Undergraduate Students and Volunteers

Jamie Deering is a third-year student at SDSU, majoring in Psychology with an emphasis in Neuroscience and a minor in General Biology. She has as interest in language acquisition and how different languages are processed and perceived in the brain. Jamie was first introduced to American Sign Language (ASL) in high school and has since developed a continued passion for learning the language, as well as gaining a deeper understanding of Deaf culture and community.

Stella Perez is a third-year student at UC San Diego, majoring in Linguistics with an emphasis in Speech and Language Sciences and minoring in Human Developmental Sciences. She currently serves as the President of the Linguistics Undergraduate Association (LingUA). Stella has been learning ASL at UCSD since Fall 2024, and after graduating in June 2026, she plans to pursue a career as a speech-language pathologist, with an interest in serving the d/Deaf community. Outside of the lab, Stella enjoys spending time with her cat, Kat Vonnegut, reading, and visiting the orangutans at the San Diego Zoo.