page_title: Janet F. Werker
hierarchical_section_title: Janet F. Werker
caption_attribution_description: English: Dr. Janet F. Werker, University Killam Professor and Canada Research Chair, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia
context_page_description: Janet F. Werker OC FRSC is a researcher in the field of developmental psychology. She researches the foundations of monolingual and bilingual infant language acquisition in infants at the University of British Columbia's Infant Studies Centre.
  Werker received her Ph.D. in psychology at the University of British Columbia in 1982. She is a Canada Research Chair professor at the University of British Columbia and is the recipient of the 2015 SSHRC Gold Medal. On 29 December 2017, Werker was named an Officer of the Order of Canada, "for her internationally renowned contributions to our understanding of speech perception and language acquisition in infants." She was recently named one of four recipients of a 2019 William James Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science.
context_section_description: Janet F. Werker OC FRSC is a researcher in the field of developmental psychology. She researches the foundations of monolingual and bilingual infant language acquisition in infants at the University of British Columbia's Infant Studies Centre.
  Werker received her Ph.D. in psychology at the University of British Columbia in 1982. She is a Canada Research Chair professor at the University of British Columbia and is the recipient of the 2015 SSHRC Gold Medal. On 29 December 2017, Werker was named an Officer of the Order of Canada, "for her internationally renowned contributions to our understanding of speech perception and language acquisition in infants."  She was recently named one of four recipients of a 2019 William James Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science.
caption: Werker at the University of British Columbia (2015)
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