CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

PhD - University of Iowa - Iowa City, IA

     Presidential Graduate Research Fellow

     Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience

     Dissertation: To /b/ or not to /b/: Characterizing the neural timecourse of speech perception

     Mentor: Bob McMurray, PhD

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Postdoctoral Research Scholar - Villanova University - Villanova, PA   

    Mentor: Joseph C. Toscano, PhD

    Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

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Adjunct Assistant Professor - Villanova University - Villanova, PA   

    Course taught: CBN 5000, Seminar in Neuroscience

    Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

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2022   (spring)

Word Recognition and Perception Lab

Postdoctoral Research Scholar

     PI: Joseph C. Toscano, PhD

     Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences

     Villanova University

     Villanova, PA, USA

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Mechanisms of Audio-Visual Categorization Lab

Graduate Research Assistant

     PI: Bob McMurray, PhD

     Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences

     University of Iowa

     Iowa City, IA, USA

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Human Auditory Neuroscience Group

Graduate Research Assistant

     PI: Inyong Choi, PhD

     University of Iowa

     Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders

     Iowa City, IA, USA

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Human Brain Research Lab

Graduate Research Assistant

     PI: Matthew A. Howard III, MD

     University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics

     Department of Neurosurgery

     Iowa City, IA, USA

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Infant Language & Perceptual Learning Lab

Undergraduate Research Assistant

     PI: Jessica S.F. Hay, PhD

     Department of Psychology

     University of Tennessee

     Knoxville, TN, USA

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Language Acquisition & Cognition Lab

Undergraduate Research Assistant

     PI: Harriet Wood Bowden, PhD

     Department of Modern Foreign Languages & Literatures

     University of Tennessee

     Knoxville, TN, USA

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Vocal Acoustics Laboratory​

Undergraduate Summer Research Assistant

     PI: Jo-Anne Bachorowski, PhD

     Department of Psychology

     Vanderbilt University

     Nashville, TN, USA

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2022 (upcoming) • Indigenous Methods for Time Management Webinar, National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity

2022 (upcoming) • Reducing Stigma and Bias Around Recovery Training, Villanova University

2022 • Equitable, Accessible, and Inclusive Teaching Practices Webinar, National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity

2022 • Monday Morning Mentor Program, Villanova University

2022 • Culturally Responsive Teaching to Improve Student Learning, Villanova University 

2021 • Supporting from Identities Workshop, Villanova University

2021 • Safe Zone LGBTQ+ Awareness & Allyship Training, Villanova University

2021 • Faculty Writing Cooperative, Villanova University

2020 • ERP Decoding Webinar, University of California, Davis

2020 • Academics for Black Survival and Wellness Workshop & Webinar, University of Florida

2018 • Writing Initiative in Neuroscience, University of Iowa

2017 • ERP Boot Camp, University of California, Davis, & National Institute of Mental Health

2012 • Grant Writing Workshop, University of Tennessee & National Institutes of Health

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Sarrett, M.E., Rhone, A.E., Shea, C., Hendrickson, K., Muegge, J.B., Kovach, C.K., Dlouhy, B.J., & McMurray, B. (in preparation). Within- and between-language lexical competition decoded from superior temporal plane: a neurosurgical case report of a pediatric Spanish-English bilingual.

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Sarrett, M.E. and McMurray, B. (in preparation). Timecourse of bottom-up and top-down language processing during a picture-based semantic priming task.

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Müller Ewald, V.A.*, Trapp, N.T.*, Sarrett, M.E., Pace, B.D., Gala, I.K., Miller, J.N., Wessel, J.R., Magnotta, V.A., Wemmie, J.A., Boes, A.D., & Parker, K.L. (submitted). Supra-second interval timing deficits and abnormal frontal theta activity in individuals with bipolar disorder.  

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Sarrett, M.E. & Toscano, J.C. (submitted). Decoding speech sounds from neurophysiological data: practical considerations and theoretical implications.

