Elissa L. Newport
| Elissa Lee Newport | |
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| Residence | U.S. |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | Barnard College of Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania |
| Spouse(s) | Ted Supalla |
| Awards | Benjamin Franklin Medal for Computer and Cognitive Sciences, 2015 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Language acquisition & developmental linguistics |
| Institutions | University of California, San Diego, University of Illinois, University of Rochester, Georgetown University |
 “Elissa L. Newport, Ph.D. - 2015 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science”, The Franklin Institute
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Elissa Lee Newport is a Professor of Neurology and Director of the Center for Brain Plasticity and Recovery at Georgetown University. She specializes in language acquisition and developmental psycholinguistics, focusing on the relationship between language development and language structure, and most recently on the effects of pediatric stroke on the organization and recovery of language.
Newport graduated from Ladue Horton Watkins High School in Ladue, Missouri in 1965. Newport attended Wellesley College from 1965 to 1967 and in 1969 graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University. Newport received a Ph.D from the University of Pennsylvania in 1975, where her advisors were Lila Gleitman and Henry Gleitman.
She was a member of the faculty in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, San Diego and the University of Illinois before joining the faculty at the University of Rochester, where she was chair of the department and the George Eastman Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. In July 2012, she joined the faculty at Georgetown University where she became the founding director of the newly established Center for Brain Plasticity and Recovery. Dr. Newport is married to Ted Supalla, who is also a professor in the Department of Neurology at Georgetown University.
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