Yi-Fang Tera Cheng

Hi there! Welcome to my personal webpage.

I'm a third year Ph.D. student at Purdue University's Lingusitics Department, where I work with Prof. Daniel J. Olson in Purdue Bilingualism Lab (PBL). My research interest broadly lies in Phonetics and Bilingualism, with a focus on short-term interference. Currently, I am exploring cross-lingusitic activation through a large Mandarin–English code-switching speech corpus.

I received my Bachelor's degrees in both Music and English from National Taiwan Normal University and my Master's degree in Linguistics from Purdue University. I worked previously as a pianist before joining Purdue. You can find me as a pianist here.


✨ Recent News ✨


Dec. 2024

Our team has been accepted into the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps (I-Corps™) National Teams training program to advance our AI-based speech technology!

Oct. 2024

Presented my work on phonetic awareness on cross-linguistic interferece at 2024 UICBilforum!

Sep. 2024

Presented my work on second language phonetic acquisition at PSLLT 2024!