{"id":9,"date":"2018-10-23T19:41:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T19:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-06-12T18:25:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T18:25:30","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333399\">Director<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt alignnone wp-image-915 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Elaine-Francis-profile-photo2025-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"A woman with short light brown hair and glasses smiles at the camera, wearing a dark blazer over a patterned blouse, posed against a neutral brick wall background.\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Elaine-Francis-profile-photo2025-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Elaine-Francis-profile-photo2025-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Elaine-Francis-profile-photo2025-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Elaine-Francis-profile-photo2025-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Elaine-Francis-profile-photo2025.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/div>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/elaine-francis-homepage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elaine J. Francis<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Professor, <a href=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/academic\/english\/\">Department of English<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cla.purdue.edu\/academic\/sis\/p\/linguistics\/index.html\">Department of Linguistics<\/a>, Purdue University<\/li>\n<li>Ph.D. Linguistics, 1999, <a href=\"https:\/\/linguistics.uchicago.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Chicago<\/a><\/li>\n<li>B.A. Linguistics, 1993, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wm.edu\/as\/linguistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">College of William and Mary<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Research interests<strong>:<\/strong> syntax, semantics, discourse information structure, psycholinguistics, filler-gap dependencies, word order alternations<\/li>\n<li>For more information, please see her <a href=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/elaine-francis-homepage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Profile page<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Contact: ejfranci@purdue.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333399\">PhD Students<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt alignnone wp-image-893 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/thumbnail_KakaoTalk_20250916_111656591-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Sara Ok, A smiling woman with shoulder-length black hair and dark eyes in a gray hoodie in an office.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/thumbnail_KakaoTalk_20250916_111656591-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/thumbnail_KakaoTalk_20250916_111656591-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/thumbnail_KakaoTalk_20250916_111656591-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/thumbnail_KakaoTalk_20250916_111656591-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/thumbnail_KakaoTalk_20250916_111656591.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sara-ok-4a3ba7384\"><strong>Sara Ok<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\n<ul>\n<li data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Ph.D Student, Linguistics, Purdue University<\/li>\n<li>M.A. English Linguistics &amp; Education, 2022, Konkuk University<\/li>\n<li>B.A. English Language &amp; Literature, 2019, Konkuk University<\/li>\n<li>Interests: Filler-gap dependencies, Syntax-information structure interface, Sentence processing, Psycholinguistics<\/li>\n<li>Contact: ok4@purdue.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-858\" src=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6837.jpeg\" alt=\"Portrait of Golsa Khodadadi A woman with long dark hair and dark eyes wearing a white blouse in front of a waterfall.\" width=\"241\" height=\"254\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Golsa-Khodadadi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Golsa Khodadadi<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Ph.D. Student, Linguistics, Purdue University<\/li>\n<li>M.A. Applied Linguistics, 2018, University of Tabriz<\/li>\n<li>B.A. English Language and Literature, 2015, Azerbaijan Shahid Madani University<\/li>\n<li>Interests: Syntax, Semantics, Verb Phrase Ellipsis, Sentence Processing, Psycholinguistics<\/li>\n<li>ResearchGate: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Golsa-Khodadadi\">https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Golsa-Khodadadi<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Contact: gkhodada@purdue.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-382\" src=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Jingying.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Jingying Hu. A woman with black hair, black eyes, and a white top smiling against a sunlit leaves in soft focus. \" width=\"247\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Jingying.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Jingying-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Jingying-1024x958.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Jingying-768x718.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Jingying_Hu3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jingying Hu<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Ph.D. Student, Linguistics, Purdue University<\/li>\n<li>M.A. TCSOL, 2022, Peking University<\/li>\n<li>B.A. Chinese Language and Literature \/ Finance, 2019, University of International Business and Economics<\/li>\n<li>Interests: Chinese linguistics, second language acquisition, psycholinguistics, predictive processing<\/li>\n<li>ResearchGate: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Jingying_Hu3\">https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Jingying_Hu3\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Contact: hu880@purdue.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-967 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4139-285x300.jpg\" alt=\"A woman with long dark hair smiles at the camera, wearing a black sleeveless top, a small pendant necklace, and a glass-roofed structure in the background.\" width=\"285\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4139-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4139-974x1024.jpg 974w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4139-768x807.