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Carrie Pichan is a Visiting Lecturer and Research Associate in the Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), where she has been teaching since 2016. She is affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and contributes to programs in Linguistics, Spanish, and Italian. She teaches courses such as LING 150 (Introduction to the Study of Language) and LING 220 (Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology), and offers drop-in hours via Zoom.
- Position: Visiting Lecturer, Research Associate
- Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago
- Department: Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies
- Location: 1832 University Hall, 601 S. Morgan St., Chicago, IL 60607
- Email: cpicha3@uic.edu
- Zoom: uic.zoom.us/my/pichan
- Professional Sites: Academia.edu, LinkedIn, Multilingual Phonology Lab
Carrie Pichan’s research centers on adult second (L2) and third (L3) language phonological acquisition, with a focus on transfer mechanisms, acoustic properties of multilingual and heritage speech, and methodological approaches in L3 perception and production. She is currently developing the Corpus of Multilingual Speech (CoMS), an open-access repository designed to support bilingual and multilingual research. Her work frequently investigates phonological transfer of intervocalic voiced stops in L3 Brazilian Portuguese and Italian among English/Spanish bilinguals, analyzing variables such as typological similarity, facilitation, dominance, and metalinguistic awareness.
Her recent publications and presentations reflect a strong trend in experimental phonology, corpus design, and cognitive aspects of multilingual acquisition. She has presented her research at major international conferences including the Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), the International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB), and the Workshop on Multilingual Acquisition, Processing, and Use (L3W). Her work is published in Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, a leading journal in the field.
Carrie Pichan has received no explicitly listed scientific awards in the provided text, but her research output and academic engagement indicate active scholarly contribution.
- Faculty Supervisor: Computer Science + Linguistics Peer Tutoring initiative
- Co-Founder: UIC faculty-led summer study abroad program in Alcalá de Henares, Spain
She has not advised any named students in the material provided, nor are any grants explicitly mentioned. However, her collaborative work with scholars such as Jessica Cabrelli, Jason Rothman, and Jennifer Amaro suggests active research partnerships.
