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Stacy Birch , Ph.D

Associate Professor

(585) 395-2484
sbirch@brockport.edu
Office: Holmes Hall 130

Education

• PhD, Cognitive Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - 1993
• M.A., Cognitive Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - 1990
• B.A. (summa cum laude) Honors Psychology and English, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston - 1987

Areas of Specialty

Courses

• Biopsychology
• Cognitive Psychology
• NeuroCognition
• Human Memory
• Introductory Psychology
• Psychology of Reading
• Research Methods

Research Interests

• Language: Role of linguistic factors (e.g., focus; syntactic prominence) in comprehension of sentences and discourses; Role of phonological information in reading; Reading impairment.

• Memory: Memory for different levels of information (surface information, conceptual information) and memory for recently-viewed events (e.g., eyewitness memory)

• Awards/Recognitions

  Grants

  • Margolin, S., Birch, S., & Desrochers, M. N. (2008-2009) Computer-based training for improvement of student study skills in a peer mentoring program. Faculty/Staff Technology Support Initiative, $380.00.
  • Desrochers, M., Margolin, S., & Birch, S. (2008) Nelson-DennyTM Assessment, Funded by Dr. Fox’s Office of Assessment, $168.99.
  • Scholarly Incentive Award, “Investigating sub-types of developmental dyslexia,” SUNY Brockport, 2000.
  • State of New York United University Professions Individual Development Awards Program, “Sub- types of adult dyslexia,” SUNY Brockport, 2000.
  • Co-recipient, with Christopher Chase: Orton Dyslexia Society Grant Program for Research on Developmental Dyslexia. Co-Investigator, “Investigating the nature and prevalence of visual deficits in dyslexic readers,” Hampshire College, 1996.
• Recent Publications
  • Birch, S.L.(2016). Prevalence and profile of Phonological and Surface Subgroups in College Students with a History of Reading Disability. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 49, 339– 353.
  • Alogna, V. K., Attaya, M. K., Aucoin, P., Bahnik, S., Birch, S., Birt, A. R., ... Zwaan, R. A. (2014). Registered replication report: Schooler & Engstler-Schooler (1990). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 9, 556–578.
  • Birch, S. & Rayner, K. (2010). Effects of Syntactic Prominence on Eye Movements during Reading. Memory & Cognition, 38(6), 740-752.
  • Birch, S.L., & Chase, C.H. (2004). Visual and language processing deficits in compensated and impaired college students with dyslexia. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 37, 389-410.
  • Birch, S.L., and Clifton, C. (2002). Effects of Varying Focus and Accenting of Adjuncts on the Comprehension of Utterances. Journal of Memory and Language, 47, 571-588.
  • Birch, S.L., Albrecht, J.E., & Myers, J.L. (2000). Syntactic Focusing Structures Influence Discourse Processing. Discourse Processes,30, 285-304.
  • Birch, S.L., Pollatsek, A., and Kingston, J. (1998). The nature of the sound codes accessed by visual language. Journal of Memory and Language, 38, 70-93.
  • Lea, R.B., Mason, R.A., Albrecht, J.E., Birch, S.L., & Myers, J.L. (1998). Who knows what about whom: What role does common ground play in accessing distant information? Journal of Memory and Language, 39, 70-84.
  • Birch, S.L. & Rayner, K. (1997). Linguistic focus affects eye movements during reading. Memory & Cognition, 25, 653-660.
  • Birch, S.L., & Brewer, W.F. (1995). The fate of originally-presented surface information following recall errors in sentence memory tasks. The European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 7, 145-167.
  • Birch, S.L., & Clifton, C.E. (1995). Focus, accent, and argument structure: Effects on language comprehension. Language and Speech, 38, 365-391.
  • Birch, S.L., & Garnsey, S.M. (1995). The effect of focus on memory for words in sentences. Journal of Memory and Language, 34, 232-267.
• Presentations
  • Birch, S. (2013, May). Exploring the Double Deficit Hypothesis in College Students Without Reading Disability. Presented at the Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Washington, D.C.
