Can you tell us more about yourself?
– I am from China. I did my undergraduate study at Liaocheng University, China, and got a master’s degree in linguistics at University College London (UCL), UK. I am now a Ph.D student of Linguistics at UConn. The link to my personal website: https://shuyanuconnling.weebly.com/

What degree are you pursuing?
– Phd in Linguistics

Which lab are you representing?
– The Parametric Approaches to Language (P.A.L.) is working on the first language acquisition with Prof. William Snyder.

What is your position in the Lab?
– A fifth year graduate student.

What have you learned from working in the lab?
– In the lab, I received intensive training on conducting behavioral studies in children and adults to investigate the development of pragmatics, semantics, and syntax. We also conducted corpus studies of children’s spontaneous production and their maternal input.

What are your future goals?
– I am currently earning a doctorate in Linguistics at the University of Connecticut with primary specialization in language acquisition and secondary specializations in syntax and sign language studies. I would like to become an educational researcher.

What is your favorite activity to do in my free time?
– I like listening to music, watching movies, and cooking.

What is your favorite kids movies?
– Mulan, and Frozen.

Follow this link for more information on the P.A.L.: https://pal.uconn.edu/

Protocol #: H15-276, “Research on Child Language Acquisition”