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Susan Goldin-Meadow

Susan Goldin-Meadow

Title: Beardsley Ruml Distinguished Service Professor of Psychology, Comparative Human Development and the College

Expertise: Children, Learning readiness, Language, Gestures, Sign language

Departmental website: https://psychology.uchicago.edu/directory/susan-goldin-meadow

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