Heredia, Roberto R
ACADEMIC TITLE
ProfessorCONTACT INFO
(956) 326-2637
rheredia@tamiu.edu
CNS-205B
PERSONAL WEBSITE
www.tamiu.edu/~rherediaCOURSES TAUGHT
- Basic Stats for Psychology (PSYC 2317)
- Human Memory (PSYC 5374)
- Learning and Memory (PSYC 3304)
- Research Design&Statistics (PSYC 5320)
- The Psychology of Bilingualism (PSYC 4307)
- Thesis I (PSYC 5398)
- Thesis II (PSYC 5199)
- Thesis II (PSYC 5399)
- Undergraduate Research (PSYC 4199)
- Undergraduate Research (PSYC 4399)
RESEARCH
Assessing criminal faces
Bilingual Episodic Memory
How childhood languages shape future language knowledge, language use, anxiety and cultural orientation
Task effects in bilingual idiom comprehension.
EDUCATION
- University of California-Davis (Bachelor of Arts)
- University of Calif Santa Cruz (Master of Arts)
- University of Calif Santa Cruz (Doctor of Philosophy)
PUBLICATIONS
Bilingual and second language figurative language processing - Erlbaum 0000
Bilingual memory - Erlbaum or Cambridge Press 0000
Language processing beyond the word level: Methodological issues in reading and spoken language comprehension - Erlbaum or Cambridge Press 0000
Affect-language interactions in native and non-native English speakers - Springer 2016
Bilingual Sentence Processing - Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. 2002
Emotional prosody processing for non-native English speakers - Springer 2016
Methods in bilingual reading comprehension - Springer 2016
An Introduction to Bilingualism: Principles and Processes - Erlbaum 2008
Code-switching - The Encyclopedia of Linguistics/Routledge 2005
Review of La clase ágica: Imagining Optimal Possibilities in a Bilingual Community of Learners - Studies in Second Language Acquisition 2005
Bilingual Memory - 2004
Bilingual reading: The visual moving window - 2016
Priming and online multiple language activation - 2016
Bilingual Memory - 2013
Stereotype Processing and Nonliteral Language
Metaphoric reference: An eye movement analysis of Spanish–English and English–Spanish bilingual readers
Bilingual Sentence Processing
Getting A Joke: The Time Course of Meaning Activation in Verbal Humor
Comprehending Spoken Metaphoric Reference: A Real-Time Analysis
Lexical Access of Phrasal Verbs and Verb-Prepositions by Monolinguals and Bilinguals
On-Line Methods in Spoken Language Research
On-Line Processing of Social Stereotypes During Spoken Language Comprehension
Bilingual Memory: A Re-revised Version of the Hierarchical Model of Bilingual Memory
Information Processing Approaches to the Study of Second Language Acquisition
Bimodal Speech Perception: An Examination Across Languages
Bilingual Memory Revisited
Data-Driven vs. Conceptually-Driven Processes in Bilingual Memory
Bilingual Language Mixing: Why Do Bilinguals Code-Switch?
Language Representation in Bilinguals
Bilingual Memory and Hierarchical Models: A Case for Language Dominance
Male and female perception of physical attractiveness: An eye movement study
Hemispheric asymmetries in processing L1 and L2 idioms: Effects of salience and context.
Mental Models of Bilingual Memory
Divergence and Overlap in Bilingual Concept Representations
Bilingual memory: A case for language dominance - Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society 1996
Accented language and bilingual sentence processing: An on-line exploration
Analysis of variance in language research - Linguistic data computation: Methods for quantitative and acoustic analysis
Bilingual on-line sentence processing: Frequency and context effects in code switching
Bilingual sentence processing: An examination of context effects and cross-language priming
Figurative language processing: Metaphoric reference and bilingualism - Journal of Psycholinguistics Research
Observation of figurative reference through an auditory moving window
Regression analysis in language research - Linguistic data computation: Methods for quantitative and acoustic analysis
Bilingual figurative processing: Comprehension of idiomatic expressions - Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society 2004
Child Bilingualism: A Psychological Analysis of Code-Switching - Texas Center for Border Economic and Enterprise Development 2004
Bilingual Sentence Processing (Special Issue) - Experimental Psychology 2003
Metaphoric meaning activation: Is there an effect of language status? - Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society 2003
Concreteness Effects in High Frequency Words: A Test of the Revised Hierarchical and the Mixed Models of Bilingual Memory Representations
An eye tracking examination of men’s attractiveness by conceptive risk women - Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society 2016
Competing structures in the bilingual mind - Springer 2016
Interlingual homographs and cognates? Do bilinguals process them similarly? - Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society 2016
On getting a joke: Multiple meaning activation in humor comprehension - Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society 2001
Bilingual sentence processing and language dominance - Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society 2000
The time course of script activation in verbal humor processing - Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society 2000
Language Code-Switching: A Psychological Analysis of Why Bilinguals Mix Spanish and English En La Frontera - Texas Center for Border Economic and Enterprise Development 1999
On-line processing of stereotypes during spoken language: A moment-to-moment processing approach - Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society 1999
Bilingual On-line Sentence Processing: A moment-to-moment processing approach - Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society 1998
Evidence of contextual facilitation during comprehension of reference metaphor - Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society 1998
Bilingual on-line sentence processing: Frequency and context effects in code switching - Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society 1997
Moment-to-moment processing of reference metaphor during comprehension of spoken sentences - Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society 1997
Bilingual Sentence Processing - Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. 2007
The comprehension of idiomatic expressions by Spanish-English bilinguals - Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society 2007
Bilingual Sentence Processing: Comprehension of normal spoken versus accented language by Spanish-English bilinguals - Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society 2006
Comprehension of Idiomatic Expressions by Bilinguals - Texas Center for Border Economic and Enterprise Development 2006
Issues in Bilingualism (Special Issue) - Journal of Social and Ecological Boundaries 2006
GRANTS
A Proposal for the Establishment of the Texas Tech University Center for Mexican-American Math and Science Learning
Child Bilingualism: A Psychological Analysis of Code-Switching in Children
A Psycholinguistic Exploration of Why Bilinguals Mix Their Two Languages
Bilingual Cognition and Language Processing
Bilingual Cognition and Language Processing
Bilingual figurative processing
Cognitive Linguistic Impact of Language Brokering Experience
Humor Comprehension: Cognitive, Experimental Inquiry
Language Processing: The Comprehension of Idiomatic Expressions by Bilinguals
Language Processing: The Comprehension of Idiomatic Expressions by Bilinguals
Language processing: The comprehension of idiomatic expressions by bilinguals.
