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University of Delaware

Sarah Fairchild Newark, DE 19716

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Education
2014-Present PhD Cognitive Psychology, University of Delaware
Advisor: Anna Papafragou
Dissertation: Speaker and Listener Effects on Pragmatic Processing
2017 MA Psychology, University of Delaware
Advisor: Anna Papafragou
Thesis: Language and Categorization in Monolinguals and Bilinguals
2012 BA Psychology, Pennsylvania State University
Advisor: Janet van Hell

Honors & Fellowships

2017 Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences Dissertation Award
{ Funding for dissertation data collection ($500)
2016 University Graduate Fellowship
{ Funding for one year of graduate study from the University of Delaware’s Office of
Graduate and Professional Education
2012 Catherine Rein Shultz Trustee Scholarship
{ Tuition support ($2000) given to high-achieving students with financial need
2012 NSF-PIRE Fellowship for "Code-Switching in Welsh-English and Spanish-English
Bilinguals," awarded to 8 undergraduates at Penn State annually
{ Funding for 8 weeks of independent research at Bangor University (UK)
{ Tuition for participation in Bangor University’s Summer School in Bilingualism
2012 Dean’s List

Research Experience
2014-Present Graduate Research Assistant
Language & Cognition Lab, University of Delaware
Principal Researcher: Anna Papafragou
2013-14 Research Technologist/Lab Manager
Center for Language Science, Pennsylvania State University
Principal Researchers: Judith Kroll, Janet van Hell, Giuli Dussias
2013 Research Assistant
Cognition & Language Lab, Pennsylvania State University
Principal Researcher: Cari Bogulski
 2013 Lab Manager
Bilingualism & Language Development Lab, Pennsylvania State University
Principal Researcher: Janet van Hell
2012 Visiting Researcher
ESRC Centre for Research on Bilingualism, Bangor University (UK)
Principal Researcher: Margaret Deuchar
2012 Summer School in Bilingualism, Bangor University (UK)
2011-12 Undergraduate Research Assistant
Bilingualism & Language Development Lab, Pennsylvania State University
Principal Researcher: Janet van Hell

Publications
In Prep Fairchild, S. & Papafragou, A. Individual differences in adults’ pragmatic judgments.
Submitted Fairchild, S. & Papafragou, A. Unwilling versus unable: Understanding under-
informativeness in native and non-native speakers. Psychological Science.
Resubmitted Fairchild, S. & Papafragou, A. Sins of omission are more likely to be forgiven in
non-native speakers. Cognition.
Accepted Fairchild, S. & Papafragou, A. Language and categorization in monolinguals and
bilinguals (pending minor revisions). Bilingualism: Language and Cognition.
Under Rev. Fairchild, S. & Papafragou, A. Linguistic cues are privileged over non-linguistic cues
in young children’s categorization. Cognitive Development.
2017 Papafragou, A., Fairchild, S., Cohen, M.L. & Friedberg, C. Learning words from
speakers with false beliefs. Journal of Child Language, 44 (4), 905-923.
2017 Fairchild, S. & van Hell, J.G. Determiner-noun code-switching in Spanish heritage
speakers. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 20 (1), 150-161.
2017 Fairchild, S. & Papafragou, A. Flexible expectations of speaker informativeness shape
pragmatic inference. Penn Working Papers in Linguistics.
2016 Fairchild, S. & Papafragou, A. Monolinguals’ and bilinguals’ use of language in
forming novel object categories. Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the
Cognitive Science Society.
2015 Fairchild, S. Cultural identification and language use in monolinguals, bilinguals,
and trilinguals. Journal of Psychology & Personality, 2 (8), 176-192. (In Ukrainian)

