Researcher

Title

• Associate professor, School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (École d’orthophonie et d’audiologie), Université de Montréal
• Affiliate professor, Université Laval
• Affiliate professor, University of Québec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue
• Researcher, Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Center
• Affiliate Researcher, Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en réadaptation et intégration sociale (CIRRIS), Université Laval
• Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (CJSLPA), (2011- )

• SSHRC Postdoctorate, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill University, Montréal QC, 2006-2007
• Ph.D., Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle WA, 2002-2006
• M.Sc., Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Vermont, Burlington VT, 2000-2002

Andrea MacLeod’s research focuses on the development of phonology in bilingual children and children with speech sound disorders. In collaboration with her colleagues and students, she seeks to better understand bilingual development to help children reach their potential. She also seeks to better understand how children acquire phonological knowledge.

Awards and Distinctions

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research: Catalyst Grant (2011-2012): Islands and Peninsulas: Speech and language skills of 4-year-old children in Official Language Minority Communities
• Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) (2012/03-2014/03) – Partnership Development Grant : Opportunities for bilingualism in Preschool and School-age Children with Developmental Disabilities: An International Investigation (« Site Leader » ; Principal Investigator: Dr. Elizabeth Kay Raining-Bird)
• Fonds de recherche société et culture du Québec (now FQRSC) – financial support for new researchers and university professors (2008-2011): Learning to Talk: the effects of phonetic variability on phonological accuracy in preschool children acquiring English and French
• SSHRC: Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2006-2007
• National Science Foundation: Doctoral Improvement Award, 2005-2006