Linguistic and Cognitive Impact of Language Brokering by Mexican American Youth
Child Bilingualism: A Psychological Analysis of Code-Switching in Children
Bilingual Sentence Processing
Bilingual Language Sentence Processing: Reading Versus Spoken Language
Texas Excellence Fund: Faculty Research Grants
Sentence Processing in Bilinguals: An On-line Investigation
Language Code-Switching: A Psychological Analysis of Why Bilinguals Mix Spanish and English En La Frontera
Sentence Processing in Bilinguals: An On-line Investigation
Sentence Processing in Bilinguals: An On-line Investigation
Bilingual Lexical Representations
Bilingual Lexical Representations
Bilingual education fellowship program
Memory and Self-Reported Bilingual Proficiency
Metalinguistic Awareness in Emergent Biliteracy
Texas A&M Early Reading First Literacy Project
The TAMIU-TAMU Bridges to the Doctorate
Title V Part B: Promoting Postbaccalaurete Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHAP). Graduate Retention Enhancement at TAMIU (GREAT)
Cerebral asymmetries in bilingual figurative processing.
Language processing: The comprehension of idiomatic expressions by bilinguals.
Comprehension of Idiomatic Expressions
Comprehension of Idiomatic Expressions by Bilinguals
Linguistic and Cognitive Impact of Language Brokering by Mexican American Youth
Linguistic and Cognitive Impact of Language Brokering by Mexican American Youth
EXHIBITS
AWARDS
Regents Professor - Texas A&M University System - 12-15-2016
Annual Excellence in Teaching Award - The Board of Directors of the Laredo Chamber of Commerce - 01-01-2003
Scholar of the Year - College of Arts and Humanities - 01-01-2002
University Scholar of the Year - Texas A&M International University - 01-01-2002
Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship - University of California-San Diego - 01-01-1997
Research Experiences for Undergraduates Grant - National Science Foundation - 01-01-1996
Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship - University of California-San Diego - 01-01-1995
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship - National Science Foundation - 01-01-1995
American Psychological Association’s Dissertation Research Award - American Psychological Association - 01-01-1994
Bilingual Education Fellowship Program - University of California-Santa Cruz - 01-01-1993
American Psychological Association Fellowship - American Psychological Association - 01-01-1991
Patricia Harris Fellowship - University of California-Santa Cruz - 01-01-1990
Graduate Opportunity Fellowship - University of California-Santa Cruz - 01-01-1989
PUBLIC SERVICE
Volunteer Judging for UIL. United High School. Contact Person. Maria del Pilar Reyes.
Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity, at Least Twice per Month from 8:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M., Saturdays. River Hills subdivision on Zapata Highway. Contact Person: Carol Sherwood, Director of Habitat for Humanity, 1907, Freight St. Laredo, TX.
Literacy volunteers tutor training workshop presenter: Discuss learning techniques and educational software available in teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) for adult learners.
Experiences as a farm worker. Invited presentation by College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) for the National Farm Workers Awareness Week
Faculty Mentor for High School Senior, Daniela Clark. The Visual Auditory Moving Window and Code Switching. Contact Person, Mr. Bailey at Alexander High School’s Research Methods Class.
Cognitive Psychology and the Psychology of language. Invited presentation at United High School. Contact person, Ms. Miller Psychology Class, United High School, Laredo, TX.
On-site registration in an attempt to successfully recruit high school seniors from Alexander High School. Contact person, Lisa Bennett.
Chronicles of a success? Invited guest presentation, California, Department of Education District and School Support Division, Migrant Education Office: Parent Advisory Council Meeting. San Diego, CA.
How to succeed in college: Working hard or hardly working? Guest speaker for the Migrant Education GANAS, Summer Camp. University of California-San Diego.
A quest for the top: The sky used to be the limit. Invited guest presentation for the U.S. Citizenship Group, Bakersfield Adult Education. Bakersfield, CA.