Marianne Elmquist, PhD

Marianne Elmquist, PhD, is a scientist in the RIDDL lab. She received her PhD in Educational Psychology – Special Education from the University of Minnesota. Her current research interests focus on fostering language acquisition for young children with complex communication needs (CCN) by examining proximal (e.g., language-facilitating interactions, child characteristics) and distal (e.g., policy, access to services) influences on language acquisition to improve future caregiver-implemented communication interventions.