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Elise Masur

Elise Masur, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology

Department  of Psychology
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, Illinois 60115
(815)753-7081
efmasur@niu.edu

Office:  367 Psychology   |   FAX:  (815)-753-8088    |   Personal Webpage

    EDUCATION

B.A. University of Chicago 1970 
Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1976

    RESEARCH INTERESTS

    Acquisition and development of cognitive, language, and communication skills in infants and preschool-aged children within the context of parent-child interaction; social and cognitive prerequisites for language acquisition; mother-child interaction; mother-child imitation; school psychology.

    FREQUENTLY TAUGHT CLASSES

Psych 575     Developmental Psychology of Language Acquisition
Psych 553-1 School Psychology First Year Practicum
Psych 539     Professional School Psychology
Psych 465     Advanced Developmental Psychology
Psych 464     Developmental Psychology Laboratory

    REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Masur, E. F., Flynn, V., & Eichorst, D. L. (2004). Maternal verbal and behavioral responsiveness and directiveness as predictors of infants’ lexical development.  Journal of Child Language, 31, 1-29.

Flynn, V., Masur, E. F., & Eichorst, D. L. (2004). Opportunity versus disposition as predictors of infants’ and mothers’ verbal and action imitation. Infant Behavior and Development, 27, 303-314.

Masur, E. F., & Eichorst, D. L. (2002). Infants’ spontaneous imitation of novel versus  familiar words: Relations to observational and maternal report measures of their lexicons.  Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 48, 405-426.

Masur, E. F., & Turner, M. (2001). Stability and consistency in mothers’ and infants’ interactive styles. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 47, 100-120.

Masur, E. F., & Rodemaker, J. E. (1999). Mothers’ and infants’ spontaneous   vocal, verbal, and action imitation during the second year. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 45, 392-412.

Masur, E. F. (1997). Maternal labelling of novel and familiar objects: Implications for children’s development of lexical constraints. Journal of Child Language, 24, 427-439.

 

    REPRESENTATIVE GRANTS

2003 Northern Illinois University Summer Research and Artistry Grant, "Promoting Maternal Imitation: Influences on Children's Imitation and language Development"

1999-2002  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Research Grant (#HD37587), "Mothers' and Infants' Imitation: Causes and Consequences"


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