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Kocsis, Z., Jenison, R.L., Cope, T.E., Taylor, P.N., McMurray, B., Rhone, A.E., Sarrett, M.E., Kikuchi, Y., Gander, P.E., Berger, J.I., Kovach, C.K., Calmus, R.M., Choi, I., Greenlee, J.D., Kawasaki, H., Griffiths, T.D., Howard III, M.A., & Petkov, C.I. (under review). Immediate neural network impact after the loss of a semantic hub. Link to preprint.

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McMurray, B., Sarrett, M.E., Chiu, S.L., Black, A.K., Wang, A., Canale, R., and Aslin, R.N. (2022). Decoding the temporal dynamics of spoken word and nonword processing from EEG. NeuroImage. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119457​

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Sarrett, M.E., Shea, C., and McMurray, B. (2021). Within- and between-language competition in adult second language learners: implications for language proficiency. Language, Cognition, and Neuroscience. DOI: 10.1080/23273798.2021.1952283

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Sarrett, M.E., McMurray, B., and Kapnoula, E. (2020). Dynamic EEG analysis during language comprehension reveals continuous and interactive cascades between perceptual processing and sentential expectations. Brain and Language, 211. DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2020.104875

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Sarrett, M.E. (2020). To /b/ or not to /b/: Characterizing the neural timecourse of speech perception. Doctoral dissertation, University of Iowa. DOI: 10.17077/etd.005674.

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Sarrett, M.E. (2013). The effect of pedagogical condition on second language acquisition. Honors Thesis, University of Tennessee. Available at Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange (TRACE).

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Sarrett, M.E. (2022, February). Decoding speech information from neurophysiological data. Integrated Language Sciences and Technology Seminar, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

Sarrett, M.E. (2021, November). Characterizing cross-linguistic lexical competition in bilinguals and second language learners. Stanford Phonetics Lab, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.

Sarrett, M.E. (2021, October). Language & the brain: understanding speech and quantifying linguistic processing. Center for Cognitive Science, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.

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Sarrett, M.E. & Toscano, J.C. (2021, May). Decoding speech information from neurophysiological data. Center for Mind & Brain. University of California, Davis, Davis, CA.

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Sarrett, M.E., Gonzalez, A.S., Montañez, O., & Toscano, J.C. (upcoming: 2022, December). Decoding syntactic class from EEG during spoken word recognition. Poster to be presented at the 183rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Nashville, TN.

Sarrett, M.E., Rhone, A.E., Shea, C., Hendrickson, K., Muegge, J.B., Kovach, C.K., Dlouhy, B.J., & McMurray, B. (upcoming: 2022, December). Decoding the neural dynamics of within- and between-language lexical competition: a pediatric neurosurgical case report of a Spanish-English bilingual. Poster to be presented at the 183rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Nashville, TN.

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Kocsis, Z., Berger, J.I., Calmus, R., McMurray, B., Sarrett, M.E., Gander, P.E., Kovach, C.K., Greenlee, J.D., Boes, A.D., Nickl-Jackschat, T., Kawasaki, H., Choi, I., Howard, M.A., & Petkov, C.I. (upcoming: 2022, November). Long-term neurophysiological impact and compensation after disconnection of the anterior temporal lobe. Poster to be presented at Advances and Perspectives in Auditory Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

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Sarrett, M.E., & Toscano, J.C. (2022, October). Sentence predictability modulates the auditory N1 event-related potential component. Poster presented at Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Philadelphia, PA. Link to download.

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Gonzalez, A.S., Sarrett, M.E., & Toscano, J.C. (2022, October). Time-course of processing for syntactic properties in spoken word recognition. Poster presented at Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Philadelphia, PA. Link to download.

Sarrett, M.E., McMurray, B., & Toscano, J. (2021, December). Neural representations of speech: decoding bottom-up acoustics and examining top-down effects using electroencephalography. Poster presented at the 181st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Seattle, WA.  Link to download.

