Kristin Van Engen

Kristin Van Engen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences and Linguistics Program at Washington University. Her research focuses on sensory and cognitive mechanisms of speech perception in challenging listening conditions, emphasizing accent effects and linguistic experience.

• Education: PhD in Communication Sciences (Northwestern University), BA in Psychology (Calvin University)

Research interests include:
- Audiovisual speech recognition
- Listening effort dynamics
- Cross-accent communication challenges
- Interaction between linguistic signals and environmental factors

No specific grants or advisees are listed in the provided information. Her lab's work addresses perception in noisy environments and racial bias mitigation in speech processing.