Background

Yuchen is a doctoral student working with Susan Goldin-Meadow and Marisa Casillas. Before coming to Chicago, she received her BA in Education at Zhejiang University and Ed.M. in Human Development and Psychology at Harvard University. 

Research Interests

Yuchen is interested in early linguistic and communicative development. She aims to better understand how varying participatory roles within interactions—such as those of direct addressees and overhearers—contribute to the acquisition of vocabulary and communicative acts. Her work is particularly informed by a cross-cultural perspective and an interdisciplinary approach, bridging insights from developmental psychology, linguistics, and anthropology.