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Dr. Sarah Bottjer received her Ph.D. from the Department of Psychology at Indiana University in 1980 and did postdoctoral training at UCLA from 1980 to 1986. She joined the faculty at USC in 1986 and is a Professor of Biology and Psychology. She has won several awards, including a McKnight Scholar Award for excellence in research pertaining to basic neuroscience, and the C. and F. Demuth Swiss Medical Research Foundation International Award for young investigators in the neurosciences. In addition, she is an elected Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Science. Her research interests focus on the influence of experience on development.
Dr. Michael Goldstein received his Ph.D in Developmental Psychology and Animal Behavior from Indiana University in 2001. He was an Assistant Professor at Franklin and Marshall College from 2001 – 2004 and is now an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Cornell University. Michael won the David Kucharski Young Investigator Award from the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology in 2007. He also won the Distinguished Early Career Contribution Award from the International Society on Infant Studies in 2008. His research focuses on the developmental processes by which knowledge of speech and language is acquired from the social environment.
Dr. Laurie Eisenberg is dedicated to the study of pediatric hearing loss and the sensory devices that provide access to sound. Studies from her lab have determined ways in which hearing aids, cochlear implants, and auditory brainstem implants facilitate communication development for children born with hearing loss. The research covers such topics as spoken word recognition, language, parent-child interactions, and quality of life through clinical trials and multicenter collaborations. One of the most important findings to date highlights the essential role caregivers play in predicting future success for their infants and toddlers born with hearing loss. Her laboratory is located at the USC Caruso Family Center for Childhood Communication, where her research team partners with the Center’s staff of clinical professionals.
Dianne Hammes Ganguly, received her Master of Arts in Speech Language Pathology from the University of Minnesota in 1995. She is part of the USC Caruso Family Center for Childhood Communication, in the lab of Laurie Eisenberg. She has broad clinical experience working with children who have hearing loss and their families. She also has extensive research experience. Her clinical and research interests focus on speech and language development of infants who received implants under 18 months of age, and communication and literacy development of children with hearing aids, cochlear implants or auditory brainstem implants.