CU LING doctoral graduate Vicky Lai joins University of Arizona faculty
CU LinguisticsÌýalumna Dr. Vicky T. Lai will joinÌýthe faculty ofÌýthe University of Arizona in Fall 2016 as an Assistant Professor ofÌýPsychology and the Cognitive Science. Dr. Lai received the joint PhD in Linguistics andÌýCognitive Science atÌýCU in 2009, writing her thesis, "Understanding Metaphorical Expressions: Conventionality, Mappings, and Comparison Processes",Ìýunder CU LinguisticsÌýAssociate Professor Bhuvana Narasimhan. She then conducted postdoctoral researchÌýin the Neurobiology of Language department at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics and inÌýtheÌýLanguage, Concepts, and the BrainÌýlaboratory at theÌýMcCausland Center for Brain Imaging,ÌýDepartment of Psychology at theÌýUniversity ofÌýSouth Carolina. Dr. Lai's research uses behavioral measures (pointing,Ìýreaction times) andÌýneuroscience methods, includingÌýEEG andÌýfMRI,Ìýto study figurative language, the interaction of language andÌýthought, and the relationship between language and emotion.Ìý