- Assistant Professor of Deaf Studies, Boston University
Naomi Caselli is an Assistant Professor in the Programs in Deaf Studies at the Wheelock College of Education and Human Development at Boston University. She is the PI on several NIH and NSF funded grants examining to vocabulary of ASL, and how language deprivation affects how people learn and process ASL signs. She earned a joint PhD in Psychology and Cognitive Science from Tufts University, as well as an Ed.M. in Deaf Education and an M.A. in Psychology from Boston University. She is hearing, and a native speaker of both ASL and English.
Experience
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–presentAssistant Professor of Deaf Studies, Boston University
Publications
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2021ASL Battleships: Gamifying Sign Language Data Collection., Human Computer Interaction
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2021Deaf children of hearing parents develop age-level vocabularies if exposed to ASL by six-months. , Journal of Pediatrics
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2021The FATE landscape of sign language AI datasets: An interdisciplinary perspective. , TACCESS
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2021ASL-LEX2.0: A database of lexical and phonological properties for 2723 signs. , Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
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2021American Sign Language Interpreters in Public Schools: An illusion of inclusion that perpetuates language deprivation., Maternal and Child Health Journal.
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2021The development of a new ASL comprehension task., Frontiers in Communication
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2020Current research in pragmatic language use among deaf and hard of hearing children, Pediatrics
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2020Exploring Collection of Sign Language Datasets: Privacy, Participation, and Model Performance., ASSETS
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2020The ASL-CDI 2.0: An updated, normed adaptation of the MacArthur Bates Communicative Development Inventory for American Sign Language. , Behavior Research Methods
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2020Reduced neural selectivity for mental states in deaf children with delayed exposure to sign language., Nature Communications
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2019Degree and not type of iconicity affects sign language vocabulary acquisition., Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
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2019Sign language recognition, generation, and translation: An interdisciplinary perspective. , ASSETS
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2019Deaf children need language, not (just) speech, First Language
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2017The road to language learning is not entirely iconic: Neighborhood density, iconicity, and frequency facilitate sign language acquisition. , Psychological Science
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2016ASL-LEX: A Lexical Database for ASL., Behavior Research Methods
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2015Inflected words in production: Evidence for a morphologically rich lexicon., Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
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2014Lexical access in sign language: A computational model., Frontiers in Psychology
Grants and Contracts
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2020Effects of input quality on ASL vocabulary acquisition in deaf children
- Role:
- PI
- Funding Source:
- National Institutes of Health
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2019Collaborative Research: Quantifying systematicity, iconicity, and arbitrariness in the American Sign Language Lexicon
- Role:
- PI
- Funding Source:
- National Science Foundation
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2019Personnel preparation for teachers of the deaf (ASL/Total Communication)
- Role:
- Co-I
- Funding Source:
- Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
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2018Collaborative Research: Multimethod Investigation of Articulatory and Perceptual Constraints on Natural Language Evolution
- Role:
- PI
- Funding Source:
- National Science Foundation
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2017American Sign Language Vocabulary Acquisition
- Role:
- PI
- Funding Source:
- National Institutes of Health
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2017American Sign Language Vocabulary Acquisition
- Role:
- PI
- Funding Source:
- National Institutes of Health
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2016The structure of the ASL lexicon: Experimental and statistical evidence from a large lexical database (ASL-LEX)
- Role:
- PI
- Funding Source:
- National Science Foundation
Contact Naomi for
- General
- Media request
- Speaking request
- Consulting / Advising
- Research collaboration
- Research supervision
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Website
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