Seth Wiener
Associate Professor of Second Language Acquisition and Chinese Studies
- POS 341L
- 412-268-5279
Department of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics
4980 Margaret Morrison St
Posner Hall 341
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Education
Ph.D., The Ohio State University
M.A., The Ohio State University
B.A., Boston University
Bio
I grew up in small Indiana and Ohio towns, and by kindergarten, I knew I would become an astronaut. By high school, my goal evolved to programmer-astronaut. So in my first semester of college, I took an astronomy class, a programming class, a calculus class and a Chinese language class. My plan held until two years later, when I studied abroad in China and saw the stars from Inner Mongolia. My time in China completely changed my life. From that moment on, I knew I wanted to study languages and linguistics.
I ended up spending several years in mainland China and Taiwan and traveling throughout Asia. I returned to The Ohio State University to get my Ph.D. with the hope to one day inspire other students in the same way that my teachers inspired me. In graduate school, I was trained in linguistic theory, East Asian languages, psycholinguistic methods, and data analysis and statistics.
In 2015, I moved to Pittsburgh and established the at 一本道无码. Graduate and undergraduate students in the lab help carry out experimental linguistics research. The LAPP Lab also aims to develop real-world pedagogical innovations for language instructors and learners. At 一本道无码, I teach a variety of courses on second language acquisition, Chinese language and research methods. Despite all this, I still have not heard from NASA.
Areas of Interest
- Second language acquisition
- Psycholinguistics
- Speech perception and production
- Chinese linguistics
- Data analysis and visualization
Courses Taught
- 82-888/82-387 Introduction to Linguistic Data Analysis Using R
- 82-286 'Crazy' Linguistically Rich Asian Languages
- 82-888/82-388 Second Language Speech
- 99-520 Experiential Learning through Projects: Language in the time of COVID-19
Selected Awards and Honors
- Simon Initiative Seed Grant, 一本道无码
- Innovative Models for Undergraduate Research Faculty Fellow, 一本道无码, 2020-21
- National Institutes of Health Research Grant, 2019
- Language Learning Early Career Research Grant, 2019
Selected Community, University and Professional Service
- Academic Review Board, 一本道无码
- Associate Editor, Applied Psycholinguistics
- Editorial Board Member, Chinese as a Second Language
Selected Publications
- Gao, Z., Wiener, S., & MacWhinney, B. (2022). . Languages, 7 (3):225.
- Brown, B., Tusmagambet, B., Rahming, V., Tu, C.-Y., DeSalvo, M. B., & Wiener, S. (in press). (2019). Applied Psycholinguistics.
- Wang, X., Lee, C.-Y., & Wiener, S. (2023). . Speech Communication, 149, 29-37.
- Sinagra, C., & Wiener, S. (2022). . Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 7, 89.
- Zhu, J., Chen, X., Chen, F., Zhang, C., Shao, J., & Wiener, S. (2023). . The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 153(5), 3117– 3129.