FACULTY PROFILES

Christine E. Potter

Assistant Professor
Psychology

Office Building: Psychology
Office Room: PSYC109
Phone: (915) 747-6563
Email: cepotter2@utep.edu

Expertise: See Research Profile in Expertise Connector

Bio

No info available.

Awards and Honors

McGraw Center Exemplar Mentor Award - Princeton University (01/01/2024-12/31/2024)

Education

Ph D in Psychology, University of Wisconsin - Madison (2016)

Publications

Infants do not reliably track when bilingual speakers switch languages Behavioral Sciences 15 10 (2025), Christine E. Potter, Casey Lew-Willaims.
Frequent vs. infrequent words shape toddlers’ real-time sentence comprehension Journal of Child Language 51 6 (2024), Christine E. Potter, Casey Lew-Williams.
Language development in children’s natural environments: People, places, and things 67 (2024), Christine E. Potter, Casey Lew-Williams.
Stability and change in young children’s linguistic experience during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States Multilingua 43 2 (2024), Federica Bulgarelli, Christine E. Potter.
How to quantify bilingual experience? Findings from a Delphi consensus survey Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 26 1 (2023), C De Cat, D Kašćelan, P Prévost, L Serratrice, L Tuller, S Unsworth, Christine E. Potter, Q-BEx Consortium.
The psycholinguistics of early bilingualism Routledge (2023), Christine E. Potter, Casey Lew-Williams.
iCatcher: A neural network approach for automated coding of young children’s eye movements Infancy 27 4 (2022), Yotam Erel, Christine E. Potter, Sagi Jaffe-Dax, Casey Lew-Williams, Amit H. Bermano.
How many palabras? Codeswitching and lexical diversity in Spanish-English bilingual picture books Languages 7 (2022), Viridiana L. Benitez, Marissa Castellana, Christine E. Potter.
Differences in vocabulary growth across groups and individuals Oxford (2022), Christine E. Potter, Casey Lew-Williams.
A Multilab Study of Bilingual Infants: Exploring the Preference for Infant-Directed Speech ADVANCES IN METHODS AND PRACTICES IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE 4 1 (2021), Krista Byers-Heinlein, Tsui, Angeline Sin Mei, Christina Bergmann, Alexis K. Black, Anna Brown, Maria J. Carbajal, Samantha Durrant, Christopher T. Fennell, Anne-Caroline Fievet, Michael C. Frank, Anja Gampe, Judit Gervain, Nayeli Gonzalez-Gomez, J. K. Hamlin, Naomi Havron, Mikolaj Hernik, Shila Kerr, Hilary Killam, Kelsey Klassen, Jessica E. Kosie, Agnes M. Kovacs, Casey Lew-Williams, Liquan Liu, Nivedita Mani, Caterina Marino, Meghan Mastroberardino, Victoria Mateu, Claire Noble, Adriel J. Orena, Linda Polka, Christine E. Potter, Melanie S. Schreiner, Leher Singh, Melanie Soderstrom, Megha Sundara, Connor Waddell, Janet F. Werker, Stephanie Wermelinger.
Children Simultaneously Learn Multiple Dimensions of Information during Shared Book Reading JOURNAL OF COGNITION AND DEVELOPMENT 22 5 (2021), Elise Breitfeld, Christine E. Potter, Casey Lew-Williams.
The development of gaze following in monolingual and bilingual infants: A multi-laboratory study INFANCY 26 1 (2021), Krista Byers-Heinlein, Rachel K. Tsui, van Renswoude, Daan, Alexis K. Black, Rachel Barr, Anna Brown, Marc Colomer, Samantha Durrant, Anja Gampe, Nayeli Gonzalez-Gomez, Jessica F. Hay, Mikolaj Hernik, Marianna Jarto, Agnes M. Kovacs, Alexandra Laoun-Rubenstein, Casey Lew-Williams, Ulf Liszkowski, Liquan Liu, Claire Noble, Christine E. Potter, Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo, Nuria Sebastian-Galles, Melanie Soderstrom, Ingmar Visser, Connor Waddell, Stephanie Wermelinger, Leher Singh.

