Biography

Yang Chen, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and the Executive Director of Duquesne-China Health Institute at Duquesne University. His research expertise lies in the areas of studying multifaceted acoustic, aerodynamic and physiologic aspects of voice, articulation, bilingual speech production, infant vocal development and stuttering.

Education

Ph.D., Communication Science, University of Conneciticut, 1999
M.A., Communication Science, University of Connecticut, 1996
B.S., Physics, Nanjing University, 1983

Research Interests

  • Speech production and perception
  • Speech acoustics
  • Phonetics, aerodynamics, voice, swallowing