Judith C. Goodman, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Department Chair, Communication Science and Disorders Adjunct Associate Professor, Psychology 309 Lewis Hall 573-882-8407 (voice) 573-884-8686 (fax) GoodmanJC@health.missouri.edu

Education

B.A. Tufts University
Ph.D. University of Chicago

Teaching Responsibilities

CSD 1000: Introduction to Communication Science and Disorders
CSD 1060: Introduction to Human Language
CSD 3020: Normal Language Development
CSD 4810/7810: Psycholinguistics
CSD 4820/7820: Speech Perception
CSD 4830/7830: Individual Differences in Language Processing and Acquisition

Research Interests

• Development of word meaning and syntax
• Individual differences in language acquisition
• Effects of input on language acquisition
• Development of conversation

Recent Publications

Goodman, J. C. & Sethuraman, N. (2006).  Interactions in the development of constructions and the acquisition of word meanings. In E. V. Clark & B. F. Kelly (Eds.)  Constructions in Acquisition.  Stanford, CA:  CSLI Publications.

Dale, P. S., & Goodman, J. C. (2005). Commonality and individual differences in vocabulary growth. In M. Tomasello & D. I. Slobin (Eds.). Beyond Nature-Nurture: Essays in Honor of Elizabeth Bates. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Sethuraman, N. & Goodman, J.C. (2004a).  Children’s mastery of the transitive construction. In E.V. Clark (Ed.) Online proceedings of the 32nd session of the child language research forum (pp. 60-67).  Stanford, CA: CSLI Publications. http://www.csli.stanford.edu/pubs.

Sethuraman, N. & Goodman, J.C. (2004b)  Learning to generalize verbs to new syntactic environments. In E.V. Clark (Ed.) Online proceedings of the 32nd session of the child language research forum (pp. 78-87).  Stanford, CA: CSLI Publications. http://www-csli.stanford.edu/pubs.

Bates, E. & Goodman, J. C. (2001). On the inseparability of grammar and the lexicon:  Evidence from  acquisition, aphasia and real time processing.  In M. Tomasello & E. Bates (Eds.) Language  development:  The essential readings. Malden, MA, US: Blackwell Publishers. (pp. 134 - 162)  (Reprinted from Language and Cognitive Processes, (1997), 12, 507-586).

Fenson, L., Bates, E., Dale, P., Goodman, J., Reznick, J. S., & Thal, D. (2000).  Measuring variability  in early child language:  Don't shoot the messenger.  Child Development, 71, 323-328.

Bates, E. & Goodman, J. C.  (1999).On the emergence of grammar from the lexicon.  In B.  MacWhinney (Ed.), The emergence of language.  Mahwah, NJ:  Lawrence Erlbaum.

Goodman, J. C., McDonough, L. and Brown, N. (1998). The role of semantic context and memory in  the acquisition of novel nouns.  Child Development, 69, 1330-1344.

University Service

• Office of Research Health Science Advisory Committee (SHP representative)
• SHP Promotion and Tenure Committee
• SHP Research Committee
• Council on International Initiatives
  
  

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