Presentations

Young children in two cultures tend to name objects in the direction of their native text (2025), Volume El Paso, TX, Christopher Sepulveda, Nadeen Kherbawy, Sagi Jaffe-Dax, Christine E. Potter.
Neural and behavioral evidence of early sensitivity to text in pre-reading toddlers (2025), Volume San Sebastian, Spain, Nadeen Kherbawy, Christine E. Potter, Sagi Jaffe-Dax.
Question asking during parent-child shared reading in a bilingual context (2025), Volume Minneapolis, MN, Marissa Castellana, R Vargas, V Ticay, Christine E. Potter, Viridiana L. Benitez.
Spanish-English bilingual parents' and children's codeswitching during shared reading (2025), Volume El Paso, TX, Sophia Villalobos, Marissa Castellana, Viridiana Benitez, Christine E. Potter.
Neural and behavioral evidence of early sensitivity to text in pre-reading toddlers (2025), Volume Akko, Israel, Nadeen Kherbawy, Christine E. Potter, Sagi Jaffe-Dax.
Spanish-English bilingual parents and children codeswitch more often when reading bilingual vs. monolingual books (2024), Volume Boston, MA, Marissa Castellana, Christine E. Potter, Viridiana L. Benitez.
Exploring how bilingual listeners understand sentences with different types of accents (2024), Volume College Station, TX, Jessica Del Rio, Liam Gleason, Christine E. Potter.
The role of language proficiency in risky decision making (2024), Volume College Station, TX, Morgan R. Wagner, Krystia Reed, Christine E. Potter, Wendy S. Francis.
The role of language proficiency in risky decision making (2024), Volume Seattle, WA, Morgan R. Wagner, Krystia Reed, Christine E. Potter, Wendy S. Francis.
Bilingual primary caregivers and their children match their language choices during interactions (2024), Volume Glasgow, Scotland, Laia Fibla, J E. Kosie, A Sander, R K. Tsui, Christine E. Potter, C Lew-Williams, K Byers-Heinlein.
Tracking- uh- attention: Examining the influence of filled pauses during speech comprehension (2024), Volume El Paso, TX, Rachel L. Williams, Iva M. Ivanova, Christine E. Potter.
Codeswitching during shared reading among bilingual parents and children (2024), Volume Pasadena, CA, Viridiana L. Benitez, Marissa Castellana, A Briones, L Ramirez Vasquez, Christine E. Potter.
Examining sources of familial challenges and support in under-resourced environments (2023), Volume San Marcos, TX, Mayew Quijas, Cynthia A. Wiltshire, Asana Okocha, Casey Lew-Williams, Christine E. Potter.
The impact of accented speech on comprehension of code switches (2023), Liam Gleason, Diana Morales Juarez, Christine E. Potter.
Tracking – uh – attention: Examining the influence of filled pauses during speech comprehension (2023), Volume San Marcos, TX, Rachel L. Williams, Christine E. Potter, Iva M. Ivanova.
The impact of polysemous meanings on bilinguals’ representations across languages (2023), Volume Sydney, Australia, Sammy Floyd, Liam Gleason, Sagi Jaffe-Dax, Christine E. Potter.
Effects of financial concerns on low-income parents' speech to children (2023), Volume Boston, MA, Christine E. Potter, Eldar Shafir, Casey Lew-Williams.
Quantity, lexical diversity, and syntactic complexity in bilingual picture books and shared reading interactions (2023), Volume Salt Lake City, UT, Marissa Castellana, Matthew D. Guerra, Christine E. Potter, Viridiana L. Benitez.
Caregiver-child language synchrony across two bilingual communities (2023), Volume Salt Lake City, UT, Christine E. Potter, Laia Fibla, Jessica Kosie, Rachel Tsui, Taylor Martinez, Andrea Sander, Casey Lew-Williams, Krista Byers-Heinlein.
Variability in language learning across groups and environments (2023), Christine E. Potter.
