Trisha is a fourth year student in the Psycholinguistics Specialist program. Her interests include language acquisition and speech disorders in adults and children. As the Vice President, her primary roles are to oversee the Association with the President and assist with preparation for events such as the Scarborough Undergraduate Linguistics Conference (SULC). She hopes to provide (psycho)linguistics students with opportunities to network and expand their knowledge. In her free time, she enjoys long walks and listening to a wide range of music. 

Alba is a fourth year student specializing in Psycholinguistics. Her interests include syntax, morphology and sentence processing. As the President of the LSA , her primary roles are to oversee the Association with the Vice President and assist with preparation for events such as the Scarborough Undergraduate Linguistics Conference (SULC). She hopes to provide (psycho)linguistics students with opportunities to network and expand their knowledge. In her free time, she enjoys learning Swedish and going to the library.

Effie is a third year student double majoring in Linguistics and French.  Her interests include: morphology, phonetics, and speech and language-related disorders. As the LSA’s Events Director, Effie’s primary roles include organizing events for students at UTSC, with or without the collaboration of other student organizations or faculty at the university.  Effie hopes to provide a welcoming environment for (psycho)linguistics students at the LSA’s events, while also allowing them to meet other fellow faculty and students within UTSC’s (psycho)linguistics community.  In her free time, Effie enjoys playing the piano, and reading!

Megan is a third year student specializing in psycholinguistics and minoring in biology. Her interests include sociolinguistics and phonetics. As the LSA’s Treasurer, Megan’s primary roles include overseeing and managing the association's funding and funding requests. Megan hopes to provide (psycho) linguistics students with the ability to meet their fellow students and expand their knowledge on their subfields of interest. In her free time, she enjoys learning about new languages and cultures, as well as traveling!

Julia is a third-year student specializing in Psycholinguistics with a minor in Psychology. Her subfields of interest include syntax, phonetics, and neurolinguistics. As administrative assistant for the LSA, her responsibilities include documenting meeting minutes, event registration, and organizing both weekly meetings and the LSA email. She hopes to provide other (psycho)linguistics students with the opportunity to connect with faculty and learn more about linguistics. In her spare time, Julia likes hiking, reading, and listening to music!

Urwa is a fourth year student specializing in Psycholinguistics. Her subfields of interest include syntax, sentence processing and speech disorders. Her role as an Administrative Assistant for LSA includes managing schedules and bookings, organizing meetings and ensuring smooth operations of the club. She aims to foster connections among (psycho)linguistics students, creating opportunities for meaningful engagement with peers and the faculty. During her free time, she loves baking and exploring new restaurants.

Wuda is a second-year student specializing in Psycholinguistics with an interest in speech disorders and rehabilitation. Her responsibilities as Social Media Coordinator involve maintaining and updating LSA's social media platforms, responding to messages, and designing promotional materials for events. Outside her academic pursuits, Wuda enjoys vintage shopping, indulging in Classical Hollywood cinema, and exploring historical topics.

Mya is a third year student specializing in Linguistics and minoring in French. Her main responsibilities for the LSA include curating posts, designing promotional materials, and managing the direct messages of the various LSA social media accounts. Mya has a particular interest in Computational Linguistics, specifically working with corpora, and Creolistics, as her native language is Trinidadian English Creole. Apart from academics, Mya loves trying new recipes, embroidery and doing makeup! 

Methusa is a 3rd year student studying Psychology and minoring in Linguistics. Her main responsibilities for the LSA include introducing the psycholinguistics program to high school students through the WUG life initiative, creating meaningful relationships between upper and lower year students in the psycholinguistics/linguistics program and interviewing upper year students about their experiences in the program. Methusa has a particular interest in first language acquisition and child language disorders. During her free time, Methusa enjoys trying new recipes, spending time outdoors and reading!

Samantha is a fourth-year student specializing in Psycholinguistics. Her primary responsibilities as an Upper Year Representative include the facilitation of the WUG Life initiative which intends to promote UTSC’s Linguistics and Psycholinguistics programs to high school students, and interviewing current upper-year Linguistics and Psycholinguistics students to be featured in the LSA’s Linguists of UTSC segment. She is particularly interested in phonetic analysis and speech physiology. In her free time, Sam’s hobbies include painting and aquarium keeping. 

Amman is a second year student specializing in Psycholinguistics and Mental Health Studies. His primary responsibilities as a Lower Year Representative are interviewing current students for the LSA’s Linguists of UTSC social media initiative, and organizing the WUG Life initiative, aimed at promoting UTSC’s Linguistics and Psycholinguistics programs to upcoming undergraduate students. Amman hopes to create an intriguing and welcoming environment for new students to learn about linguistics. In his spare time, Amman enjoys hiking, language learning, and listening to podcasts.

Polina is a first-year student hoping to pursue a Specialist in Psycholinguistics as well as a Minor in Anthropology. Her main responsibilities, being part of the LSA as a Lower-Year Representative, include facilitating the WUG Life project, which involves promoting the Linguistics/Psycholinguistic programs to high school students, and promoting the Linguists of UTSC initiative, which allows current lower and upper year Linguistic/Psycholinguistic students to be featured on our Instagram sharing their experiences and passions with other students in the program. Apart from her passion for Linguistics, she also enjoys watching and getting into debates about sports - she grew up loving and playing soccer!