Presentations
2017 Fairchild, S., & Papafragou, A. Non-Native Speaker Identity Influences Pragmatic
Judgments. Talk given at the Meaning In Flux: Connecting Development, Variation,
and Change workshop. New Haven, CT, 12 October.
2017 Rogers, L., Fairchild, S., Papafragou, A. & Vickery, T. Automaticity and specificity
of attentional capture by language. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Vision Sciences Society. St. Pete Beach, FL, 21 May.
2016 Fairchild, S. & Papafragou, A. Listeners tolerate pragmatic infelicities from non-
native speakers. Poster presented at 57th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society.
Boston, MA, 19 November.
2016 Fairchild, S. & Papafragou, A. Monolinguals’ and Bilinguals’ Use of Language in
Forming Novel Object Categories. Poster presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of
the Cognitive Science Society. Philadelphia, PA, 11 August.
2016 Fairchild, S. & Papafragou, A. Flexible Expectations of Speaker Informativeness
Shape Pragmatic Inference. Talk given at the 40th Annual Penn Linguistics Conference.
Philadelphia, PA, 18 March.
2016 Fairchild, S. & Papafragou, A. Foreign accent affects pragmatic inferences. Poster
presented at the 29th Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing.
Gainesville, FL, 4 March.
2015 Fairchild, S. & Papafragou, A. Labels facilitate categorization of dissimilar objects.
Poster presented at 56th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Chicago, IL, 21
November.
2015 Weiss, A., Fairchild, S., & Papafragou, A. Cues for categorization in monolinguals and
bilinguals. Poster presented at the 2nd Annual Penn State Undergraduate Conference
in Spanish and General Linguistics. State College, PA, 16 October.
2015 Fairchild, S. & van Hell, J.G. How individual differences in language proficiency and
cultural identification influence code-switching in Spanish-English bilinguals. Poster
presented at the 10th International Conference on Bilingualism. New Brunswick, NJ,
23 May.
2015 Fairchild, S. Cross-linguistic and individual differences affect memory for motion in
speakers of Ukrainian and speakers of English. Talk given at the Cognitive Study in
the System of Humanities seminar, Poltava National Pedagogical University named
after V.G. Korolenko, Poltava (Ukraine), 20 May.
2015 Weiss, A., Fairchild, S., & Papafragou, A. Linguistic cues for categorization: Differ-
ences in monolinguals and bilinguals. Poster presented at the University of Delaware
Undergraduate Poster Day. Newark, DE, 19 May.
2015 Fairchild, S. & Papafragou, A. A walk down memory lane: Cross-linguistic and
individual differences affect memory for motion in speakers of English and Ukrainian.
Poster presented at the University of Delaware Graduate Research Forum. Newark,
DE, 21 April.
2015 Fairchild, S. & Papafragou, A. How language helps shape our categories. Talk given
at the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences Cognitive Brown Bag, University
of Delaware, Newark, DE, 20 April.
2015 Fairchild, S. & Papafragou, A. Forming novel categories: The roles of verbal labels
and perceptual similarity. Poster presented at the University of Delaware Cognitive
Science Graduate Student Conference. Newark, DE, 13 March.
2014 Fairchild, S. Current electrophysiological research in bilingualism. Invited Talk given
at the Department of English and German Philology, Poltava National Pedagogical
University named after V.G. Korolenko, Poltava (Ukraine), 13 March.
2013 Fairchild, S. & van Hell, J.G. Does determiner-noun code-switching in Welsh-English
and Spanish-English bilinguals follow the Minimalist Program or the Matrix Language
Framework? Poster presented at the Penn State Undergraduate Exhibition. State
College, PA, 10 April.
2013 Fairchild, S. & van Hell, J.G. Choosing ’the’ over ’el’ in code-switching: Evidence
from Spanish heritage speakers. Poster presented at the Young Scholar Speaker Series.
State College, PA, 14 March.
 2013 Fairchild, S. & van Hell, J.G. Codeswitching habits of Spanish heritage speakers:
Testing the Minimalist Program and the Matrix Language Framework. Poster presented
at the International Conference on Multilingualism. Montreal, Quebec (Canada), 24
October.
2012 Fairchild, S. & van Hell, J.G. Determiner-noun codeswitching in Welsh-English
bilinguals. Talk given at the Center for Language Science Speaker Series, Pennsylvania
State University, State College, PA, 05 November.
2012 Fairchild, S. & van Hell, J.G. El dog faster than the perro? Determiner-noun
codeswitching in Welsh-English and Spanish-English bilinguals. Poster presented at
the 8th International Conference on the Mental Lexicon. Montreal, Quebec (Canada),
24 October.
2012 Fairchild, S. & van Hell, J.G. Determiner-noun codeswitching in Welsh-English
bilinguals. Poster presented at the 31st Second Language Research Forum. Pittsburgh,
PA, 18 October.
2012 Fairchild, S. & van Hell, J.G. Determiner-noun codeswitching in Welsh-English and
Spanish-English bilinguals. Poster presented at the Young Scholar Speaker Series.
State College, PA, 19 January.