Early bilingual language learning in multi-speaker environments (2022), Christine E. Potter.
Do different types of bilingual picture books provide equal opportunities for learning in English and Spanish? (2022), Volume Stephenville, TX, Matthew Guerra, Jessica Valencia, Marissa Castellana, Viridiana Benitez, Christine E. Potter.
Domain-general processes shape language processing for bilingual and monolingual toddlers (2022), Volume Stephenville, TX, Christine E. Potter.
The role of bilingualism in children’s ability to discriminate between unfamiliar languages (2022), Volume Stephenville, TX, Lavender Probasco, Tianlin Wang, Christine E. Potter.
Statistical learning shapes visual perception in infants, children, and adults (2022), Volume San Sebastian, Spain, Sagi Jaffe-Dax, Christine E. Potter, Tiffany Leung, Lauren L. Emberson, Casey Lew-Williams.
Caregivers' codeswitching behaviors during shared reading of bilingual books (2022), Volume Ottawa, ON, Marissa Castellana, Christine E. Potter, Viridiana Benitez.
Infants' exposure to language switching in bilingual homes across two communities (2022), Volume Ottawa, ON, Jessica E. Kosie, Laia F. , Rachel K. Tsui, Taylor Martinez, Andrea Sander, Christine E. Potter, Krista Byers-Heinlein, Casey Lew-Williams.
Children's exposure to language switching in bilingual homes across two communities (2022), Volume San Sebastian, Spain, Jessica E. Kosie, Laia F. , Rachel K. Tsui, Taylor Martinez, Andrea Sander, Christine E. Potter, Krista Byers-Heinlein, Casey Lew-Williams.
Children's exposure to language switching in bilingual homes across two communities (2022), Volume Madison, WI, Laia F. , Jessica E. Kosie, Rachel K. Tsui, Taylor Martinez, Andrea Sander, Christine E. Potter, Krista Byers-Heinlein, Casey Lew-Williams.
How many palabras? Codeswitching and lexical diversity in Spanish-English bilingual picture books (2022), Christine E. Potter, Marissa Castellana, Viridiana L. Benitez.
iCatcher: Robust and automated annotation of infant gaze from video collected via webcam (2022), Volume Madison, WI, Y Erel, K Adams Shannon, P Hart, P Cao, X Tan, K Scott, J Chu, M Kline Struhl, S Jaffe-Dax, Christine E. Potter, C Lew-Williams, K Fairchild, A Bermano, J Tenenbaum, S Liu.
How do we know what babies are thinking? (2022), Christine E. Potter.
Variability in language learning across groups and environments (2022), Volume Ontario, Canada, Christine E. Potter.
Variability in language learning across groups and environments (2021), Volume Haifa, Israel, Christine E. Potter.
Cross-community differences in bilingual infants’ experience with language switching (2021), Jessica Kosie, Rachel K. King, Taylor Martinez, Andrea Sander-Montant, Laia Fibla, Christine E. Potter, Krista Byers-Heinlein, Casey Lew-Williams.
iCatcher: A freely available neural network approach for automated coding of young children’s eye movements (2021), Yotam Erel, Christine E. Potter, Sagi Jaffe-Dax, Casey Lew-Williams, Amit H. Bermano.
Moving beyond “nouns in the lab”: Using naturalistic data to understand why infants’ first words include uh-oh and hi. (2021), Kennedy Casey, Christine E. Potter, Mira Nencheva, Casey Lew-Williams, Erica Wojcik.
Early bilingual language learning in multi-speaker environments (2021), Christine E. Potter.
Moving beyond “nouns in the lab”: Using naturalistic data to understand why infants’ first words include uh-oh and hi (2021), Kennedy Casey, Christine E. Potter, Eria Wojcik, Casey Lew-Williams.
Early bilingual language learning in multi-speaker environments (2021), Volume Phoenix, AZ, Christine E. Potter.
Early bilingual language learning in multi-speaker environments (2021), Volume Santa Clara, CA, Christine E. Potter.

