Pam has been a resident of New Jersey her entire life and is a current undergraduate at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. She considers herself very lucky to have found Professor Pyers in that she is able to combine both her interest in Psychology and her love for Deaf Studies. She is working in the lab during the summer of 2008 and applying her knowledge of American Sign Language to examine word retrieval in ASL-English bilinguals.  She is thrilled to have this opportunity as it will aid her in her plans post graduation.  Her work is funded by the Council for Undergraduate Research Summer Research Fellowship in Psychology.

Sam is of a nomadic origin and is currently an undergraduate at Wellesley College. She has worked with Professor Pyers on the Tip of the Tongue experience and gesturing since the Summer of 2008. Sam plans to double major in Psychology and English and, after graduating, join the Peace Corps for two years- after which, she will hopefully be able to use her Psychology major to work for Child Protective Services in the far future.

Annemarie is a Deaf student at Wellesley College, double majoring in Cognitive & Linguistic Science and English.  As a bilingual user of American Sign Language and English, she has a strong interest in the relationship between language and cognition.  Annemarie has been working in the lab since the fall of 2006.  In the summer of 2008, she conducted research in Nicaragua, met the wonderful Nicaraguan Deaf community, and learned some Nicaraguan Sign Language.  In the spring of 2009, she will be studying abroad in England, where she hopes to meet more people, continue her research experience, and learn British Sign Language.