About Me:

I am a fourth-year PhD candidate in Linguistics at the University of California, Davis, where I work in the Phonetics Lab with Dr. Georgia Zellou.

My research interests include phonetics/phonology, speech perception, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, and human-computer interaction. Please click here to access my full CV.

I am also passionate about teaching! Please click here to learn more about my teaching philosophy, here to view some of my sample course materials, and here to read some sample evaluations.

Updates:

6/10/25: Maryam Bamshad, Karina Xie, Rema Rasheed, Kathryn Holt, Grace Assabil-Bentum, and I have a new paper that has been accepted in Frontiers in Psychology! The paper is titled: "Exposure to subtle dominance cues in asymmetric power relationships activates the stress response and affects decision-making".

5/3/25: I received a fellowship from the UC Davis Linguistics Department to attend the 2025 Linguistic Society of America (LSA) Summer Institute.

3/29/25: For the Spring 2025 quarter, I will work as a teaching assistant for LIN 171 (Introduction to Psycholinguistics) and LIN 001 (Introduction to Linguistics).

3/25/25: Georgia Zellou and I have a new paper that has been published in Glossa Psycholinguistics! The paper is titled: "When multiple talker exposure is necessary for cross-talker generalization: Insights into the emergence of sociolinguistic perception". The paper is available at this link.

3/21/25: For my work as a teaching assistant in LIN 103A (Linguistic Analysis I: Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology) in Fall 2024 and LIN 001 (Introduction to Linguistics) in Winter 2025, I have been nominated by 14 former students for the UC Davis Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award.

2/24/25: I presented an invited talk at Proseminar [LIN 201]. The talk is titled: "From qualifying paper to journal article: Tips and tricks for successful publication".

1/10/25: I presented "When multiple talker exposure is necessary for cross-talker generalization: Social co-variation facilitates the emergence of sociolinguistic perception" at the 2025 Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting in Philadelphia along with Georgia Zellou.

1/6/25: For the Winter 2025 quarter, I will work as a teaching assistant for LIN 001 (Introduction to Linguistics).

11/9/24: I presented "When multiple talker exposure is necessary for cross-talker generalization: Social co-variation facilitates the emergence of sociolinguistic perception" at New Ways of Analyzing Variation 52 in Miami Beach along with Georgia Zellou.

11/9/24: Bayleigh Baldwin presented "'Country Talk' in California's Napa Valley" at New Ways of Analyzing Variation 52 in Miami Beach along with me and Georgia Zellou!

9/24/24: For the Fall 2024 quarter, I will work as a teaching assistant for LIN 103A (Linguistic Analysis I: Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology).