersmorrison@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4857
Vanessa Barrasa
Director: Communications & Issues Management
vbarrasa@wlu.ca
(548) 889-3812
Brantford Campus:
Beth Gurney
Director, Strategic Communications and Community Engagement
bgurney@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4199
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Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4855
Lori Chalmers Morrison
Director: Integrated Communications
lchalmersmorrison@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4857
Vanessa Barrasa
Director: Communications & Issues Management
vbarrasa@wlu.ca
(548) 889-3812
Brantford Campus:
Beth Gurney
Director, Strategic Communications and Community Engagement
bgurney@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4199
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