Erin Campbell
Research Assistant Professor
Dr. Erin Campbell is a research assistant professor at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Campbell studies early language and cognition among children born deaf and/or blind. Her research focuses on (1) how perceptual experience (seeing, hearing, touch) and language input shape early language development, and (2) how children and adults learn words for things they cannot directly experience. Dr. Campbell’s approach to research uses multiple methodologies (spanning eye-tracking, electroencephalography (EEG), behavioral, and corpus work) and modalities (spoken and signed languages).
Before joining Wheelock, Dr. Campbell earned a PhD in cognition and cognitive neuroscience from Duke University. Research from her dissertation, “The Influence of Early Sensory and Linguistic Experience on Lexical Development,” has been published in respected journals, such as Neuropsychologia, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, and Developmental Science.
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Education
PhD, Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University
MA, Psychology & Neuroscience, Duke University
BA, Speech Language Pathology & Audiology; Deaf Studies; Disability Studies, Towson University
Selected Publications
Campbell, E. E., Pyers, J., Caselli, N., Lieberman, A., & Borovsky, A. (2025). Perceptual-semantic features of words differentially shape early vocabulary in American Sign Language and English. Applied Psycholinguistics, 46, e27.
Campbell, E. E., Bervinchak, D., DesJardin, J., Ceh, K. M., Lehnert, K., Grammer, D., & Francis, H. (2023). Home literacy practices for young children with cochlear implants. Communication Disorders Quarterly. Link: https://www.erinecampbell.com/_files/ugd/4a1ffd_1ea99269815440fb8f6fb6f805adbb18.pdf
Campbell, E., & Bergelson, E. (2022). making sense of sensory language: acquisition of sensory knowledge by individuals with congenital sensory impairments. Neuropsychologia. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2022.108320. Link: https://www.erinecampbell.com/_files/ugd/4a1ffd_aed2437ddc4a409db98868aaae8ae642.pdf
Campbell, E., & Bergelson, E. (2022). Characterizing North Carolina's Deaf and hard of hearing infants and toddlers: Predictors of vocabulary, diagnosis, and intervention. Journal of speech, language, and hearing research: JSLHR, 1–12. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1044/2022_JSLHR-21-00245. Link: https://www.erinecampbell.com/_files/ugd/4a1ffd_09aacab8f4a8459dbadf81a38413cf05.pdf