Dr. Bob McMurray is the director of the Growing Words Project. His favorite children's book is Fox in Socks-- he can recite the tweetle beetle battle at top speed for full comedic effect!

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Dr. Hyoju Kim is a post-doctoral fellow. His favorite children's book is The Wizard of Oz. 

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Charlotte Jeppsen is a graduate student in the Psychological and Brain Sciences Department. Her favorite children's book is Where the Wild Things Are.

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Ege Gur is a graduate student in the Psychological and Brain Sciences Department. His favorite children's books are the Ranger's Apprentice series.

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Jamie Klein-Packard is a research associate and is the Growing Words project coordinator. Her favorite children's book is Ox-Cart Man.

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Alex Fell is a staff research assistant. Her favorite children's books are the Elephant and Piggie series.

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Nate Homan is a staff research assistant who works primarily out of the Cedar Rapids lab. His favorite children's book is The Polar Express.

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Megan Maliziola is an undergraduate research assistant attending Coe College. Her favorite children's book is Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus.

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Growing Words graduates
Hannah Franke, Clinical research assistant at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Emily Bunnell, Registered Behavior Technician

Anastasia Surguladze, PhD student at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology (Industrial Organizational Psychology)

Abby Fergus, PhD student at Princeton University (Psychology)

Emily Zrostlik, Speech-language pathologist

Shion Kabasele, PhD student at the University of Iowa (Psychological and Brain Sciences)

Sneh Jhaveri, PhD student at Southern Methodist University (Psychology)