Associate Dean for Equity, Faculty Development, and Community Engagement in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Professor, University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychology
Professor (secondary appointment), University of Pittsburgh Department of Linguistics
Member, University of Pittsburgh Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
Senior Scientist, Learning Research & Development Center
PhD, The Pennsylvania State University
Tokowicz, N. (2023). The translation ambiguity disadvantage in language processing. In I. Lacruz (Ed.), Translation in Transition: Human and machine intelligence (pp. 183-203). John Benjamins Publishing Company
Tokowicz, N., Rice, C., & Ekves, Z. (2022). Learning the two translations of translation ambiguous words: Simultaneous vs. consecutive presentation. Second Language Research.
Wiener, S., & Tokowicz, N. (2021). Language proficiency is only part of the story: Lexical access in heritage and non-heritage bilinguals. Second Language Research, 37, 681–695.
Tocowicz, N., & Degani, T. (2021). Design challenges: development of bilingual materials and making appropriate comparisons. In W.S Francis (Eds.), Bilingualism Across the Lifespan. New York: Routledge
Bruett, H., Calloway, R.C., Tokowicz, N. & Coutanche, M.N. (2020). Neural pattern similarity across concept exemplars predicts memory after a long delay. NeuroImage, 219.
The University Times reported on how the Dietrich School is trying to improve sense of belonging for faculty and staff. Natasha Tokowicz, associate dean for equity, faculty development and community engagement, said, “We heard from a lot of folks that they felt like there was this lack of community. ... We were concerned about this and trying to find ways to help our units build back belonging.”
April 23, 2024
The Dietrich School’s new Equity and Community Engagement Team—which consists of LRDC Senior Scientist Natasha Tokowicz, associate dean for equity, faculty development, and community engagement, and Jim Griffin, director, equity and community engagement—was featured in January 24 Wide Angle "New Equity and Community Engagement Team Fosters Belonging in the Dietrich School"
January 29, 2024
LRDC members of the University Senate’s Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Discrimination Advocacy Committee (EIADAC) Natasha Tokowicz and Kelly Tatone wrote a letter to the editor in the University Times, titled "Letter to the editor: EIADAC says Pitt must reaffirm its support for LGBTQIA+ students through action."
April 17, 2023
Natasha Tokowicz, PI, and Bob Slevc, co-Investigator, University of Maryland, were awarded a new grant from NSF for "Working Memory as Mediating the Role of Music in Learning of a Second Language."
September 2020
Kudos to Natasha Tokowicz, who was named a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS) in 2019. Fellow status is awarded to APS members who have made sustained outstanding contributions to the science of psychology in the areas of research, teaching, service, and/or application.
July 13, 2020
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