Biography:
My name is Deana Rodrigues, and I am a third-year general biology major on the pre-med track from Berkeley Heights, NJ. On campus, I am involved in Serve State as well as Fresh START. Outside of school, I enjoy running, traveling, cooking, and riding as an EMT for my town’s rescue squad.
Project Summary
In conjunction with research performed by PIRE graduate fellow, Cristal Giorio Jackson, and under the supervision of Dr. Janet Van Hell, I will be looking at the influence of native Spanish accent variants on accented speech processing in Castilian Spanish speakers. I will be traveling to Granada, Spain to perform my research under Dr. Teresa Bajo.