Heather Bortfeld MA, PhD

Heather Bortfeld is a Professor of Psychological Sciences at the University of California, Merced. She completed her Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology at SUNY, Stony Brook, followed by postdoctoral training in Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences at Brown University supported by a National Research Service Award (NRSA) from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). Bortfeld was on the faculty at Texas A&M University and the University of Connecticut prior to arriving at UC Merced in 2015. Her research examines both healthy and atypical development with a focus on language.