Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft Leibniz-Gemeinschaft

Dr. Rowena Garcia

CV

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Research Experience

  • Sep. 2024 – present
    Tenure-track postdoctoral researcher
    Language Development and Multilingualism research area, Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin, Germany
  • Feb. 2023 – present
    Visiting professor
    Department of Speech Pathology, University of the Philippines Manila 
  • Mar. 2022 – present
    Project manager / Research contractor
    Brown Language and Thought Lab, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
  • Nov. 2021 – Aug. 2024
    Postdoctoral researcher
    Developmental Psycholinguistics group, SFB 1287 Limits of Variability in Language Project, University of Potsdam, German
  • Nov. 2021 – Dec. 2023
    Guest researcher / Research contractor
    Language Development department, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherland
  • Feb. 2019 – Oct. 2021
    Postdoctoral researcher
    Learning through Processing group, Language Development department, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherland
  • Sep. 2018 – Jan. 2019
    Scientific staff
    SFB 1287 Limits of Variability in Language Project Department of Linguistics, University of Potsdam, Germany
  • Sep. 2015 – Aug. 2018
    Guest scientist (PhD fellowship)
    Department of Linguistics, University of Potsdam, Germany
  • May 2015 – Dec. 2016, Apr. – Jul. 2014
    Intern
    Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS Berlin), Research assistant to Dr. Jeruen Dery

Education

  • 2015 – 2018
    International Doctorate in Experimental Approaches to Language and Brain (IDEALAB, magna cum laude)
    Universities of Groningen (NL), Newcastle (UK), Potsdam (DE), Trento (IT), and Macquarie University (AU)
    Dissertation: Thematic role assignment and word order preferences in the L1 acquisition of Tagalog
  • 2013 – 2015
    European Master in Clinical Linguistics (excellent)
    Universities of Groningen (NL), Potsdam (DE), and Eastern Finland (FI)
    Thesis: Thematic role assignment in child acquisition of Tagalog
  • 2007 – 2011
    BS Speech Pathology (cum laude)
    University of the Philippines Manila
    Thesis: Speech Pathology students’ perceptions on training regarding home program development