Jill de Villiers | |
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Occupation(s) | Professor Emerita of Psychology and Philosophy |
Awards | Elected Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2018) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Reading; Harvard University |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Smith College |
Jill G. de Villiers (born 1948) is a developmental psychologist known for her work in the field of language acquisition. [1] She is the Sophia and Austin Smith Professor Emerita of Psychology and Philosophy at Smith College. [2] de Villiers is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. In 2018, she was elected as a Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences. [1]
de Villiers and her colleagues have developed critical tools for language assessment including the Quick Interactive Language Screener (QUILS), [3] which is a computerized preschool language assessment, and the Diagnostic Evaluation of Language Variation (DELV), which aims to provide assessment for speakers of English dialects such as African-American English. [4] [5]
de Villiers completed her B.S. degree in psychology from the University of Reading in 1969. [2] She attended graduate school at Harvard University where she obtained her Ph.D in experimental psychology at 1974 under the supervision of Roger Brown. [6] After graduating, she taught at Harvard University for 8 years before moving to Smith College in 1971. At Smith, she received the Honored Professor award in 2003 and the Faculty Teaching award in 2002. [2]
de Villiers work focuses on language acquisition, with a specific focus on young children's ability to use words and sentences to communicate with others. Her many contributions include studies of language acquisition in oral deaf children [7] and relationships between language development and theory of mind. [8] [9] de Villiers' research has been funded by the March of Dimes, [10] National Science Foundation, [11] the Institute of Education Sciences, [12] and the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. [13]
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Jill de Villiers | |
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Occupation(s) | Professor Emerita of Psychology and Philosophy |
Awards | Elected Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2018) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Reading; Harvard University |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Smith College |
Jill G. de Villiers (born 1948) is a developmental psychologist known for her work in the field of language acquisition. [1] She is the Sophia and Austin Smith Professor Emerita of Psychology and Philosophy at Smith College. [2] de Villiers is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. In 2018, she was elected as a Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences. [1]
de Villiers and her colleagues have developed critical tools for language assessment including the Quick Interactive Language Screener (QUILS), [3] which is a computerized preschool language assessment, and the Diagnostic Evaluation of Language Variation (DELV), which aims to provide assessment for speakers of English dialects such as African-American English. [4] [5]
de Villiers completed her B.S. degree in psychology from the University of Reading in 1969. [2] She attended graduate school at Harvard University where she obtained her Ph.D in experimental psychology at 1974 under the supervision of Roger Brown. [6] After graduating, she taught at Harvard University for 8 years before moving to Smith College in 1971. At Smith, she received the Honored Professor award in 2003 and the Faculty Teaching award in 2002. [2]
de Villiers work focuses on language acquisition, with a specific focus on young children's ability to use words and sentences to communicate with others. Her many contributions include studies of language acquisition in oral deaf children [7] and relationships between language development and theory of mind. [8] [9] de Villiers' research has been funded by the March of Dimes, [10] National Science Foundation, [11] the Institute of Education Sciences, [12] and the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. [13]
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