Faculty Member Honored with Early Career Award

Maria Arredondo, an assistant professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences and the Department of Psychology, has been named a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science, one of the top honors in the field.

Honorees for the award are chosen from around the world for their extensive impact on the field of psychology early in their careers. The APS Rising Star designation is presented to outstanding APS members in recognition of researchers' innovative work that has already advanced the field, signaling great potential for their continued contributions.

Arredondo's research focuses on understanding how infants, toddlers and school-age children acquire language, especially why some children become bilingual easily while others seem to struggle. She uses advanced imaging techniques to understand cognitive and neural networks that support bilingualism. Arredondo, who also serves as director of the Child Learning and Development Studies Lab at UT Austin, also seeks to understand the role that culture plays in learning and language.