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4139-1462x1536.jpg 1462w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4139.jpg 1653w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/yueli-ling.com\/\">Yue Li\u00a0<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Ph.D. Candidate, Linguistics, Purdue University<\/li>\n<li>\n<div dir=\"auto\">M.A. Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, 2021, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div dir=\"auto\">B.E. Electrical Engineering and Automation, 2014, Hohai University<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Interests: psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, corpus linguistics<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Contact: li4207@purdue.edu<\/li>\n<li>Website:<a href=\"https:\/\/yueli-ling.com\/\"> https:\/\/yueli-ling.com\/\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333399\">Postdoctoral Researcher<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt alignnone wp-image-684 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ShaohuaFang-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Shaohua Fang, a young man with short dark hair and round glasses, wearing a blue plaid shirt, facing the camera against a blue studio background.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ShaohuaFang-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ShaohuaFang-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ShaohuaFang-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ShaohuaFang-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ShaohuaFang-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ShaohuaFang-75x50.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/shaohua-fang.com\/\">Shaohua Fang<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ross-Lynn Postdoctoral Fellow, <a href=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/academic\/english\/\">Department of English<\/a>, Purdue University<\/li>\n<li>Ph.D. Linguistics, 2023, University of Pittsburgh<\/li>\n<li>M.A. Applied Linguistics, 2017, Shanghai Jiao Tong University<\/li>\n<li>B.A. English Education and TESOL (Honors), 2014, Ningbo University<\/li>\n<li>Interests: psycholinguistics, second language acquisition, processing of temporality, predictive processing in L2, scope phenomena, experimental research methods<\/li>\n<li>Homepage: <a href=\"https:\/\/shaohua-fang.com\/\">https:\/\/shaohua-fang.com\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Contact: fang413@purdue.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333399\">Research Affiliate<\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt alignnone wp-image-699 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/KRSHeadshot-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Kyle Swanson, a man with round glasses and a slight smile, wearing a suit jacket, blue shirt, and patterned tie, against a neutral studio background.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/KRSHeadshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/KRSHeadshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/KRSHeadshot-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/KRSHeadshot.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=xiujj_wAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Kyle Swanson<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Associate Director,\u00a0<a id=\"OWA4bd0471b-1231-5701-d363-2fb74c1b8d7b\" title=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/oepp\/\" href=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/oepp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">Oral English Proficiency Program<\/a>, Purdue University<\/li>\n<li>Ph.D. Second Language Studies, 2021, Indiana University Bloomington<\/li>\n<li>M.A. Second Language Studies, 2016, Indiana University Bloomington<\/li>\n<li>B.A. Romance Languages and Literatures, 2011, University of Massachusetts Amherst<\/li>\n<li>Interests: adult second language acquisition,\u00a0sentence processing, syntax,\u00a0<i>wh<\/i>-dependencies, anaphora<\/li>\n<li>Contact: krswanso@purdue.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333399\">Undergraduates<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt alignnone wp-image-765 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MarleyMack-e1739741927674-248x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Marley Mack. A smiling woman with long black hair and blonde bangs holding a glass award in front of a brick wall.\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MarleyMack-e1739741927674-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MarleyMack-e1739741927674-768x931.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MarleyMack-e1739741927674.jpg 817w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/marley-mack\/\">Marley Mack<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sophomore majoring in Linguistics, Political Science, and French<\/li>\n<li>Interests: computational linguistics, case law<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"x9jfA\">\n<div class=\"bz1XJ\" data-tabster=\"{&quot;mover&quot;:{&quot;cyclic&quot;:true,&quot;direction&quot;:2,&quot;memorizeCurrent&quot;:false}}\">\n<div class=\"PW01N glFkS\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt alignnone wp-image-878 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/download-225x300.png\" alt=\"A woman with short wavy hair and glasses takes a selfie outdoors on a sidewalk, wearing a light-colored coat with buildings and trees in the background.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/download-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/download-769x1024.png 769w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/download-768x1022.png 768w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/download-1154x1536.png 1154w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/download-1538x2048.png 1538w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/download.png 1908w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o4zjZ ujrct T0iU0\"><span class=\"OZZZK\" style=\"color: #43719c\">Lauren Mackenzie Matthews<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lT19A\" data-tabster=\"{&quot;mover&quot;:{&quot;cyclic&quot;:true,&quot;direction&quot;:2,&quot;memorizeCurrent&quot;:false}}\"><i data-tabster-dummy=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n<div class=\"n8HQo\">\n<div class=\"ms-OverflowSet root-448\" role=\"toolbar\" aria-label=\"Message actions\">\n<div class=\"ms-OverflowSet-item item-175\" role=\"none\">\n<div class=\"fui-FluentProvider fui-FluentProviderric ___5n94it0 f19n0e5 f3rmtva fgusgyc fk6fouc fkhj508 figsok6 fytdu2e\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<ul data-editing-info=\"{&quot;applyListStyleFromLevel&quot;:false,&quot;unorderedStyleType&quot;:2}\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" role=\"presentation\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Senior majoring in Linguistics\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" role=\"presentation\">Interests : Sociolinguistics, Historical Linguistics, Semantics\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333399\">Graduate Alumni<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-435\" src=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230305_1339151_4-e1684248653810.