Ph.D. student, Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Research Interests: Bilingualism, neuroimaging, neuroplasticity
Advisor: Guinevere Eden, D.Phil.
Rotations: Elissa Newport, Chandan Vaidya, Guinevere Eden
Prior Education: B.S. Neuroscience, Lafayette College
Mia researches the neuroanatomy of bilingualism and is currently studying the neuroanatomical differences between bilinguals and monolinguals. Mia has presented her work at International conferences including ISBPAC (Swansea, Wales) and OHBM (Montreal, Canada). In the IPN, Mia is involved in Admissions and has served as a co-director of the student mentorship program.
Mia graduated summa cum laude from Lafayette College in 2020 where she studied Neuroscience and Spanish. Mia’s interest in the neuroscience of language grew further after teaching English as a Foreign Language in Spain as a Fulbright Scholar. She joined Georgetown University’s Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience in 2021 through the Cognitive Science Concentration. Mia is now funded by the Neuroscience of Language T32 Grant.