Katarina Antolovic

The Graduate Center, City University of New York Email: katarina.antolovic@gmail.com

Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences Phone: (512) 586-3726
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016

EDUCATION Ph.D. The Graduate Center, City University of New York Expected defense:
Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences February 2025

B.S. The University of Texas at Austin 2018

Communication Sciences & Disorders

B.A. The University of Texas at Austin 2018

Linguistics

TRAINING & Developmental Neurolinguistics Lab, PI: Dr. Valerie Shafer

PROFESSIONAL The Graduate Center, City University of New York – New York, NY
EXPERIENCE Graduate Researcher August 2018 – Present
- Dissertation: Shifting Semantic Activation via Context: A Study of Aging and Semantic Network Dynamics in Word
Production
This study examines how the dynamics of word retrieval are affected by thematic context. Given age-related changes
in interference control, older and younger adults are compared on a naming task designed to elicit the formation
and retrieval of thematically-related sets of words. I use a modified Blocked Cyclic Naming Paradigm to assess word
production in combination with electroencephalography (EEG) to explore underlying processing concurrent with
word retrieval.

Cognito Therapeutics
Boston, MA – Remote, based in New York, NY
Research EEG Technician March 2022 – Present
- Executed EEG data collection procedures as part of a clinical trial examining a non-invasive device-based treatment
for individuals with dementia.
- Documented data collection sessions and encounters with clinical study participants.
- Tested participants enrolling at clinical sites within the Northeast regions and liaising with clinical site staff during
the screening process.
- Responsible for EEG equipment maintenance and technical troubleshooting.
- On an as-needed basis, served as the EEG Supervisor, completing trial documentation and supervising a group of six
EEG technicians.

Lehman Neurolinguistics Lab, PI: Dr. Mira Goral

Lehman College, City University of New York – New York, NY
Lab Manager August 2020 – December 2021
- Managed an NIH funded project investigating cross-linguistic generalization following treatment for stroke-
induced aphasia and primary progressive aphasia.
- Supervised and trained a team of 10-20 graduate and undergraduate research assistants and clinicians in
administering experimental protocols, scoring data, and maintaining treatment records.
- Restructured experimental protocols to transition to online-only assessment and treatment to begin providing
remote data collection and treatment.
- Developed professional training materials, videos, and talks on topics ranging from research communication to data
documentation.
 LLAMA Psycholinguistic & Sociolinguistics Lab, PI: Belem G. López
The University of Texas at Austin – Austin, TX
Assistant Lab Manager October 2015 – May 2018
- Developed research projects examining the influence of information interpretation experience (i.e., language
brokering) on language use and processing.
- Analyzed and coded linguistic and behavioral data.
- Trained research assistants to use research tools and programs, carry out scientific protocols, and adhere to lab
procedures.

AWARDS & Dissertation Fellowship, CUNY Graduate Center Fall 2023-Spring 2024
COMPETITIVE Glenis Long Research Design Award, CUNY Graduate Center Spring 2022
FUNDING Doctoral Student Research Grant, CUNY Graduate Center Spring 2020
Moe & Hannah Bergman Scholarship, CUNY Graduate Center Spring 2019

SERVICE - Curriculum & Examination Committee (2020-2021)

- Graduate Council, Student Representative (2019-2021)
- Search Committee for the Assistant Program Officer (2019)

SKILLS - Analysis: R, SPSS

- Data Collection: E-Prime, Qualtrics, Gorilla
- EEG: Brain Products Suite (Recorder, Analyzer); ANT Neuro (Waveguard); NetStation (EGI)

ARTICLES & Goral, M., Antolovic, K., Hejazi, Z., & Schulz, F. (2024). Using a translanguaging framework to examine language
CHAPTERS production in a trilingual person with aphasia. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 1-20.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02699206.2024.2328240

Antolovic, K., Higby, E., & Obler, L.K. (2023). Mechanisms of cognitive aging in multilingualism. In J. Cabrelli, A.
Chaouch-Orozco, J. González Alonso, S. M. Pereira Soares, E. Puig-Mayenco, & J. Rothman (Eds.), The
Cambridge Handbook of Third Language Acquisition (pp. 606–632). Cambridge University Press.
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108957823.024

