Yongjia Deng

Research Interests: Syntax, sentence processing, language acquisition

Awards: Recipient of the UW-Madison Graduate School Fellowship 2024-2025; Outstanding Senior Award, Department of Linguistics, Purdue University, May 2024; Margo Katherine Wilke Undergraduate Research Scholarship, Purdue University, May 2023-2024

Other Info About Yongjia: Yongjia completed her B.A. with distinction in Linguistics at Purdue University. Having grown up as a Hakka heritage speaker in eastern China, she speaks Mandarin Chinese, can read ancient Chinese, and also knows some Korean and French. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling and photography, and she is a big fan of K-pop.

Advisor: Rajiv Rao