Naomi Caselli

Naomi Caselli studies the effects of limited language exposure on cognition in d/Deaf children. Her recent work explores the lasting effects of early language experience on the perception of sign language. She is the co-developer of ASL-LEX, a lexical database for American Sign Language published in Behavior Research Methods. Prior to her doctoral studies at Tufts University, she earned an Ed.M. in Deaf Education and an M.A. in Psychology from Boston University. She also worked as a nationally certified ASL-English interpreter for nine years. Find out more about Dr. Caselli’s grant-funded work investigating the relationship between language deprivation and the ASL lexicon on her LexLab website and ASL Vocabulary Acquisition Project site.