Education and Training

2006-2008         Postdoctoral Fellowship
                              Center for Research in Language, University of California, San Diego
                              Primary supervisor: Marta Kutas

2001-2006          Ph.D. in Psychology
                              Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
                              
                                   Thesis: The Interpretation of Standard American English Tense and Aspect              
                                   Morphology by 1st and 2nd Grade Speakers of African American English and
                                   Standard American English
 
                                   Advisors: Carla Hudson Kam (chair), Lori Markson, Frank Worrell, Claire Kramsch
 
                                   Examination fields: Language development, second language acquisition, cross-
                                   linguistic cognitive development
 
1997-2001            B.A., Psychology, Chinese, summa cum laude
                              Washington University, St. Louis, MO
 
1999, Summer      Chinese Language Institute  
                               Capital Normal University, Beijing, PRC
                                            
1998, Summer      Chinese Language Institute
                               Beijing University, Beijing, PRC