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Full CV (Updated 03/26)
Abbreviated CV below last edited: 03/26
Education
(in progress) Ph.D., Linguistics, University of Southern California, 2021 - Present
Advisors: Louis Goldstein and Elsi Kaiser
M.A., Linguistics, University of Southern California, 2021 - 2023
Committee: Elsi Kaiser (chair), Zuzanna Fuchs, Deniz Rudin
B.A., Linguistics, Mathematics, Russian, University of Southern California, 2017 - 2021
Magna Cum Laude, USC Renaissance Scholar
Recent Conferences
Linguistic Society of America (LSA, 2026 Annual Meeting)
Haley Hsu, Elsi Kaiser (2026). Semantic vs. surface-level error detection and the interaction between cross-domain error detection in linguistic processing.
Acoustical Society of America (ASA, 189th Meeting)
Haley Hsu, Dani Byrd, Khalil Iskarous (2025). Articulatory stability of consonants in syllable nucleus vs. syllable margin.
Interspeech Conference (26th Meeting)
Haley Hsu, Dani Byrd, Khalil Iskarous, Louis Goldstein (2025). Instantaneous changes in acoustic signals reflect syllable progression and cross-linguistic syllable variation.
Cognitive Science Society (CogSci, 47th Meeting)
Haley Hsu, Elsi Kaiser (2025). Susceptibility to semantic illusions: Attentional consequences of other errors.
Selected Peer-Reviewed Proceedings and Publications
Haley Hsu, Kyle Ng, Ameen Qureshi, Dani Byrd, and Khalil Iskarous. (2026). "Automation of real-time vocal tract image segmentation with SAM 2.0 and morphological operation implementation." JASA Express Lett. 6 (3): 035202. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0042820
Haley Hsu, Dani Byrd, Khalil Iskarous, Louis Goldstein. (2025). "Instantaneous changes in acoustic signals reflect syllable progression and cross-linguistic syllable variation." Proceedings of the 26th Interspeech Meeting, 2025, 96-100. [Link]
Haley Hsu, Elsi Kaiser. (2024). "The fact that these are opinions: Processing and acceptability patterns of subjective vs. objective information embedded under the fact that." Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America, 9 (1): 5739. [Link]
Current Lab Groups
USC Phonetics and Phonology Group (PhonLunch)
Speech Production And Articulation Knowledge Group (SPAN)
Language Processing Lab (Psycholinguistics Lab)
Selected Research Experience
RA, PI: Shrikanth Narayanan, Summer 2024 / Spring-Summer 2025
Structured variability in vocal tract articulation dynamics in speech / funded by NSF
RA, PI: Khalil Iskarous, Summer 2024 / Summer 2025
Deep Causal Inference Grounds The Perception of Cognitive Objects in Speech / funded by NSF
RA, PI: Elsi Kaiser, Summer 2022/2023
Subjectivity in language processing: Linguistic and psychological aspects of perspective-taking / funded by NSF
Previous Service
Peer Mentor, USC Department of Linguistics, USC, 2022-2024
Treasurer, Graduate Students in Linguistics (GSiL), USC, 2022-2024
Co-President, Graduate Students in Linguistics (GSiL), USC, 2023-2024
Academic Service
Reviewer for the 8th Annual California Meeting on Psycholinguistics (CAMP), Fall 2025
Reviewer for the 7th Annual California Meeting on Psycholinguistics (CAMP), Fall 2024
Reviewer for the 6th Annual California Meeting on Psycholinguistics (CAMP), Fall 2023
Languages
English: Native Language
Chinese (Mandarin): Heritage Language
Russian: Intermediate speaking, reading, and writing
Teaching Experience
Teaching Experience
General Linguistics Introduction
General Linguistics Introduction
Teaching Assistant, Fall 2022,
LING 110: In a Word (USC),
Instructor: Hajime Hoji
Course focused on developing an understanding for the word as a 'building block' of language: how words are constructed, deconstructed, formed, and interpreted. This course includes modules in morphology, phonetics, syntax, and semantics. Additionally, this course allows for students to understand fundamental principles of scientific research by gaining firsthand experience through participating in and examining the results of mock-up experiments.
Teaching Assistant, Fall 2024
LING 210: Introduction to Linguistics (USC), Instructor: Canaan Breiss
Course focused on developing an understanding for the scientific study of language and its relation to human cognition. This course includes modules in phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. Additionally, this course further combines understanding with applicability through the use of problem sets and examining real-world, typologically-diverse language systems.
Speech Production and Perception
Speech Production and Perception
Teaching Assistant, Spring 2023/24,
CORE 103: Human Speech (USC),
Instructor: Dani Byrd
Course focused on examining language through the context of cognitive science. This course provides a comprehensive overview of human speech: speech production, speech perception, language acquisition, and effects of atypical speech and hearing on both speech production and comprehension. This course also discusses the applications of various speech technologies such as speech synthesis and automatic speech recognition.
Introduction to Sociolinguistics
Introduction to Sociolinguistics
Teaching Assistant, Fall 2023,
LING 115: Language and Society (USC), Instructor: Andrew Simpson
Course focused on the discussion of the language use and its relation to various factors such as gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, as well as the intertwining of language to social, cultural, political, and historical influences, as reflected in diverse settings from everyday use to global policies. This course includes modules in bilingualism, language variation and change, and language diversity.
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