Lab Members

Michael Kaschak

Michael Long

Rachel Eligio

Mike Kaschak is a Professor of Psychology at Florida State University. He received his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin in 2003, and has been at FSU ever since. Mike is interested in all things related to language. At various times, his lab has conducted research on language comprehension, language production, language learning, and the application of psycholinguistic work to the development of literacy skills.

Michael is interested in how language is shaped by the perception of the environment in which it is used. Current research focuses on deixis and how it is impacted by factors such as perceived distance and affordability. Thus far, behavioral methods have been used to investigate what determines choice and expectation of spatial demonstratives (terms like "this/that") in language production and comprehension.

Rachel studies language and memory processes. She is currently interested in semantic ambiguity and examining how experience can shape and alter word meaning access.

Catherine Brousse

Catherine's research interests lie at the intersection of language and cognition. She is particularly interested in understanding the mechanisms involved in understanding figurative language and other types of non-literal uses of language.

Lab Alumni

Ashley Pieper

Florida State University

Katherine Chia

Cognitive Scientist/Data Scientist, Cangrade

Angele Yazbec

Data Analytics Engineer, Discovery Education

Julie Madden

University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

Amanda McGraw

Jacksonville University

Timothy Kutta

Consulting Senior Analyst, Washington DC

Cassie Berry

U.S. Government

John Jones

Alaska Department of Education

Jacqueline Coyle

Stetson University

Andrea Sell

California Lutheran University