I am a PhD candidate and linguist broadly interested in computational approaches to phonetics and the neurobiology of language. The current focus of my research is understanding how the brain tracks acoustic features of both segmental and suprasegmental elements of speech in American English and Modern Standard Arabic.
I work in the Linguistics and Psychology departments at University of California, San Diego in collaboration with Dr. Marc Garellek, Dr. Will Styler, and Dr. Tim Gentner. I am also affiliated with the Neuroscience of Language Lab at New York University, directed by Dr. Liina Pylkkänen and Dr. Alec Marantz.
Prior to arriving at UCSD, I completed my B.A. in Language and Mind at New York University, working primarily with Dr. Lisa Davidson, and my M.A. in French Studies at the New York University Institute of French Studies, with a focus on decolonization, marginalization, and gender and sexuality in the contemporary Francophone world.
Benjamin Lang 