Teaching Experience
University of Delaware
Fall 2017 Teaching Assistant, Research Methods (PSYC 207)
Fall 2017 Teaching Assistant, Psychology of Language (PSYC 344)
Guest lectures: Bilingualism, Acquisition of Semantics
Spring 2016 Teaching Assistant, Cognition (PSYC 340)
Guest lectures: Attention, Concepts & Categories
Fall 2015 Teaching Assistant, Measurement & Statistics (PSYC 209)
Spring 2015 Teaching Assistant, Psychology of Language (PSYC 344)
Guest lecture: Animal Communication\The Brain & Language
Pennsylvania State University
2013-14 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to the Study of Language (LING 001)
Guest lectures: Models of Speech Production, Code-Switching

Professional Service
2017 Speaker, UD Undergraduate Workshop in Cognitive and Brain Sciences
2017 Speaker, UD Alternative STEM Careers Day
2017 Volunteer, AAAS Family Science Days
2016 Assistant Webmaster, 2016 Cognitive Science Society Meeting
2016 Contributor, UD Outreach Facebook & Twitter accounts
2015 Session Chair, 10th International Symposium on Bilingualism
2015 Co-Organizer, Cognitive Study in the System of Humanities international web
seminar hosted by Poltava National Pedagogical University, Poltava (Ukraine)
2014-Present Webmaster, Language & Cognition Lab (U. of Delaware)
2014 Judge, Undergraduate Research Exhibition (Penn State)
 2013-14 Webmaster, Bilingualism & Language Development Lab (Penn State)
2013 Webmaster, Program in Linguistics (Penn State)
2011 Webmaster, Center for Excellence in Science Education (Penn State)

Undergraduate Supervision
{ Jenna Miller (Fall 2017)
{ Allison Waller (Spring & Fall 2017)
{ Kate Gordon (Fall 2016 & Spring 2017)
{ Harry Rowe (Fall 2016 & Spring 2017)
{ Hannah Schwartz (Spring & Fall 2015, UD Summer Scholar)
{ Amelia Weiss (Spring & Fall 2015, PSUxLing Travel Award Winner)
{ Alexis Weinberg (Fall 2014)
{ Corinne Renner (Fall 2013 & Spring 2014)
{ Jeremy Todd (Fall 2013 & Spring 2014)
{ Delaney Wilson (Fall 2013 & Spring 2014, NSF-PIRE Fellow)
{ Susanna Cochrane (Fall 2013)
{ Clair Pelella (Fall 2013, NSF-PIRE Fellow)

High School Student Supervision

{ Silpa Annavaparu (Fall 2016 & Spring 2017, Newark Charter High School)
{ Natasha Solodovnik (Fall 2014 & Spring 2015, School No. 10, Ukraine)
{ Mykola Lytvynenko (Fall 2013 & Spring 2014, School No. 10, Ukraine)

Skills
Data CLAN, E-Prime, Linger, MATLAB Psychtoolbox, Mechanical Turk, Neuroscan, Open
Collection Sesame, PEBL, Qualtrics
Analysis Excel, JASP, Praat, R, SPSS
Web Dreamweaver, Plone