Randy L Diehl

Randy L Diehl is a Professor and David Bruton Jr. Regents Chair in Liberal Arts, serving as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin. He holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Minnesota. His research focuses on speech perception, production, and auditory category learning, employing methods like acoustic analysis, perceptual experiments, and computational modeling. He is affiliated with the Center for Perceptual Systems.

Research interests include the representation of speech sounds in the auditory nerve, auditory distance estimation, and Bayesian approaches to category learning. His work bridges psycholinguistics, cognitive psychology, and speech science, with applications to first and second language sound systems.

Diehl's academic leadership includes departmental and college administration roles. His lab’s publications are detailed on the Diehl Lab website. No specific awards or grants are listed in the provided text.