Education

2019 - 2023 University of York, UK (Degree conferred in 2024)

• PhD in Linguistics
• Supersivors: Eleanor Chodroff, Paul Foulkes
• Doctoral project: Perception and production of lexical tone variation in Mandarin dialects

2017 University College London, UK

• MA in Linguistics (with Distinction)
• Supervisor: Yi Xu
• Dissertation: The Neglected Tone in Chinese Word Recognition–An Account of Frequency Effect on Lexical Access

2012-2016 Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China

• BA in English Language and Literature (with Honors)
• Advisor: Minfen Yan
• Final Thesis: A Corpus-Based Study on Chinese EFL Learners’ Use of MV-Around Constructions
• Award: The First Prize of Final Project for Bachelor’s Degree in Jiangsu Province