Resume

• 1983

  Specialties: Psycholinguistics

  Bilingualism

  South Asian women's groups

  Jyotsna

  Vaid

  Salk Institute for Biological Studies

  Conducted research on Williams Syndrome

  sign language processing in relation to handedness and brain lateralization of function.\n\n

  Salk Institute for Biological Studies

  Center for Research in Language

  Conducted research on the development of symbolic gestures in relation to language development; on hand dominance in sign language; on brain lateralization of language in professional sign language interpreters.\n\nEdited a volume

  Language Processing in Bilinguals: Psycholinguistic and Neuropsychological Perspectives.

  Cognitive/Language Development

  University of California

  San Diego

• 1982

  COSAW Bulletin

  Michigan State University

  Taylor & Francis

  Texas A&M University

  Texas A&M University

  Michigan State University

  This was the first grassroots

  North-America-based

  pan-South-Asian feminist publication focused on the status of women in and of South Asia. Past issues are available on request.

  Founding Editor

  COSAW Bulletin

  Research interests:\n\nCognitive

  neurocognitive

  and psycholinguistic aspects of bi/multilingualism.\nWriting systems and cognition.\nCreative language comprehension and production (jokes

  idioms

  proverbs).\nGender and race in psychological inquiry.\nSouth Asian women's studies.

  Texas A&M University

  Joint Editor in Chief

  Writing Systems Research

  WSR publishes empirical and review articles on the acquisition

  analysis and processing repercussions of writing systems (including new media) in single or multiple language users.\n\nRecent special issues include Writing Systems at Play

  Second Language Writing Systems

  Alphasyllabaries of South Asia

  Semitic Scripts

  and Morphology in Writing Systems.

  Taylor & Francis

  Texas A&M University

  Office for Diversity

  Texas A&M University

  As part of my work at the Office for Diversity

  I help coordinate the Advance Scholars Program

  a mentoring program for women faculty of color. I also oversee a university seed grant for diversity-related research that is designed to facilitate research that can help inform university-level and national policy on how to improve recruitment

  retention

  and equitable evaluation of students and faculty from under-represented groups in academia.

  Director of Organizational Development

  Research

  and Equity

  Conducted research on gesture and handedness. Started the Committee on S Asian Women.

  Michigan State University

  Acting Director

  Women's and Gender Studies Program

  Texas A&M University

  Association for Psychological Science

  Hindi

  English

  Fellow

  Society for Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Science

  American Psychological Association

  Post-doc

  Cognitive development

  Michigan State University

• 1976

  Ph.D.

  Psychology

• 1972

  B.A.

  Biopsychology

• Writing Systems Research - Volume 8

  Issue 1

  The online platform for Taylor & Francis Group content

  University Teaching

  Statistics

  Bilingualism

  Academic Writing

  Science

  Psycholinguistics

  Public Speaking

  Qualitative Research

  Higher Education

  Psychology

  Neuroscience

  Scientific Writing

  Research

  Lecturing

  Literature Reviews

  Cognitive Neuroscience

  Research Design

  Teaching

  Academia

  Experimental Design

  An examination of women's professional visibility in cognitive psychology

  An examination of women's professional visibility in cognitive psychology