Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science
B.A., Tianjin Medical University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut; Ph.D., East China Normal University
Appointed In
2024
Shengyun Gu is a linguist whose research aims to better understand language (including its structure, acquisition, and processing) through the lens of Shanghai Sign Language and American Sign Language (ASL).
Her research interests include language structure (phonology, morphology, phonetics, prosody), language acquisition (first language phonological development, second language accents, bimodal bilingualism), relationships between language and cognition, and language documentation.