Education

08.2004-08.2008

Ph. D., Linguistics, University of Florida, United Sates

Thesis: Phonetic Realization and Perception of Prominence among Four Tones in Mandarin Chinese

Advisor: Ratree Wayland (Associate Professor of Linguistics)

GPA: 4.0

09.2001-03. 2004

MA, Applied Linguistics, Zhejiang University, China

Thesis: The Allocation of Sentential Stress among Three Reading Styles

Advisor: Min Chu (Researcher of Microsoft Research Asia)

Co-advisor: Yongzhen Shao (Professor of Applied Linguistics)

GPA: 3.91