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Chao-Yang Lee

Director, Speech Processing Lab

Chao-Yang Lee is an associate professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Ohio University. He earned his Ph.D. in Cognitive Science and M.A. in Linguistics from Brown University and B.S. in Psychology from National Chengchi University. Lee was awarded the F.V. Hunt Fellowship from the Acoustical Society of America for postdoctoral training in the Speech Communication Group at MIT’s Research Laboratory of Electronics. Lee’s research explores the contribution of phonetic and cognitive knowledge to speech perception and spoken word recognition, particularly pertaining to the processing of lexical tone in Mandarin Chinese. He has also been engaged in collaborative projects with colleagues in hearing science, psychology, linguistics, and music. Lee teaches phonetics, speech science, and experimental phonetics. His teaching has been recognized by the University Professor award at Ohio University and the Excellence in Education program of the Ohio Magazine. Lee is the Director of Studies for the honors tutorial program in Communication Sciences and Disorders at Ohio University.

Read more about Lee from Ohio University’s Undergraduate Admissions web site.

Lee enjoys classical music, vegetarian cooking, and following the New England Patriots. He is a father of two beautiful children and was a proud owner of a Prius for six years.

Current Students

Yu Zhang (Ph.D. student)

Yuh-Fang Lee (SLP student)

Megan Masterson (SLP student)

Juliana Gursky (SLP student)

Elena Gkikas (undergraduate student)

Lauren Baer (undergraduate student)

Alumni

Georgia Malandraki (MA SLP 2004), Ph.D., Research Scientist, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Amanda Joos (MA SLP 2005), Speech-Language Pathologist

Carla Youngdahl (MA SLP 2005), Ph.D. student, Ohio State University

Sara Kellgreen (MA SLP 2006), Speech-Language Pathologist

Jessica Baker (MA SLP 2007), Speech-Language Pathologist

Anne Marie Christy (MA SLP 2008), Speech-Language Pathologist

Gayatri Ram (MA SLP 2009), Ph.D. student, Ohio University

Lauren Dutton (MA SLP 2010), Speech-Language Pathologist

Jessica Stillwell (BS HSLS 2010), AuD student, Ohio University

Elizabeth Jordan (BS HSLS 2010), SLP student, Marshall University