Strangmann, I. M., Antolovic, K., Hansen, P., & Gramm Simonsen, H. (2023). The cognate continuum: Approaches
to empirically establishing form overlap. Mental Lexicon, 18(3). https://doi.org/10.1075/ml.22018.str

Xie, Z. & Antolovic, K. (2022). Differential impacts of natural L2 immersion and intensive classroom L2 training on
cognitive control. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 75(3).
https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218211040813

Bishop, J., Zhou, C., Antolovic, K., Grebe, L., Hwang, K.H., Imaezue, G., Kistanova, E., Lee, K.E., Paulino, K., &
Zhang, S. (2021). Brief report: Autistic traits predict spectral correlates of vowel intelligibility for female speakers.
Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05087-5

PRESENTATIONS *Denotes a mentee

*Medrano, F., Antolovic, K., Shafer, V.L. (2024, April). Aging, bilingualism, and inhibitory control: An ERP study of
the N200 and P300 in the Flanker task [Poster presentation]. Student Research Day, The Graduate Center, City
University of New York.
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 *Marutani, J., Antolovic, K., Shafer, V.L. (2024, April). Aging & spectral power differences during picture naming
[Poster presentation]. Student Research Day, The Graduate Center, City University of New York.

Antolovic, K., Obler, L.K., & Shafer, V.L. (2022, October). Aging & semantic interference during word retrieval: A
syllable-judgment modification of the picture-word interference paradigm [Poster presentation]. International
Conference on the Mental Lexicon. Niagara-on-the-lake, Ontario, Canada.

Schulz, F., Antolovic, K., Hejazi, Z., & Goral, M. (2022, October). Using a translanguaging framework to examine
language production in a trilingual person with aphasia [Poster presentation]. Workshop on Multilingual
Language Acquisition, Processing and Use. London, United Kingdom.

Lopez, C., Antolovic, K., Artzi, H., & Goral, M. (2021, November). Dissociable semantic errors during noun and
verb retrieval: Insights from a Spanish-English speaker with aphasia [Poster presentation]. American Speech and
Hearing Association Convention. Washington, DC.

Strangmann, I., Antolovic, K., Hansen, P., Gram Simonsen, H., Norvik, M., & Obler, L.K. (2020, October).
Continuity of cognates: Approaches to empirically establishing form overlap in data from patients with dementia
and aphasia [Paper presentation]. Closing Seminar for the MultiLing Dementia Project. Oslo, Norway.

Strangmann, I., Antolovic, K., Hansen, P., Bøyum, M., Gram Simonsen, H., & Obler, L.K. (2019, November).
Empirically establishing cognateness [Paper presentation]. Student Research Day, The Graduate Center, City
University of New York.

Antolovic, K. & López, B. (2019, June). Sustaining heritage language literacy through language brokering: A survey of
Spanish-English bilingual brokers [Poster presentation]. International Symposium on Bilingualism. Edmonton,
Canada.

Strangmann, I., Hansen, P., Antolovic, K., Bøyum, M., Gram Simonsen, H., & Obler, L.K. (2019, June). Empirically
establishing cognateness: Translation elicitation of Norwegian words by English monolinguals [Paper
presentation]. International Symposium on Bilingualism. Edmonton, Canada.

López, B.G., Morales, G., Antolovic, K., & Ramirez, M.C. (2017, November). Cross language activation and idiom
processing: Effects of language brokering [Poster presentation]. Psychonomic Society 58th Annual Meeting.
Vancouver, Canada.

Antolovic, K. & López, B.G. (2017, June). Linguistic repertoire and ethnic identity: A study of language brokering,
code-switching, attitudes, and beliefs [Poster presentation]. International Symposium on Bilingualism. Limerick,
Ireland.

STUDENT Graduate 2024

SUPERVISION Fatima Medrano, M.S. Cognitive Neuroscience, CUNY Graduate Center
Thesis: Flanker Task Performance in Younger and Older Adults: A Behavioral and ERP Study
Role: Co-advisor with Dr. Valerie Shafer

Undergraduate 2024
Jessica Marutani, B.S. Neuroscience/Biochemistry, Hunter College, CUNY
Project: Aging & Spectral Power Differences During Picture Naming
Role: Primary supervisor