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Vanessa Sheu. A woman with black hair and black eyes, smiling in a teal peacoat against a beige wall.\" width=\"263\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230305_1339151_4-e1684248653810.jpg 2064w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230305_1339151_4-e1684248653810-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230305_1339151_4-e1684248653810-941x1024.jpg 941w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230305_1339151_4-e1684248653810-768x836.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230305_1339151_4-e1684248653810-1412x1536.jpg 1412w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230305_1339151_4-e1684248653810-1882x2048.jpg 1882w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/vsheu.weebly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vanessa Sheu<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>AI Content Expert, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aboutamazon.com\/artificial-intelligence-ai-news\">Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ph.D. Linguistics, 2025, Purdue University (advisor: Elaine Francis)<\/li>\n<li>\n<div dir=\"auto\">M.A. TESOL, 2015, Teachers College Columbia University<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div dir=\"auto\">B.A. Comparative Literature, 2009, University of Michigan<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Interests: sentence processing, psycholinguistics, Mandarin heritage speakers<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Homepage: <a href=\"https:\/\/vsheu.weebly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/vsheu.weebly.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Contact: sheuv@purdue.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/jlab_IMG_5306-2-813x1024.jpg\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is jlab_IMG_5306-2-813x1024.jpg\" width=\"231\" height=\"291\" \/><\/h3>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joshua-d-weirick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Weirick<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"display-flex flex-wrap align-items-center full-height\">\n<div class=\"display-flex \">\n<div class=\"\n          display-flex full-width\">\n<div class=\"display-flex align-items-center\n              mr1 t-bold\">Data Annotator, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teksystems.com\/en\/\">TEKsystems<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Former Research Scientist, <a href=\"https:\/\/cascadereading.com\/\">Cascade Reading<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Former Postdoctoral Fellow, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aphasia Lab<\/a>, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Purdue University<\/li>\n<li>Ph.D. Linguistics, 2021, Purdue University (advisor: Elaine Francis)<\/li>\n<li>M.A. TESOL, 2016, Central Michigan University<\/li>\n<li>B.S. English, 2014, Central Michigan University<\/li>\n<li>Interests: syntactic alternations in English, the syntax-information structure interface, sentence processing, adult second language acquisition, language production and comprehension in aphasia, reading comprehension<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.readwithyou.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Maria.jpg?v=1690335250&amp;width=1500\" width=\"262\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mariapritchett1\/\">Maria Pritchett<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Publishing Director at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.readwithyou.com\/\">Read With You<\/a><\/li>\n<li>PhD. Linguistics, 2020, Purdue University (advisor: Felicia Roberts)<\/li>\n<li>M.A. Linguistics, Purdue University<\/li>\n<li>B.A. Calvin College<\/li>\n<li>Interests: sociolinguistics, corpus, corpus for applied linguistics, lexical variation in online reviews, advanced second language writing studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-130 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Carol2017b-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Carol2017b-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Carol2017b.jpg 305w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Carol-Chun-Zheng\">Carol Chun Zheng<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"displayTitle\">Senior Faculty Specialist in Second Language Acquisition, <a href=\"https:\/\/nflc.umd.edu\/\">National Foreign Language Center<\/a>, University of Maryland<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Ph.D. Linguistics, 2017, Purdue University (advisor: Elaine Francis)<\/li>\n<li>M.A. Linguistics, 2012, Purdue University<\/li>\n<li>B.A. English Applied Linguistics, 2007, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies<\/li>\n<li>Interests: syntax-semantics interface, psycholinguistics, language processing, structural priming in language production, second language acquisition and pedagogy<\/li>\n<li>Contact: <a href=\"mailto:czheng66@umd.edu\">czheng66@umd.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-133\" style=\"color: revert;font-size: revert;font-weight: revert\" src=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CharlesLam_2014-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CharlesLam_2014-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CharlesLam_2014.jpg 571w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/charles-lam.