I go by my last name, Su, but Yingyu (/ɪŋ21y35/ in Mandarin or /wɪŋ22y21/ in Cantonese) or Sue are also fine! 

I am a fourth-year PhD student (as of Fall 2026) in the linguistics department at the University of Southern California (USC) advised by Deniz Rudin.

I am broadly interested in syntax and semantics, and pragmatics. Specifically, I investigate how people communicate meanings that go beyond literal speech, with a focus on rhetorical utterances. I am also interested in the broader role of tone in tonal languages beyond word-level distinctions (e.g., word formation, speaker-stance marking).

I am currently coordinating S-Side Story and serving as the student-faculty liaison at USC Linguistics.