Professor of Spanish; Psychology Faculty Associate
About
Professor Teresa Satterfield is a linguist whose areas of research include child bilingualism, first language acquisition (the roles of [psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic] factors in developing grammars), language contact phenomena in the context of U.S. (Afro-)Latinx identity and culture. She collaborates extensively in areas of developmental psychology, particularly on studies using fNIRS brain imaging techniques to inform theories of syntactic development and literacy research in bilingual children. She is the founder and director of the community-based Saturday Spanish academic program for Spanish-speaking children grades Pre-K to 5, "En Nuestra Lengua" (ENL). Affiliations: Romance Languages, Linguistics, Combined Program Education & Psychology, Psychology
