Biographical Sketch: Chao-Yang Lee
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Chao-Yang Lee
(a) Professional Preparation
National Chengchi University, Psychology, B.S., 1992
Brown University, Linguistics, A.M., 1997
Brown University, Cognitive Science, Ph.D., 2000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Speech Communication, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2001-03
(b) Appointments
2009-present
2003-09
Associate Professor, School of Rehabilitation and Communication
Sciences (formerly School of Hearing, Speech and Language Sciences),
Ohio University
Assistant Professor, School of Hearing, Speech and Language Sciences,
Ohio University
(c) Publications
1. Lee, C.-Y., Lee, Y.-F., & Shr, C.-L. (2011). Perception of musical and lexical tones by
Taiwanese-speaking musicians. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 130, 526-535,
doi: 10.1121/1.3596473
2. Lee, C.-Y., Tao, L., & Bond, Z. S. (2010). Identification of multi-speaker Mandarin tones in
noise by native and non-native listeners. Speech Communication, 52, 900-910, doi:
10.1016/j.specom.2010.01.004
3. Lee, C.-Y., Dutton, L., & Ram, G. (2010). The role of speaker gender identification in
relative F0 height estimation from multispeaker, brief speech segments. Journal of the
Acoustical Society of America, 128, 384-388, doi: 10.1121/1.3397514
4. Lee, C.-Y., Tao, L., & Bond, Z. S. (2010). Identification of acoustically modified Mandarin
tones by non-native listeners. Language and Speech, 53, 217-243, doi:
10.1177/0023830909357160
5. Lee, C.-Y., & Lee, Y.-F. (2010). Perception of musical pitch and lexical tones by Mandarinspeaking musicians. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 127, 481-490, doi:
10.1121/1.3266683
6. Lee, C.-Y., Tao, L., & Bond, Z. S. (2009). Speaker variability and context in the
identification of fragmented Mandarin tones by native and non-native listeners. Journal of
Phonetics, 37, 1-15, doi: 10.1016/j.wocn.2008.08.001
7. Lee, C.-Y. (2009). Identifying isolated, multispeaker Mandarin tones from brief acoustic
input: A perceptual and acoustic study. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 125,
1125-1137, doi: 10.1121/1.3050322
8. Lee, C.-Y., & Hung, T.-H. (2008). Identification of Mandarin tones by English-speaking
musicians and non-musicians. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 124, 3235-3248,
doi: 10.1121/1.2990713
9. Lee, C.-Y., Tao, L., & Bond, Z. S. (2008). Identification of acoustically modified Mandarin
tones by native listeners. Journal of Phonetics, 36, 537-563, doi:
10.1016/j.wocn.2008.01.002
Biographical Sketch: Chao-Yang Lee
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10. Lee, C.-Y. (2007). Does horse activate mother? Processing lexical tone in form priming.
Language and Speech, 50, 101-123, doi: 10.1177/00238309070500010501
(d) Synergistic Activities
1. Innovations and successes in teaching: To enhance the learning experience for students, the
PI incorporated hands-on acoustic analysis exercises into his undergraduate course in speech
science (average registration 120 per year) and graduate course in experimental phonetics
(average registration 40 per year). The PI also secured instructional technology funds from
Ohio House Bill Money in 2004, 2006, and 2008 to enhance this effort in integrating
research, teaching, and technology. The PI’s success in engaging students earned him the
University Professor award at Ohio University in 2006 (http://www.ohio.edu/outlook/0506/May/504n-056.cfm).
2. Integration of knowledge across disciplines: The PI maintains active collaborations with
colleagues in linguistics, hearing science, psychology, and music. Completed and ongoing
projects include lexical tone perception by native listeners and nonnative learners, pitch
perception in cochlear implant, pitch perception in music and language, and acoustic
correlates of speech in social anxiety disorder. The overarching theme behind these projects
is to understand how listeners with various characteristics process linguistic and nonlinguistic
prosody in speech.
3. Mentoring graduate and undergraduate students: Since his arrival at Ohio University in
2003, the PI has served as committee chair or member for 14 Ph.D. students, two master’s
theses, one undergraduate honors thesis, and two awardees of the Provost’s Undergraduate
Research Fund. The PI is also active in the department’s honors tutorial program, which
provides a unique educational opportunity for exceptional undergraduate students wishing to
pursue a research career. Since 2003, the PI has mentored seven undergraduate students to
complete the program successfully. 100% of the students continued to pursue advanced
degrees in hearing, speech and language sciences.
(e) Collaborators & Other Affiliations
Collaborators during the past 48 months:
Z. S. Bond, Ohio University (Linguistics)
Jenn-Yeu Chen, National Cheng Kung University (Cognitive Science)
Christopher France, Ohio University (Psychology)
Brooke Hallowell, Ohio University (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
Danny R. Moates, Ohio University (Psychology)
Liang Tao, Ohio University (Linguistics)
Justin Weeks, Ohio University (Psychology)
Udo Will, The Ohio State University (Cognitive Ethnomusicology)
Li Xu, Ohio University (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
Graduate advisors and postdoctoral sponsor:
Sheila E. Blumstein, Brown University (Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences)
Philip Lieberman, Brown University (Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences)
Kenneth N. Stevens, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Research Laboratory of Electronics)