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Faculty<\/h4>\n

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\"charleschang_cropped\"<\/a>Charles Chang<\/a> (Professor of Linguistics) is the director of the PAMLab. His research interests are in phonetics and phonology, language acquisition (especially L2 and L3\/Ln learning), and the psycholinguistics of bilingualism and multilingualism.<\/p>\n

 
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Current Students and Interns<\/h4>\n

\"pamlablogo_cropped\"<\/a>Sara Hockett (BU GRS ’28) is a second-year PhD student in Linguistics. Her research interests include second language acquisition, phonological theory, and multilingualism interactions. She’s specifically looking to examine how the transfer or inhibition from one’s first language to the learning of a second can inform broader phonological theories related to sonority.<\/p>\n

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\"jaidenli_cropped\"<\/a>Jaiden (Mengan) Li<\/a> (Andover High School ’25) is a high school junior. She is interested in second language acquisition, East Asian languages (including lesser-known dialects like Hmong and Fukienese), and natural language processing.<\/p>\n

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\"jupitararay_cropped\"<\/a>Jupitara Ray<\/a> (BU GRS ’25) is a fifth-year PhD student in Linguistics, broadly interested in phonetics and phonology, sociolinguistics, bi\/multi-lingualism in the diasporic community, etc. A research fellow in the lab in Spring 2024, she is currently working on her dissertation examining phonetic accommodation and drift of Indian English speakers in India and the US.<\/p>\n

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\"rebeccawheeler_cropped\"<\/a>Rebecca (Becca) Wheeler<\/a> (BU GRS ’27) is a third-year PhD student in Linguistics. Her research interests include listener-directed speech styles and speech modification in native\/non-native English speaker interactions. She is currently working on a qualifying paper exploring non-native English articulation rate as a trigger for foreigner-directed speech production.<\/p>\n

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Alumni and Former Interns<\/h4>\n

\nSerena Agarwal<\/a> (Brown U. ’27)
\nCelia Anderson (U. of Chicago ’22)
\nAllie Asaro (BU SAR ’20)
\nSreyoshi Basu<\/a> (U. of Rochester ’24 – MA Linguistics)
\nAspen Bombardo (BU SAR ’21)
\nAdi Briskin<\/a> (Washington U. of St. Louis ’25)
\nJack Brown (BU CAS ’22)
\nMegan Brown-Bousfield<\/a> (BU GRS ’18 – MA Applied Linguistics; BU GRS ’24 – PhD Linguistics)
\nKun Cao<\/a> (BU ENG ’18)
\nMarissa Carl<\/a> (Mount Holyoke College ’23)
\nI Lei (Vicky) Chan<\/a> (BU GRS ’17 – MA Applied Linguistics)
\nDaiana Chang (Columbia U. ’24 – MS Communication Sciences & Disorders)
\nWill Clapp<\/a> (BU GRS ’19 – MA Linguistics)
\nMalav Dave<\/a> (BU SAR ’20)
\nDanielle Dionne<\/a> (BU GRS ’23 – PhD Linguistics)
\nJuno Dong<\/a> (Colby College ’18)
\nDarby Douros (U. of Chicago ’19)
\nErik Duchnowski<\/a> (BU Academy ’24)
\nChristy Eichlin<\/a> (BU CAS ’18)
\nMaryam Elbenni<\/a> (Yale U. ’26)
\nMichael Fang (BU CAS ’22 \/ BU GRS ’22 – MA Linguistics)
\nLeslie Fink<\/a> (Dartmouth College ’16)
\nEmily Fisher<\/a> (Georgetown U. ’21)
\nKatherine (Kate) Fraser<\/a> (BU CAS ’22)
\nElise Gelblicht<\/a> (BU CGS ’24)
\nJenny Geng<\/a> (UC Davis ’21)
\nGrace Guan<\/a> (Mount Holyoke ’24)
\nYuhao He<\/a> (BU CAS ’21)
\nKendra Hennegen<\/a> (BU SAR ’19 – MS Speech-Language Pathology)
\nJennifer Hollfelder<\/a> (Needham High ’18)
\nNolan Holley<\/a> (Williams College ’22)
\nXinwen Hu (BU GRS ’19 – MA Applied Linguistics)
\nZiwei (Jo) Huang<\/a> (Pitzer College ’19)
\nWill Hutter (Roxbury Latin School ’23)
\nNurg\u00fcl I\u015fik<\/a> (BU SED ’19 – EdM TESOL)
\nMadelyn (Maddie) Jin<\/a> (BU CAS ’26)
\nHye Youn Jo (BU SED ’18 – EdM TESOL)
\nJackson Kellogg<\/a> (BU GRS ’25 – PhD Linguistics)
\nElisabeth Kotsalidis<\/a> (BU CAS ’20)
\nFelix Kpogo<\/a> (BU GRS ’24 – PhD Linguistics)
\nPeyton Krinsky<\/a> (Tufts U. ’24)
\nBrenden Layte<\/a> (BU GRS ’17 – MA Applied Linguistics)
\nSeokhwa Lee (Yonsei U. ’23)
\nXiyuan (Jessica) Li (Hong Kong Polytechnic U. ’20)
\nWilliam Longerbeam (BU CAS ’18)
\nJade Ling Garstang (BU GRS ’25 – MA Linguistics)
\nDominique Lopiccolo<\/a> (BU GRS ’19 – MA Applied Linguistics)
\nKatie Martin<\/a> (Yale U. ’18)
\nStella Miao<\/a> (BU CAS ’22)
\nIliad Nazari (U. of Minnesota ’25)
\nTyler Olds (Columbia U. ’22)
\nEliana Mugar<\/a> (BU CAS ’23)
\nSolveig Olson-Strom<\/a> (Pomona College ’18)
\nAbby Pauley (BU CAS ’17, GRS ’17 – MA Linguistics)
\nShane Quinn<\/a> (Georgetown U. ’19, ’20 – MS Sociolinguistics)
\nHarper Pollio-Barbee<\/a> (Brandeis U. ’21)
\nCristina Reguera G\u00f3mez<\/a> (UMBC ’22 – MA Intercultural Communication)
\nJames Rice<\/a> (BU CAS ’24)
\nSamantha (Sam) Rigor<\/a> (BU CAS ’24)
\nAbigail Ripin<\/a> (BU CAS ’20)
\nKevin Samejon<\/a> (Biola U. ’17; BU GRS ’24 – PhD Linguistics)
\nMaya Sanchez (Columbia U. ’21)
\nJimmy Sbordone<\/a> (BU CAS ’18, GRS ’18 – MA Linguistics)
\nYueliang Shao (BU GRS ’19 – MA Linguistics)
\nYash Subrahmanyam<\/a> (BU CAS ’23)
\nLiza Sulkin<\/a> (BU GRS ’26 – PhD Linguistics)
\nSharmaine Sun<\/a> (BU CAS ’19)
\nXiaoyi (Claire) Tang<\/a> (U. of Pennsylvania ’20 – MSEd TESOL)
\nNick Tanner (UPenn ’26)
\nRachel Templeton<\/a> (Stonehill ’17)
\nKathryn Turner<\/a> (BU CAS ’18, GRS ’18 – MA Linguistics)
\nLena Venkatraman (Yale ’22)
\nDallas Walter (BU CAS ’16)
\nShan Wan<\/a> (BU CAS ’19)
\nJason Wang (Concord Carlisle High School ’24)
\nYiin Wang<\/a> (BU GRS ’23 – MA Linguistics)
\nBenjamin Wong<\/a> (BU ENG ’20)
\nYifan Wu (Xiamen U. ’23)
\nXuehan (Annie) Xie (BU GRS ’24 – MA Linguistics)
\nRui Xu<\/a> (BU GRS ’20 – MA Linguistics)
\nAmira Yazghi (BU SAR ’20)
\nWayne (Hosang) Yoon<\/a> (BU CAS ’18)
\nQian Yu (BU CAS ’21)
\nSteven Zhang<\/a> (St. Mark’s School ’24)
\nElizabeth Zhao<\/a> (BU CAS ’21)
\nYanwan Zhu<\/a> (Smith College ’21)<\/p>\n

