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Kathryn

Leech

Postdoc and Lecturer, Harvard University

Interests: 

Individual Differences, Language Acquisition

Parent-Child Interaction, Socioeconomic Status Contributing To Individual Differences In Children'S Language And Early Literacy Development

Projects: 

Graduate-IGERT

Units: 

Human Development and Quantitative Methodology

Degree(s): 

PhD, Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland

BA, Psychology, Kenyon College

Advisor(s): 

Meredith Rowe

Graduation Year: 

2016

Contact: 

kleech@umd.edu

3311 Benjamin Building

Role(s): 

Alumni

Website: 

Katie's Website

About: 

I am primarily interested in the role of the input for children's language development. I focus mainly on how the quantity and various qualities of parent speech influence children's vocabulary development. I have recently begun examining the cognitive skills (i.e., processing efficiency) that children bring to the table that might aid in their use of the input.

Collaborators: 

Yi Ting Huang