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Daniel Swingley, Ph.D.
Dr. Swingley is the director of the Infant Language Center. He is a professor in the Psychology Department at Penn. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University, and came to Penn in 2003 after several years doing child language research in the Netherlands. He has three young boys at home, all of whom use language a lot.
Frans Adriaans, Ph.D.
Frans is a postdoctoral researcher in the Psychology Department. He was born and raised in the Netherlands, where he received his Ph.D. in Linguistics in 2011 from Utrecht University. At Penn, he uses computer models to study how 'motherese' (speech addressed to infants) helps babies to learn the sounds and words of their native language.
Elika Bergelson, Ph.D. student
Elika is a fourth year grad student in Psychology. She is interested in finding out what infants know about language in general, and their language in specific. She is currently looking at how, whether, and when infants decide that words go together semantically.
Adrienne Scutellaro, Ph.D. student
Adrienne is a third year graduate student in the Psychology Dept at Penn.  She received an EdM in Human Development from the Harvard Graduate School of Ed and spent two years as the Research Coordinator of an infant language lab in the Linguistics Dept. at UCLA.  Her current research focuses on examining the phonetic detail that infants pay attention to in early words and how representations of sounds and words might differ in infants learning a second language.
Katie Motyka
Katie joined the Infant Language as lab manager in May 2009. She graduated magna cum laude from Penn with a B.A. in Psychology and Fine Art.  Katie is a West Philly native who has been working and volunteering with kids since she was a teenager.  In her free time she enjoys playing ultimate frisbee and photography.
Ashley Baldwin
Ashley is a junior at Penn majoring in both Biological Basis of Behavior and Computer Science.  She is from the Jersey Shore and loves the beach, but since coming to Penn, has discovered a newfound passion for Philadelphia. She hopes to one day pursue a career in child neurology because of her interest in the developing brain.
Lauren Hendrix
Lauren is a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences majoring in Cognitive Science and ambitiously hopes to minor in Urban Education and Computer Science. She is from Baltimore, MD and loves that Philadelphia is similar to home but has many more opportunities. She is interested in cognition and early education and hopes to continue research towards improving early education. When not in the lab she mentors elementary school kids in West Philadelphia and stays hype through Community School Student Partnerships (CSSP).
Brian Garcia

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