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Dr. Aaron Shield<\/a>,\u00a0Principal Investigator<\/span><\/p>\n

\"IBP_4027-(ZF-8963-21267-1-002)\"<\/a><\/h3>\n

Aaron Shield joined the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Boston University in September 2011 as a postdoctoral research fellow. He holds a doctorate in linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin, and specializes in the linguistic and cognitive development of deaf children. Prior to coming to Boston University, he was a postdoctoral research fellow under Dr.\u00a0Susan Goldin-Meadow<\/a> in the Psychology Department\u00a0at the University of Chicago, where he conducted research on the signing and gesturing of deaf children (in collaboration with Dr. Carol Padden<\/a> at the University of California-San Diego). In addition to being a signer of American Sign Language (ASL), Dr. Shield has studied 12 spoken languages and is fluent in five.<\/p>\n

Ph.D. 2010, Linguistics, The University of Texas at Austin<\/h3>\n

Dissertation title: The Signing of Deaf Children of Autism: Lexical Phonology and Perspective-Taking in the Visual Spatial Modality<\/a>\u00a0(Advisor:\u00a0Dr. Richard P. Meier<\/a>)\u00a0**Winner of the Award for the Outstanding Dissertation in the Social Sciences, Business, and Education, the University of Texas at Austin, 2010<\/em><\/p>\n

MA 2004, Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin<\/h3>\n

BA 1999, Italian Studies, Wesleyan University<\/h3>\n

Recent publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shield,<\/strong> A., Meier, R.P., & Tager-Flusberg, H. <\/strong>(2015). The use of sign language pronouns by native-signing children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.<\/em><\/p>\n

Shield<\/b>, A.\u00a0<\/strong>(2014). Preliminary findings of similarities and differences in the speech and sign language of children with autism.\u00a0Seminars in Speech and Language, 35, <\/i>309-320.<\/p>\n

Mood, D., &\u00a0Shield<\/b>, A.\u00a0(2014).\u00a0Clinical use of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-Second Edition with children who are deaf.\u00a0Seminars in Speech and Language, 35, <\/i>288-300.<\/i><\/p>\n

Szarkowski, A., Mood, D., Shield<\/b>, A., Wiley, S., & Yoshinaga-Itano, C. (2014). A summary of current understanding regarding children with autism spectrum disorder who are deaf or hard of hearing. Seminars in Speech and Language, 35, <\/i>241-259.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shield, A., <\/strong>& Meier, R.P. (2014). Personal pronoun avoidance in deaf children with autism<\/a>. In Proceedings of the 38th<\/sup> Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development<\/i>\u00a0(403-415). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.<\/p>\n

Shield, A.<\/strong> & Meier, R.P. (2013). \u201cThe acquisition of sign language by deaf children with autism spectrum disorder.\u201d In Quinto-Pozos, D. (Ed.),\u00a0Multilingual Aspects of Signed Language Communication and<\/a><\/em> Disorder<\/a>\u00a0(90-122). Bristol, England: Multilingual Matters.<\/p>\n

Shield, A<\/strong>. & Meier, R.P. (2012). Palm reversal errors in native-signing children with autism.\u00a0Journal of Communication Disorders, 45, <\/em>439-454.<\/a><\/p>\n

Goldin-Meadow, S., Shield, A<\/strong>., Lenzen, D., Herzig, M., & C. Padden (2012). The gestures ASL\u00a0signers use tell us when they are ready to learn math. Cognition, 123, <\/em>448-453.<\/a><\/p>\n

Shield, A.<\/strong> & J. Baldridge (2007). \u201cA Morphological Analyzer for American Sign Language.\u201d\u00a0Proceedings of the Texas Linguistics Society X: Computational Linguistics for Less-Studied <\/em>Languages<\/em>. CSLI Publications.<\/a><\/p>\n

Shield, A. <\/strong>(2005). \u201cIdeological Conflict at Group Boundaries: The Hearing Children of Deaf Adults\u201d. In C.\u00a0Sunakawa, T. Ikeda, S. Finch & M. Shetty (Eds.), Texas Linguistic Forum 48, Papers from SALSA <\/em>XII<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n

Shield, A.<\/strong> (2003). \u201cThe 64 Million Dollar Vowel: Anglo Pronunciation of a Spanish Last Name in\u00a0Texas\u201d. In Penn Working Papers in Linguistics Volume 9.2, Papers from NWAV 31<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to see or download Dr. Shield’s papers.<\/p>\n

Works in preparation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shield, A.,<\/strong> Pyers, J., Martin, A., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (in prep). Relations between language and theory of mind in native-signing children with autism.<\/p>\n

Shield, A.,<\/strong> Cooley, F., Meier, R.P., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (in prep). Manual echolalia in the signing of children with autism spectrum disorders.<\/p>\n

Shield, A.,<\/strong> & Meier, R.P. (in prep). Sign language exposure changes default gesture imitation processes.<\/p>\n