Grants

Quantitative and remote methods to study early cognitive development and heterogeneity in ASD (11/01/2021 - 10/01/2024) - Simons Foundation

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Spring 2026	PSYC 4314 - Cognitive Development	27688	Syllabus
Spring 2026	PSYC 6398 - Dissertation	21520
Spring 2026	PSYC 6399 - Dissertation	22284
Spring 2026	PSYC 6390 - Field Placement	21914
Spring 2026	PSYC 6380 - First Year Research	21507
Spring 2026	PSYC 6381 - First Year Research	23175
Spring 2026	PSYC 4353 - Honors Thesis	20402
Spring 2026	PSYC 4352 - Independent Research	20115
Spring 2026	PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development	20970	Syllabus
Spring 2026	PSYC 5385 - Research Applications	21455
Spring 2026	PSYC 6385 - Research Applications	23433
Spring 2026	PSYC 5395 - Thesis	22288
Spring 2026	PSYC 5396 - Thesis	22287
Spring 2026	PSYC 6396 - Thesis	23416
Spring 2026	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	24268

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Fall 2025	PSYC 6367 - Seminar:Cognitive Psych	13527	Syllabus
Fall 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	13079
Spring 2025	PSYC 4353 - Honors Thesis	20438
Spring 2025	PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development	21045	Syllabus
Spring 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	24827
Fall 2024	PSYC 4311 - Advanced Topics Dev Psyc	15252	Syllabus
Fall 2024	PSYC 4352 - Independent Research	10118
Fall 2024	PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development	15240	Syllabus
Fall 2024	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	13433
Spring 2024	PSYC 6399 - Dissertation	22795
Spring 2024	PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development	21149	Syllabus
Spring 2024	PSYC 6385 - Research Applications	24401
Spring 2024	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	25684
Fall 2023	PSYC 4311 - Advanced Topics Dev Psyc	16520	Syllabus
Fall 2023	PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development	16501	Syllabus
Spring 2023	PSYC 4352 - Independent Research	20172
Spring 2023	PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development	21245	Syllabus
Spring 2023	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	27126
Fall 2022	PSYC 4352 - Independent Research	10347
Fall 2022	PSYC 6385 - Research Applications	19461
Fall 2022	PSYC 6367 - Seminar:Cognitive Psych	19375	Syllabus
Fall 2022	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	18042
Summer 2022	PSYC 4352 - Independent Research	32250
Spring 2022	PSYC 4311 - Advanced Topics Dev Psyc	29028	Syllabus
Spring 2022	PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development	21569	Syllabus
Spring 2022	PSYC 6385 - Research Applications	27475
Fall 2021	PSYC 4311 - Advanced Topics Dev Psyc	18682
Fall 2021	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	13707
Spring 2021	PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development	21720

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Fall 2025	PSYC 6367 - Seminar:Cognitive Psych	13527	Evaluation
Spring 2025	PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development	21045	Evaluation
Fall 2024	PSYC 4311 - Advanced Topics Dev Psyc	15252	Evaluation
Fall 2024	PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development	15240	Evaluation
Spring 2024	PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development	21149	Evaluation
Fall 2023	PSYC 4311 - Advanced Topics Dev Psyc	16520	Evaluation
Fall 2023	PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development	16501	Evaluation
Spring 2023	PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development	21245	Evaluation
Fall 2022	PSYC 6367 - Seminar:Cognitive Psych	19375	Evaluation
Spring 2022	PSYC 4311 - Advanced Topics Dev Psyc	29028	Evaluation
Spring 2022	PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development	21569	Evaluation
Fall 2021	PSYC 4311 - Advanced Topics Dev Psyc	18682	Evaluation
Spring 2021	PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development	21720	Evaluation

Bio

No info available.

Awards and Honors

McGraw Center Exemplar Mentor Award - Princeton University (01/01/2024-12/31/2024)

Ph D in Psychology, University of Wisconsin - Madison (2016)

Publications

Infants do not reliably track when bilingual speakers switch languages Behavioral Sciences 15 10 (2025), Christine E. Potter, Casey Lew-Willaims.
Frequent vs. infrequent words shape toddlers’ real-time sentence comprehension Journal of Child Language 51 6 (2024), Christine E. Potter, Casey Lew-Williams.
Language development in children’s natural environments: People, places, and things 67 (2024), Christine E. Potter, Casey Lew-Williams.
Stability and change in young children’s linguistic experience during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States Multilingua 43 2 (2024), Federica Bulgarelli, Christine E. Potter.
How to quantify bilingual experience? Findings from a Delphi consensus survey Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 26 1 (2023), C De Cat, D Kašćelan, P Prévost, L Serratrice, L Tuller, S Unsworth, Christine E. Potter, Q-BEx Consortium.