Visiting Researchers<\/h4>\n

Sunyoung Ahn (Harvard University, AY 2018-19, AY 2019-20)
\nSungmi Kwon (Pukyong National University, AY 2016-17)
\nYao Yao<\/a> (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Spring 2019)<\/p>\n

Collaborators<\/h4>\n

Sunyoung Ahn<\/a>, University of Manitoba
\nAnita Bowles<\/a>, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center
\nMegan Brown-Bousfield<\/a>, Boston University
\nI Lei (Vicky) Chan<\/a>, University of Macau
\nEsther de Leeuw<\/a>, University of Lausanne
\nRobert DeKeyser<\/a>, University of Maryland (emeritus)
\nDanielle Dionne<\/a>, Duolingo
\nSimon Fischer-Baum<\/a>, Rice University
\nErin Haynes<\/a>, LifeMoves
\nEwa Golonka<\/a>, University of Maryland
\nSam Green<\/a>, University College London
\nHae-Sung Jeon<\/a>, University of Central Lancashire
\nValerie Karuzis<\/a>, University of Maryland
\nShira Katseff<\/a> (now Hahn), Aural Analytics
\nJackson Kellogg<\/a>, Boston University
\nAlex Kohut<\/a>, Boston University
\nFelix Kpogo<\/a>, Brown University
\nSungmi Kwon<\/a>, Pukyong National University
\nSue Ann Lee<\/a>, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
\nSunyoung Lee-Ellis<\/a>, Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State
\nRussell Lee-Goldman<\/a>, Google
\nDominique Lopiccolo<\/a>, University of Delaware
\nAndrew Nevins<\/a>, University College London
\nMarta Piqueras-Brunet<\/a>, Shopify
\nRussell Rhodes<\/a>, Zillow
\nKevin Tang<\/a>, Heinrich Heine University D\u00fcsseldorf
\nMedha Tare<\/a>, Digital Promise
\nKaren Vatz<\/a>, Norwich University
\nDaniel Wall<\/a>, Carnegie Mellon University
\nYao Yao<\/a>, Hong Kong Polytechnic University<\/p>\n

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