Curriculum Viate

Education

2023-
Ph.D. in Language Science, University of California, Irvine, USA
Advisor: Dr. Gregory Hickok

2017-2020
M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taiwan
Thesis: Phonological Priming with Non-words in Mandarin-speaking Children and Adults
Advisor: Dr. Hui-Chun Yang

2013-2017
B.A. in Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

Research Experience

2023-
PhD student, Auditory and Language Neuroscience Lab (PI: Dr. Gregory Hickok)
University of California, Irvine

2023-
Affiliated PhD student, Speech Communication Lab (PI: Dr. Xin Xie)
University of California, Irvine

2021-2023
Research Assistant, Experimental Phonology Lab (PI: Dr. Yu-an Lu)
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Lab Member and Collaborator, Neurolinguistics Lab (PI: Dr. Chia-Hsuan Liao)
National Tsing Hua University

2018-2020
Graduate Student/Lab Manager, Child Language and Cognition Lab (PI: Dr. Hui-Chun Yang)
National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences

Clinical Experience

2021-2023
Speech-Language Pathologist
Sure Care Rehabilitation Clinic, Taipei, Taiwan

2019-2020
Speech-Language Pathologist (Clinical Internship)
Dept. of Rehabilitation, Kaohsiung Municipal United Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology (ENT), Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
JEN Sound Hearing Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Speech & Hearing Center, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan

Publication

Journal articles:

Will Chih-Chao Chang, Chun-Ting Chien & Yu-An Lu. (in revision). The Perception-Production Link in L2 English Vowel Imitation by Mandarin Speakers.

Chih-Chao Chang & Hui-Chun Yang. (2023) Investigation of Mandarin Word Production in Children and Adults: Evidence from Phonological Priming with Non-words. Language and Speech, 66(2), 500–529. [paper]

Conference proceedings:

Chih-Chao Chang, Chun-Ting Chien & Yu-An Lu. (2023). The Link Between Perception and Production of English Vowel Contrasts in Non-Native Speakers. In Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, 2512-2516. [paper]

Conference Presentations

Will Chih-Chao Chang, Connor Mayer, Canaan Breiss & Megha Sundara. (2025). Can Prosodic Units Support Phonotactic Learning? A Computational Evaluation against Infant Behavior. Poster to be presented at the 50th Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD). Nov 6-9, Boston, MA, USA.

Will Chih-Chao Chang, Srikantan Nagarajan, John Houde, Connor Mayer & Gregory Hickok. (2025). Different Speech Styles Involve Distinct Auditory-Phonetic Planning Targets. Poster to be presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language Conference (SNL). Sep 12-14, Washington DC, USA.

Will Chih-Chao Chang, Jiaxuan Li & Xin Xie. (2025). Phonetic Encoding and Sentence Predictability in Continuous Speech. Poster to be presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language Conference (SNL). Sep 12-14, Washington DC, USA.

Will Chih-Chao Chang & Connor Mayer. (2024). Effects of Contrastive Hyper-articulation and Word Predictability on VOT Production. Talk presented at the 7th California Meeting on Psycholinguistics (CAMP), Nov 16-17, San Diego, CA, USA.

Will Chih-Chao Chang, Jiaxuan Li & Xin Xie. (2024). Sentence Predictability Shapes the Encoding of Phonetic Detail. Poster presented at the 7th California Meeting on Psycholinguistics (CAMP), Nov 16-17, San Diego, CA, USA.

Will Chih-Chao Chang, Jiaxuan Li & Xin Xie. (2024). Sentence Predictability Shapes the Encoding of Phonetic Detail. Poster presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language Conference (SNL). Oct 24-26, Brisbane, Australia.

Ya-Ning Wu, Will Chih-Chao Chang & Gregory Hickok. (2024). Exploring Cross-Categorical Pitch Shift Effects on Mandarin Tone Production. Poster presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language Conference (SNL). Oct 24-26, Brisbane, Australia.

Chih-Chao Chang, Chun-Ting Chien & Yu-An Lu. (2023). The Link Between Perception and Production of English Vowel Contrasts in Non-Native Speakers. Talk presented at the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS). Aug 7-11, Prague, Czech Republic.

Chih-Chao Chang, Chia-Hsuan Liao & Yu-An Lu. (2022). Neural Correlates of Phonotactic Context Effect in Speech Categorization. Poster presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language Conference (SNL). Oct 6-8, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 

Chih-Chao Chang, Chun-Ting Chien & Yu-An Lu. (2022). Exploring the L2 Perception-production Link in English Vowel Imitation by Mandarin Speakers. Poster presented at the 18th Conference on Laboratory Phonology (LabPhon). Jun 23-25, Virtual meeting.

Hui-Chun Yang, Hsin-Ya Yu, & Chih-Chao Chang (2019). Phonological Priming in Mandarin-speaking Children and Adults. Poster presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Nov 21-23, Orlando, FL, USA.

Chih-Chao Chang, & Hui-Chun Yang. (2019). Effect of Phonological Non-word Primes in Mandarin-speaking School-age Children and Adults. Talk presented at the 20th National Conference on Linguistics (NCL). Oct 25, Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Invited Talks

2023

Clinical Application of Linguistics to Speech-Language Pathology in Practice. Invited talk hosted by Dr. Chen-Chun E, National United University, May. 31, Miaoli, Taiwan. 

2022

Neural Correlates of Phonotactic Context Effect in Speech Categorization. Invited talk hosted by NYCU Phon Brown Bag Series, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Nov. 18, Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Clinical Phonetics and Speech-Language Pathology in Practice. Invited talk hosted by Dr. Chen-Hsiu Grace Kuo, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Taiwan University, May. 10, Taipei, Taiwan.

Applying Linguistics to Speech-Language Therapy. Invited talk hosted by Dr. Chen-Chun E, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, National United University, Mar. 30, Miaoli, Taiwan.  

2020

Alumni Talk: Speech-Language Pathologist. Invited talk hosted by Dr. Yu-an Lu, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Oct. 14, Hsinchu, Taiwan. 

Fellowship, Grants and Awards

2025 Paula Menyuk Travel Award, Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD)
2024 SNL 2024 Travel Award, Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL)
2023 UC Irvine Graduate Dean’s Recruitment Fellowship
2023 UC Irvine Social Science Academic Year Fellowship
2018 Academic Excellence Award, NTUNHS
2017 Academic Excellence Award, NTUNHS

Certificates

Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan)
Mentoring Excellence Certificate Program (Graduate Division, UC Irvine)

Last Updated: September, 2025