Presentations

Young children in two cultures tend to name objects in the direction of their native text (2025), Volume El Paso, TX, Christopher Sepulveda, Nadeen Kherbawy, Sagi Jaffe-Dax, Christine E. Potter.
Neural and behavioral evidence of early sensitivity to text in pre-reading toddlers (2025), Volume San Sebastian, Spain, Nadeen Kherbawy, Christine E. Potter, Sagi Jaffe-Dax.
Question asking during parent-child shared reading in a bilingual context (2025), Volume Minneapolis, MN, Marissa Castellana, R Vargas, V Ticay, Christine E. Potter, Viridiana L. Benitez.
Spanish-English bilingual parents' and children's codeswitching during shared reading (2025), Volume El Paso, TX, Sophia Villalobos, Marissa Castellana, Viridiana Benitez, Christine E. Potter.
Neural and behavioral evidence of early sensitivity to text in pre-reading toddlers (2025), Volume Akko, Israel, Nadeen Kherbawy, Christine E. Potter, Sagi Jaffe-Dax.

Quantitative and remote methods to study early cognitive development and heterogeneity in ASD (11/01/2021 - 10/01/2024) Simons Foundation

Current/Future Courses

Term

Spring 2026

Course

PSYC 4314 - Cognitive Development

Section

27688

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

PSYC 6398 - Dissertation

Section

21520

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

PSYC 6399 - Dissertation

Section

22284

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

PSYC 6390 - Field Placement

Section

21914

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

PSYC 6380 - First Year Research

Section

21507

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

PSYC 6381 - First Year Research

Section

23175

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

PSYC 4353 - Honors Thesis

Section

20402

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

PSYC 4352 - Independent Research

Section

20115

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development

Section

20970

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

PSYC 5385 - Research Applications

Section

21455

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

PSYC 6385 - Research Applications

Section

23433

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

PSYC 5395 - Thesis

Section

22288

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

PSYC 5396 - Thesis

Section

22287

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

PSYC 6396 - Thesis

Section

23416

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

24268

Syllabus

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Fall 2025

Course

PSYC 6367 - Seminar:Cognitive Psych

Section

13527

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

13079

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

PSYC 4353 - Honors Thesis

Section

20438

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development

Section

21045

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

24827

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

PSYC 4311 - Advanced Topics Dev Psyc

Section

15252

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

PSYC 4352 - Independent Research

Section

10118

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development

Section

15240

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

13433

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

PSYC 6399 - Dissertation

Section

22795

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development

Section

21149

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

PSYC 6385 - Research Applications

Section

24401

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

25684

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

PSYC 4311 - Advanced Topics Dev Psyc

Section

16520

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development

Section

16501

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

PSYC 4352 - Independent Research

Section

20172

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development

Section

21245

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

27126

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

PSYC 4352 - Independent Research

Section

10347

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

PSYC 6385 - Research Applications

Section

19461

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

PSYC 6367 - Seminar:Cognitive Psych

Section

19375

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

18042

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2022

Course

PSYC 4352 - Independent Research

Section

32250

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

PSYC 4311 - Advanced Topics Dev Psyc

Section

29028

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development

Section

21569

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

PSYC 6385 - Research Applications

Section

27475

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

PSYC 4311 - Advanced Topics Dev Psyc

Section

18682

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

13707

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development

Section

21720

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

PSYC 6367 - Seminar:Cognitive Psych

Section

13527

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2025

Course

PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development

Section

21045

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

PSYC 4311 - Advanced Topics Dev Psyc

Section

15252

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development

Section

15240

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development

Section

21149

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

PSYC 4311 - Advanced Topics Dev Psyc

Section

16520

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development

Section

16501

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development

Section

21245

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

PSYC 6367 - Seminar:Cognitive Psych

Section

19375

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2022

Course

PSYC 4311 - Advanced Topics Dev Psyc

Section

29028

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2022

Course

PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development

Section

21569

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

PSYC 4311 - Advanced Topics Dev Psyc

Section

18682

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2021

Course

PSYC 2310 - Life Cycle Development

Section

21720

Evaluation

Christine E. Potter

Bio

Education

Scholarly and Creative Activity

Grants

Courses

Course Evaluations