Yuhyeon Seo

Yuhyeon Seo serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the State University of New York at Oswego, holding a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Purdue University (2024). His research examines cognitive mechanisms of language interaction in bilingual speech perception and production, with emphasis on Korean-English heritage speakers and immigrants.

• Ph.D., Linguistics, Purdue University, 2024
• M.A., Linguistics, Purdue University, 2021
• B.A., Linguistics & English Language & Literature, Korea University, 2018

Dr. Seo investigates how linguistic backgrounds shape cross-linguistic influence through experimental paradigms analyzing phonetic interference, code-switching effects, and perceptual recalibration. His work bridges theoretical linguistics and cognitive psychology to advance understanding of bilingual cognition, with implications for language acquisition models and clinical interventions in multilingual contexts.

His publications (2019-2024) consistently explore phonetic adaptation in bilingual speech, revealing how language contact reshapes vowel production, stop consonant discrimination, and acoustic convergence. Key patterns include differential cue weighting in heritage speakers versus L2 learners and mitigating effects of code-switching experience on phonetic interference, primarily studied through Korean-English bilingual populations.

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