  • Birch, S. (2010, November). A Study of the Double Deficit Hypothesis in College Students with Dyslexia. Presented at the Psychonomic Society meeting, St. Louis, MO.
  • Birch, S. (2009, November). Processing differences between subgroups of college students with dyslexia. Presented at the Psychonomic Society meeting, Boston, MA.
  • Birch, S.L., & Prince, D. J. (2005, November). Do subtypes exist among nondyslexic readers? Presented at the Psychonomic Society meeting, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Birch, S.L., & Clifton, C.E. (2004, November). Does an implicitly mentioned instrument require a pitch accent?. Presented at the Psychonomic Society meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
    Birch, S.L., & Chase, C. (2001, November). Visual and language processing deficits in adults with varying degrees of reading impairment. Presented at the Psychonomic Society meeting, Orlando, FL.
  • Novick, D., Frank, E. and Birch, S. (2001, November). Effects of a psycho-educational intervention on laboratory stress. Presented at the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Madison, WI.
  • Birch, S.L., & Rayner, K. (2000, November). Effects of syntactic prominence on fixation durations. Presented at the Psychonomic Society meeting, New Orleans, LA.
  • Chase, C., & Birch, S. (2000, February). Delayed and phonological adult dyslexics. Presented at the annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Denver, CO.
  • Birch, S.L., Albrecht, J.E., & Myers, J.L. (1998, November). Eye movement measures of syntactic focus effects on pronoun resolution. Presented at the Psychonomic Society meeting, Dallas, TX.
  • Birch, S.L., & Clifton, C.E. (1997, November). Effects of varying focus and accenting of adjectives on the comprehension of utterances. Presented at the Psychonomic Society meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Chase, C., Monfette, S., & Birch, S.L. (1997, November). Color filters and reading: A behavioral and neurophysiological study. Presented at the Psychonomic Society meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Birch, S.L., & Pollatsek, A. (1996, November). The nature of the phonological code accessed by visual language. Presented at the Psychonomic Society meeting, Chicago, IL.
  • Chase, C.H., & Birch, S.L. (1996, November). Visual processing capabilities of adult dyslexic readers. Presented at the Psychonomic Society meeting, Chicago, IL.
  • Chase, C.H., & Birch, S.L (1996, June). The role of low spatial frequencies in word perception. Presented at the American Psychological Society meeting, San Francisco.
  • Birch, S.L., Albrecht, J.E., & Myers, J.L. (1995, November). Syntactic focusing structures influence discourse production and comprehension. Presented at the Psychonomic Society meeting, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Lea, R.B., Albrecht, J.E., Birch, S.L., Mason, R., & Myers, J.L. (1995, November). The role of common ground in accessing distant information during reading. Presented at the Psychonomic Society meeting, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Birch, S.L., & Clifton, C.E. (1995, March). Investigating the focus- accent-argument structure relationship. Presented at the CUNY Sentence Processing Conference, Tucson, AZ.
  • Birch, S.L., & Rayner, K. (1994, November). Effects of linguistic focus on eye movements. Presented at the Psychonomic Society meeting, St. Louis, MO.
  • Birch, S.L. (1993, June). The effects of focus in sentence comprehension: Speeded recognition. Presented at the American Psychological Society meeting, Chicago, IL.
  • Birch, S.L. (1993, May). Focus effects in sentence comprehension: Naming. Presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association meeting, Chicago, IL.
  • Birch, S.L., & Brewer, W.F. (1990, November). Memory permanence versus memory replacement in sentence recall. Presented at the Psychonomic Society meeting, New Orleans, LA.
  • Birch, S.L. (1990, May). Implicit memory for original lexical information in mis-recalled sentences: Trace replacement or trace destruction? Presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association meeting, Chicago, IL.