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General Information

Full Name Meixian (Vicky) Li
Email meixian.li@connect.polyu.hk
Affiliation The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Location Hong Kong SAR, China

Education

  • 2020–2022
    M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology
    MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, USA
    • Thesis — The Effect of Feedback Timing on Feedback-Based Probabilistic Learning in Children with Developmental Language Disorder.
  • 2016–2020
    B.A. in Speech, Language & Hearing Science (Dean’s List)
    The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA

Employment

  • 2022–2023
    In-site Speech-Language Pathologist
    Massachusetts Public Schools System – Department of Special Education, Quincy, USA

Publications

  • 2024
    Perceiving the social meanings of creaky voice in Mandarin Chinese
    Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2024, pp. 652–656. DOI 10.21437/SpeechProsody.2024-132
    • Yao, Y., *Li, M., Li, S., & Chang, C. B.

Conference Presentations & Posters

  • 2024
    • Yao, Y., *Li, M., Li, S., & Chang, C. B. (July 4). Perceiving the social meanings of creaky voice in Mandarin Chinese. Speech Prosody 2024, Leiden, The Netherlands.
    • Yao, Y., *Li, M., Li, S., & Chang, C. B. (June 29). Gender effects in the social perception of creaky voice in Mandarin Chinese. Laboratory Phonology 19, Seoul, South Korea.

Research Experience

  • 2023–2024
    Research Assistant (PI Yao Yao)
    The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • 2021–2022
    Research Assistant (PI Yael Arbel)
    MGH Institute of Health Professions
  • 2018–2020
    Research Assistant (PI Wentao Gu; Co-I James Mahshie)
    GWU Joint Lab in Nanjing Normal University
  • 2016–2017
    Research Assistant
    Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Project, Washington, D.C.

Teaching

  • 2024–
    Teaching Assistant, CBS 3949/3943 — Sounds and Sound Systems of Language
    The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • 2023–2024
    Teaching Assistant, CBS 3949 — Sounds and Sound Systems of Language
    The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • 2021–2022
    Instructor, SPSF22 — Introduction to Speech, Language and Hearing
    Boston Area Health Education Center

Professional Membership

  • Association for Laboratory Phonology (2023– )
  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (2022– )
  • National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (2017–2022)

Awards & Fellowships

  • 2022
    • C.A.R.E. Award — MGH Institute of Health Professions
    • J.E.D.I. Reward — MGH Institute of Health Professions
  • 2019
    • George Washington Fellowship — The George Washington University
  • 2016–2020
    • President Scholarship for Academic Achievement — The George Washington University

Skills & Certificates

Certificates Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP); MBSImP
Research Methods EEG; Eye-tracking (Tobii)
Analysis Methods SPSS; MATLAB; Python; Prism; R; Praat
Language Mandarin (Native) → English (Fluent) → French (Intermediate) → American Sign Language (Basic)