Sarrett, M.E., Rhone, A.E., Shea, C., Hendrickson, K., Muegge, J.B., Kovach, C.K., Dlouhy, B.J., & McMurray, B. (2021, November). Decoding within- and between-language lexical competition from intracranial EEG: a neurosurgical case report of a pediatric Spanish-English bilingual. Poster presented at the virtual conference for Advances and Perspectives in Auditory Neuroscience. Link to download.

Kocsis, Z., Jenison, R.L., Cope, T.E., Taylor, P.N., McMurray, B., Rhone, A.E., Sarrett, M.E., Kikuchi, Y., Gander, P.E., Kovach, C.K., Balezeau, F., Choi, I., Greenlee, J.D., Kawasaki, H., Griffiths, T.D., Howard III, M.A., & Petkov, C.I. (2021, November). Acute impact of anterior temporal lobe disconnection on speech prediction and frontal-auditory neural signals. Poster presented at the virtual conference for Advances and Perspectives in Auditory Neuroscience.

Sarrett, M.E., McMurray, B., & Toscano, J.C. (2021, November). Contributions of bottom-up and top-down processes in speech cue encoding: evidence from EEG and machine learning techniques. Poster presented at the virtual 62nd annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society.

Kocsis, Z., Jenison, R.L., Cope, T.E., Taylor, P.N., McMurray, B., Rhone, A.E., Sarrett, M.E., Kikuchi, Y., Gander, P.E., Kovach, C.K., Balezeau, F., Choi, I., Greenlee, J.D., Kawasaki, H., Griffiths, T.D., Howard III, M.A., & Petkov, C.I. (2021, November). Acute impact of anterior temporal lobe disconnection on fronto-temporal neural signals. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience meeting, Chicago, IL.

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Sarrett, M.E., Shea, C., and McMurray, B. (2020, November). Crosslinguistic lexical activation in Spanish second language learners. Poster presented at the virtual meeting of the Psychonomic Society.

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McMurray, B., Sarrett, M.E., Chiu, S.L., Black, A.K., and Aslin, R. (2020, November). Decoding the neural dynamics of spoken word recognition from EEG. Paper presented at the virtual meeting of the Psychonomic Society.

Kocsis, Z., Jenison, R.L., McMurray, B., Rhone, A.E., Sarrett, M.E., Gander, P.E., Choi, I., Berger, J.I., Taylor, P.N., Kawasaki, H., Greenlee, J.D., Kovach, C.K., Griffiths, T.D., Howard III, M.A., & Petkov, C.I. (2020, October). Anterior temporal lobe surgical disconnection disrupts neural responses to speech along the human auditory cortical network. Poster presented at the virtual meeting for Advanced Perspectives in Auditory Neuroscience.

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Black, A., McMurray, B., Sarrett, M.E., Chiu, S., Canale, B., Wang, A., & Aslin, R.N. (2019, October). Machines vs. musheems: neural decoding of words from nonwords. Paper presented at the NTNU-Haskins Laboratories Joint Workshop on Language Acquisition, Statistical Learning, and fNIRS Applications. Taipei, Taiwan.

Sarrett, M.E., Schreiber, K., Kawasaki, H., Howard III, M.A., & McMurray, B. (2019, October). The effect of lexical status on acoustic encoding in human auditory and perisylvian language cortices: Preliminary results from intracranial recordings. Poster presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience Conference, Chicago, IL, USA.

Kocsis, Z., Jenison, R.L., McMurray, B., Rhone, A.E., Sarrett, M.E., Gander, P.E., Nourski, K.V., Steinschneider, M., Calmus, R.M., Kawasaki, H., Greenlee, J.D., Kovach, C.K., Griffiths, T.D., Howard III, M.A., & Petkov, C.I. (2019, October). Anterior temporal lobe disconnection disrupts auditory cortical oscillatory neural responses to speech in the human brain. Poster presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience Conference, Chicago, IL, USA.

Sarrett, M.E., Kapnoula, E., & McMurray, B. (2018, November). Realtime integration of acoustic input and semantic expectations in speech processing: evidence from electroencephalography (and preliminary results from electrocorticography). Poster presented at the 176th Annual Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Victoria, BC, Canada.

