About Me:

I am a fifth-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 view some of my sample course materials and here to read some sample evaluations.

Updates:

1/10/26: I presented "Apparent talker variability and speaking style similarity can enhance comprehension of novel L2-accented talkers: Evidence for numerosity and similarity accounts of cross-talker generalization" at the 2026 Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting in New Orleans along with Georgia Zellou.

1/5/26: For the Winter 2026 quarter, I will work as a teaching assistant for LIN 103A (Linguistic Analysis I: Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology).

12/16/25: Georgia Zellou and I have a new paper that has been published in Language and Speech! The paper is titled: "Apparent talker variability and speaking style similarity can enhance comprehension of novel L2-accented talkers". The paper is available at this link.

12/4/25: I presented "Apparent talker variability and speaking style similarity can enhance comprehension of novel L2-accented talkers: Evidence for numerosity and similarity accounts of cross-talker generalization" at the 189th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in Honolulu along with Georgia Zellou.

11/10/25: I received a Graduate Student Travel Award ($500) from the UC Davis Department of Linguistics to attend the 2026 LSA Annual Meeting in New Orleans.

11/5/25: I received a Student Transportation Award ($150) to attend the 189th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in Honolulu.

10/24/25: I gave an invited talk on my adaptation research at UC Berkeley's Phonetics, Phonology and Psycholinguistics Forum Forum (Phorum).

9/25/25: For the Fall 2025 quarter, I will work as a teaching assistant for LIN 001 (Introduction to Linguistics).

6/25/25: Maryam Bamshad, Karina Xie, Rema Rasheed, Kathryn Holt, Grace Assabil-Bentum, and I have a new paper that has been published 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". The paper is available at this link.

5/3/25: I received a fellowship ($5668) 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".