F. Sayako Earle

Education

• Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 2016
• M.A., University of Virginia, 2008
• B.A., Kenyon College, 2003

Research Interests

• Speech Perception 
• Memory Consolidation 
• Language-Based Learning Disorders 
• Adults with Learning Disabilities 
• Declarative and Procedural Memory

Honors, Awards & Professional Offices Held

• 2020 Early Career Contributions in Research Award from the American Speech and Hearing Association 
• 2020 – present, editorial board member, Journal of Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences (Speech section) 
• 2020 – 2022 University of Delaware Research Foundation grant “Investigating the roles of sleep and wakeful rest in the consolidation of a new speech-motor pattern” (Role: PI) 
• 2019 – 2021 American Speech and Hearing Foundation New Century Scholars Research Grant “The use of polysomnography to track perceptual learning in adults with developmental language impairment.” (Role: PI) 
• 2019 University of Delaware College of Health Sciences Equipment Fund “Noise-canceling headphones for functional magnetic resonance imaging.” (Role: PI) 
• 2016 – present, editorial board member, Frontiers in Psychology: Language Sciences 
• 2018 – 2021 NIH NIDCD R21DC016391 “Perceptual learning and memory consolidation in adults with and without language impairment” (Role: PI) 
• 2016 Conference Fellow, “Lessons for Success: Developing the Emerging Scientist” (co-sponsored by ASHA and NIDCD) 
• 2015 – 2016 NIH NIDCD F31DC014194 “Phonetic learning in adults with and without language impairment.” National Research Service Award (Role: PI) 
• 2013 American Speech and Hearing Foundation New Century Doctoral Scholarship