Yuan Lu

Dr. Yuan Lu is an Assistant Professor of Chinese Applied Linguistics and serves as the Chinese Language Program Coordinator at Indiana University-Bloomington. He holds a Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition from The University of Iowa (2017) and is affiliated with the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures within the Hamilton Lugar School.

• Research Interests
  • Chinese as a second language acquisition
  • Chinese grammar development in SLA contexts
  • Second language acquisition theories and research methods
  • Language pedagogy and assessment
  • Technology-assisted language learning

His scholarly work has appeared in prestigious journals including The Modern Language Journal, Applied Linguistics, and Language Teaching Research. Dr. Lu's research bridges theoretical SLA frameworks with practical applications in Chinese language education.