I’m an Assistant Professor in the Academy of Language Culture (previously Department of English Language and Literature) at Hong Kong Baptist University. Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Speech, Language and Reading Lab at The University of Hong Kong. I obtained my PhD from the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at Boston University, where I worked with Swathi Kiran. I got my BA in Linguistics and MA in Speech-Language Pathology at University of Maryland.
I’m passionate to discover effective ways to improve language and cognitive functions in people with post-stroke aphasia. I have previously examined treatment effects of several naming therapies, e.g., Semantic Feature Analysis, Verb Network Strengthening Treatment in Mandarin-English bilinguals with aphasia.
I’m fascinated by the human brain, and how it can change after behavioral treatment. I have done an fMRI multi-voxel pattern analysis to examine the neural correlates of language. My current research aims to use neuroimaging tools, e.g., fMRI, fNIRS, to capture functional changes following language therapy in people with aphasia.