Sarrett, M.E., Kapnoula, E., & McMurray, B. (2018, July). Realtime integration of acoustic cues and semantic expectations in speech processing. Poster presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Madison, WI, USA

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Sarrett, M.E. & Bowden, H. (2013, March). The effect of pedagogical condition on second language acquisition. Paper presented at the 80th Annual South Eastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL), Spartanburg, SC, USA.

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Sarrett, M.E. (2021, December). Integrating high performance computing into your research plan. Data blitz presentation at the Centralized Research Core Facility, Villanova University, Villanova, PA.

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Sarrett, M.E., McMurray, B., & Shea, C. (2021, April). Cross-linguistic activation in Spanish second language learners: evidence from the Visual World Paradigm. Poster presented at the Language Sciences Symposium. Villanova University, Villanova, PA.

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Sarrett, M.E., Schreiber, K., Howard, M.A., Kawasaki, H., & McMurray, B. (2019, April). The effect of lexical status on acoustic encoding in human auditory cortex: preliminary results from intracranial recordings. Poster presented at Auditory Neuroscience Research Day. University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

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Sarrett, M.E., Schreiber, K., Howard, M.A., Kawasaki, H., & McMurray, B. (2018, October). The effect of lexical status on acoustic encoding in human auditory cortex: preliminary results from intracranial recordings. Poster presented at Neuroscience Graduate Program Research Day. University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

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Sarrett, M.E., Kapnoula, E., & McMurray, B. (2017, November). Contextual influences on speech perception. Poster presented at Neuroscience Graduate Program Research Day. University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

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Sarrett, M.E. (2013, April). The effect of pedagogical condition on second language acquisition. Paper presented at the Undergraduate Research Symposium at the University of Tennessee. Knoxville, TN.

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Sarrett, M.E. (2013, March). The effects of pedagogical conditions on second language acquisition. Poster presented at the Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EUReCA). University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. 

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Instructor

Spring 2023 (upcoming) • Seminar in Neuroscience, Villanova University

Spring 2022 • Seminar in Neuroscience, Villanova University

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Fall 2022 • Sounds of Human Language, Villanova University

Fall 2022 • Contemporary Research Issues in Psychology, Villanova University

Spring 2022 • Cognitive Psychology, Villanova University

Spring 2022 • Contemporary Research Issues in Psychology, Villanova University

Fall 2021 • Minds, Brains, & Machines, Villanova University

Fall 2021 • Contemporary Research Issues in Psychology, Villanova University

Spring 2021 • Contemporary Research Issues in Psychology, Villanova University

Spring 2021 • Cognitive & Behavioral Neuroscience Seminar, Villanova University

Spring 2020 • Scientific Communication in Psychology, University of Iowa

Spring 2019 • Introduction to Hearing Science, University of Iowa

Spring 2019 • The Psychology of Language, University of Iowa

Spring 2018 • Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Iowa

Fall 2017 • The Psychology of Language, University of Iowa

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2022 • MATLAB Wiki Super User for Augie High Performance Computing Cluster, Villanova University

2019 • Graduate student panelist for Grad School 101, University of Iowa

2019 • Graduate student panelist for National Science Foundation's Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) Program, University of Iowa

2018 • Graduate student panelist at the Biomedical Sciences Pre-Grad School Conference, University of Iowa

2015 - 2020 • Volunteer in the Girls Go STEM Annual Outreach Program, University of Iowa

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AD-HOC REVIEWS (journals)

2022 • Brain & Language; Language, Cognition, & Neuroscience; The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America; Cognition

2021 • NeuroImage; Journal of Occupational Medicine & Toxicology; Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics; Journal of Phonetics

2020 • eLife

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AD-HOC REVIEWS (Funding agencies)

2021 • Mitacs Accelerate Fellowship

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Conference organization

2022 • Special Session Organizer, Bilingualism & the Brain, 183rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Nashville, TN.

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