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5-Question Profile of Linda Forrest, Research Director for CASLS

1. What is your role at CASLS? What types of projects do you usually work on?

I'm the Research Director. As such, I'm involved in any projects that involve the collection and analysis of data, which the majority of our projects do at some point.

2. What are your areas of interest/expertise?

While I was in grad school studying Linguistics, I became interested in the psychological processes involved in language production and comprehension. I took a lot of classes in the Psychology department, learning how to gather and analyze data from human subjects. Currently, I'm intrigued by the problem of using streams of learner data to figure how when and how learning occurs.

3. What do you like best about working at the University of Oregon and living in Eugene?

It's a Goldilocks town--not too big, not too small. And most years, I actually like the rain.

4. If you could have any super power, what would it be and why?

The ability to time travel. I'd like to be able to into the past and find out what really happened.

5. What is/are your favorite quote(s)?

"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." - Reinhold Niebuhr