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charles Lam<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Lecturer, English for Academic Purposes, University of Leeds<\/li>\n<li>Ph.D. Linguistics, 2015, Purdue University (advisor: Ronnie Wilbur)<\/li>\n<li>M.A. Linguistics, 2007, Chinese University of Hong Kong<\/li>\n<li>Interests: English for academic purposes, language and culture, formal syntax and semantics, experimental syntax and semantics, digital humanities, corpus linguistics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-134\" src=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ethan-Myers-Fall-2014-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ethan-Myers-Fall-2014-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ethan-Myers-Fall-2014-768x1156.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ethan-Myers-Fall-2014-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ethan-Myers-Fall-2014.jpg 797w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/myersethan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ethan Myers<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>GenAI Trust and Safety Specialist, <a href=\"https:\/\/ai.meta.com\/about\/\">Meta<\/a>; Co-founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/lyresforhire.com\/\">Lyres for Hire<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ABD, Linguistics, Northwestern University<\/li>\n<li>M.A. Linguistics, 2015, Purdue University (advisor: Elaine Francis)<\/li>\n<li>Interests: Generative AI ethics and safety, large language models, RPG content creation and team building, ellipsis, complementizers and discourse particles, syntactic islands, evidentiality, language preservation and documentation, minority languages in China<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-135\" style=\"color: revert;font-size: revert;font-weight: revert\" src=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Hitz2014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"261\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.uco.edu\/centraldirectory\/profiles\/834459\">John Hitz<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Professor of English, University of Central Oklahoma<\/li>\n<li>Ph.D. Second Language Studies, 2012, Purdue University (advisors: April Ginther and Elaine Francis)<\/li>\n<li>M.S. Applied Linguistics, 1998, Georgia State University<\/li>\n<li>Interests: Influence of the first language on Second Language Acquisition, Turkish Linguistics, Chinese Linguistics, and the relationship between language processing and grammatical representations.<\/li>\n<li>For more information, please see his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/John_Hitz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ResearchGate<\/a> page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333399\"><b>Undergraduate Alumni<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/liz-ancel.com\/\">Liz Ancel<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Postdoctoral Researcher, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/li>\n<li>Ph.D. in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, 2025, University of Minnesota\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology, 2018, Purdue University<\/li>\n<li>B.S. in Speech-Language Pathology, 2016, Purdue University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>\u00a0Arianna Deldar<\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/langsci.wisc.edu\/staff\/deng-youngjia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yongjia Deng<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-383\" src=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_WechatIMG310.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Yongjia Deng. A young woman with black hair, black eyes, and round glasses smiling with a pastel mask below her chin.\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_WechatIMG310.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_WechatIMG310-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_WechatIMG310-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/english\/francislab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_WechatIMG310-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ph.D. Student in Language Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/li>\n<li>B.A. in Linguistics, 2024, Purdue University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>\u00a0Becca Duggan<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0Corinne Feight<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Professional Writer\/Editor, New York\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>B.A. in Professional Writing, Creative Writing, Photography, 2013, Purdue University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>\u00a0Xuebo Gong<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Strategic Media Planner, Beijing<\/li>\n<li>M.S. in Marketing, University of Texas at Dallas, 2018\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>B.A. in Public Relations, 2013, Purdue University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.northwestern.edu\/austinkeen\/\">\u00a0Austin Keen<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Ph.D. Student in Linguistics, Northwestern University<\/li>\n<li>M.S. in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, 2022, Purdue University<\/li>\n<li>B.A. in Linguistics and Asian Studies, 2018, Purdue University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>\u00a0Jenna Kuhns<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Technical Services Analyst, Indiana\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>B.A. in Linguistics and Asian Studies, 2016, Purdue University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Ben Riggs<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>B.A. in Linguistics, 2024, Purdue University\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Morgan Robertson<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0Jiaqiao Cecilia Xiao<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Master&#8217;s student in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cecixiao.com\/\">Public Policy<\/a>, University of Chicago<\/li>\n<li>B.A. Strategic Communication and Public Relations, 2018, Purdue University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>\u00a0Anna Zhang<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0Miao Zhang<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0Zuyang Jerry Zhang<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Ph.D. Student, Waseda University<\/li>\n<li>M.A. in Linguistics and Cultural Studies, Nagoya University<\/li>\n<li>B.A. Linguistics, 2019, Purdue University<\/li>\n<li>Interests: second language acquisition, language typology, syntax, language teaching<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Director Elaine J. 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