Recent presentations and posters:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cLanguage and selfhood in deaf children with autism.\u201d Talk to be presented at Conversations on Autism & Sign Language (CASL): Unlocking the Emergence of Social Communication<\/i>. Stony Brook University, December 15, 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cSign language experience changes how learners imitate gestures.\u201d Talk to be presented at Sixth Conference of the Society for Gesture Studies: Gesture in Interaction, <\/i>San Diego, CA, July, 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cASL in deaf children with autism.\u201d To be presented to the American Society for Deaf Children conference, Family Strong: Together We Stand<\/i>, The Learning Center for the Deaf, Framingham, MA, June 28, 2014.<\/p>\n

“When pronouns are points: Investigating reference to self and other in signing ASD children.” Talk to be presented at International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR)<\/i>, Atlanta, GA, May 15, 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe transparency of sign pronouns does not aid deaf children with autism.\u201d Talk presented at Linguistic Society of America (LSA), <\/i>Minneapolis, MN, January 5, 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cPersonal pronoun avoidance in deaf children with autism.\u201d Talk presented at Boston University Child Language Development (BUCLD) 38, <\/i>November 1, 2013.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpatial grammar constructions in deaf signing children with autism.\u201d Talk presented at the workshop \u201cLanguage and Mind in Autism\u201d, International Congress of Linguists (ICL) 19, <\/i>Geneva, Switzerland, July 25, 2013.<\/p>\n

\u201cAutismo e sordit\u00e0: Nuove scoperte e sfide.\u201d Invited talk presented in Italian at the Institute for Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Countil, Rome, Italy, July 19, 2013.<\/p>\n

\u201cDifferent echolalia types in native-signing children with autism.\u201d Talk presented at the Society for Research on Child Development<\/i> (SRCD) <\/i>pre-conference on development in deaf and hard-of-hearing children. Seattle, WA, April 17, 2013.<\/p>\n

“Autism, deafness, and sign language: Research issues and clinical implications.\u201d Invited talk presented to the Boston Medical Center Developmental Pediatrics literary seminar, March 28, 2013.<\/p>\n

\u201cPalms, points, and pronouns: Language and cognition in deaf children with autism.\u201d Invited talk presented to the Harvard University Language and Cognition Group, Department of Psychology, February 26, 2013.<\/p>\n

\u201cPalm reversals are the pronoun reversals of sign language.\u201d Poster presented at the\u00a0International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR),<\/em> Toronto, May 18, 2012.<\/p>\n

“Theoretical implications of research on deaf children with autism.” Invited talk presented at the\u00a0Boston University Developmental Science Colloquium and Brown Bag Series, March 28, 2012.<\/p>\n

\u201cPreliminary goals of research into deafness and autism: Documenting and making connections.\u201d Invited talk at York University, England, November 11, 2011.<\/p>\n

\u201cPhonological errors in the signing of deaf children with autism: Clues to cognition.\u201d Invited talk at the Deafness, Cognition, and Language (DCAL) Centre, University College London, November 10, 2011.<\/p>\n

\u201cSign language and autism: Phonological errors\u00a0in the sign language of deaf children with autism.\u201d Talk at the\u00a0Encontro Nacional Sobre Aquisi\u00e7\u00e3o da Linguagem (ENAL) VIII<\/em>, Universidade Federal de\u00a0Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil, October 18, 2011. [Shield, A. & Meier, R.P., presented by RPM.]<\/p>\n

\u201cSign language and autism: Phonological errors\u00a0in the sign language of deaf children with autism.\u201d Talk at the\u00a0Universidade Federal de Santa\u00a0Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil, October 13, 2011.\u00a0[Shield, A. & Meier, R.P., presented by RPM.]<\/p>\n

\u201cThe role of mismatch in the signing and gesturing of deaf children: Mathematical equivalence problems.\u201d Poster at the Visual Language & Visual Learning (VL2) site visit, Northwestern University, May 16, 2011.<\/p>\n

\u201cDifferent strategies for solving mathematical equivalence in a sign language.\u201d Paper presented at the 41st<\/sup> Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society<\/em>, Berkeley, CA, June 2011.<\/p>\n

\u201cSign language and autism: An intersection of modality, language, and cognition.\u201d Invited talk given at the University of Chicago Workshop on Language, Cognition, and Computation, January 28, 2011.<\/p>\n

\u201cPalm orientation errors are characteristic of deaf children with autism.\u201d Poster presented at Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR) 10<\/em>, West Lafayette, IN, October 2010.<\/p>\n

\u201cPhonological errors in the signing of deaf autistic children: More evidence for a self-other mapping deficit.\u201d Paper presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR)<\/em>, Philadelphia, PA, May 2010.<\/p>\n

\u201cVisual perspective taking in sign language: Evidence from deaf children with autism.\u201d Paper presented at the Linguistic Society of America (LSA)<\/em>, Baltimore, MD, January 2010.<\/p>\n

\u201cAre some signs hard for deaf autistic children to learn?\u201d Poster presented at Signing on the Spectrum: Meeting the Needs of Deaf Children with Autism<\/em>, Framingham, MA, October 2008.<\/p>\n

\u201cSign language in deaf and hearing autistic children: An exploratory study.\u201d Poster presented at Society for Research on Child Language Disorders (SRCLD)<\/em>, Madison, WI, June 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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