Alejandrina Cristia
Also known as Alex Cristia, Cristia Alejandrina
Alejandrina Cristia is a linguist whose studies of children's daylong recordings link language research to automated speech analysis. After a BA in letters at the Universidad Nacional de Rosario, she earned a PhD in linguistics at Purdue University in 2009. A postdoctoral fellowship at the LSCP in Paris followed from 2009 to 2011, and the McDonnell Foundation gave her a Scholar Award in 2017. Her bronze medal in linguistics from CNRS came in 2020, and her ERC Consolidator grant for the ExELang project came in December 2020. ISCA, the International Speech Communication Association, named her a Fellow in 2025, and she is now a research director at CNRS who leads the ExELang project.
Timeline
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2004–2009
A linguistics PhD at Purdue
She receives a BA in letters from the Universidad Nacional de Rosario in 2004. She earns an MA with honors in general linguistics in 2006 and a PhD in linguistics at Purdue University in 2009.
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2009–2011
A postdoc at the LSCP
She works as a postdoctoral fellow at the LSCP in Paris from 2009 to 2011.
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2017
A McDonnell Scholar Award
In 2017 she receives a Scholar Award from the James S. McDonnell Foundation.
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2020
A CNRS bronze medal
She receives a bronze medal in linguistics from CNRS in 2020 for her research on language acquisition across cultures.
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2020
Evaluating the LENA system
In 2020 she conducts a multi-lab study with several other scholars that evaluates the accuracy of the LENA system, which combines daylong audio recording with automated algorithmic analysis.
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December 2020
An ERC Consolidator grant
She receives an ERC Consolidator grant for her project, ExELang, in December 2020.
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2025
An ISCA Fellowship
In 2025 ISCA, the International Speech Communication Association, names her a Fellow for outstanding contributions to cross-cultural studies of language acquisition and transformative practices to support inclusive and open science.
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As of October 2026
A research director at CNRS
She is a research director at CNRS and leads the ExELang project.
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- News: Alejandrina Cristia received an ERC Consolidator grant for the ExELang project | Département d'études cognitives
- Alejandrina Cristia - Wikipedia
- News: Alejandrina Cristia received a Scholar Award from the James S. McDonnell Foundation | Département d'études cognitives
- ISCA - ISCA Fellow Program
- ExELang