About the Director
Associate professor, UW Department of Asian Languages and Literature. Dr. Lü received her doctoral degree in Second Language Acquisition from Carnegie Mellon University in 2009. Her research focuses on second language reading skill acquisition among learners in different educational settings, for example, dual language immersion programs and community-based heritage language schools. The primary goals of her research are to identify factors, both learner-external and learner-internal, that influence the acquisition of language and literacy skills in two different languages.
When she is not working, you may find her running outdoors, hiking, playing piano or violin, and hanging out with family and friends.
Collaborators
Amy Pace, Ph.D., associate professor, UW Speech and Hearing Sciences. Dr. Pace completed her postdoctoral training in the Department of Psychology at Temple University and received her doctorate in Language and Communicative Disorders from San Diego State University and the University of California, San Diego in 2013. Her research focuses on language acquisition, assessment, and early intervention from birth to five, with an emphasis on children from diverse, disadvantaged, or high-risk backgrounds. The primary goals of this research are to understand the environmental factors and learning mechanisms that contribute to successful language acquisition, and to apply this knowledge to develop targeted, community-centered interventions that support positive developmental outcomes in early childhood and beyond.
Sea Hee Choi, Ph.D., assistant professor, University of Hawai'i. Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures.
Xiaomeng Li, PhD., assistant professor, Western Washington University, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures.
Graduate research assistants
Jiwon Song (Current Asian Languages and Literatures PhD student)
Dana Fried (Current Asian Languages and Literatures MA student)
Pingsheng Liu (Current College of Education PhD student)
Yige Zou (Current College of Education PhD student)
Jieyu Zhou (UW Asian Languages and Literatures, PhD, 2025; Currently: Northwestern University)
Yifan Wu (UW Asian Languages and Literatures, M.A., 2023; Currently: Defense Language Institute)
Jackie Otting (UW College of Education M.A. 2021; Currently: Iowa City Community School District)
Undergraduate research assistants
Priya Ton (UW 2027)
Qingya Lin (UW 2025)
Gloria Fu (UW 2023)
Jasmine Xie (UW 2022)
Ashley Xiao (UW 2022)
Alan Li (UW 2022)
Isabel Pfeifer (UW 2021)