Anne Pycha

Anne Pycha is Associate Professor in the Linguistics Department at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She directs the Phonology Laboratory and received the 2022 UWM Office of Research/UWM Foundation Research Award.

Education: Ph.D. in Linguistics (UC Berkeley), B.A. in Religious Studies (Brown University)

Research focuses on speech perception and production processes, with specific interests in phonological processing, morphological effects on perception, coarticulation patterns, and laboratory phonology methodology. Recent work examines how face masks and artificial intelligence systems impact speech communication.

Publications consistently investigate how phonological structure interacts with perception, memory, and production, utilizing experimental methods across diverse linguistic contexts.

Awards:

• UWM Office of Research/UWM Foundation Research Award (2022)

Directs the UWM Phonology Lab (Johnston Hall G32) supporting experimental research on speech phenomena.