Phoebe Wang 王逸菲

Phoebe is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Education, University of California, Los Angeles, supervised by Dr. Alison Bailey. She is a member of the Language and Literacy Research Group. Her dissertation committee include Dr. Connie Kasari, Dr. Anna Markowitz, and Dr. Hongyin Tao. In her spare time, she likes traveling around the world, reading, playing tennis, and gardening on her five-square-foot balcony. Phoebe publishes under the name Yifei Phoebe Wang.

Education

  • University of California, Los Angeles

    PhD, Human Development and Psychology 2027 (expected)

  • San Jose State University

    MS, Speech Language Pathology 2027 (expected)

  • University of Pennsylvania

    MSEd, Learning Sciences and Technologies 2021

  • Beijing Foreign Studies University

    BEc, Finance & BA, English 2020

  • University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley Haas Global Access Program 2018–19

Research interests

Sociolinguistics and language variation

Translanguaging

Bilingualism, bilectalism and multilingualism

Language assessment

First and second language acquisition

Research experience

  • Young linguistically diverse children explaining and defending their reasoning: what does language demand and what can teachers expect to learn?

    Graduate student researcher, Los Angeles March to June 2023

    Supported by a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant awarded to the Jibo project (PIs: Alison Bailey & Abeer Alwan)

  • Parent-child decontextualized conversations supporting early language and socio-cognitive development of Chinese preschoolers

    Graduate research assistant, Los Angeles March to August 2022

    Supported by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division H 2021–22 Graduate Student Research Grant Program and the 2021 Patrice L. Engle Dissertation Grant in Global Early Child Development awarded to Yawen Yu

Awards and honors

  • COGEL Travel Awards Honorable Mention

    Linguistic Society of America Committee on Gender Equity in Linguistics

  • J. Yang and Family Centennial Scholarship for Taiwan Studies Research

    UCLA Asia Pacific Center

  • Merit Scholarship

    UCLA Human Development and Psychology Division &

  • Lee Memorial Fellowship

    UCLA 2022

  • Merit Scholarship

    University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education 2021 & 2020

  • Excellent Graduate (magna cum laude)

    Beijing Foreign Studies University 2020

  • Alumna Xu Gehui Scholarship

    Beijing Foreign Studies University 2018

  • First Class Scholarship

    Beijing Foreign Studies University 2017

Publications

  • Bailey, A. L., Abraham, M. E., Dong, J. Y., Torres, I. M., Wang, Y. P., Zamora, E., & Zhang, X. (2025). Translanguaging: Conceptual underpinnings of equity-oriented instructional and assessment practices with adolescent multilingual learners. Linguistics and Education, 87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2025.101418

Presentations

  • Wang Y., Yu Y. & Bailey A. L. (2026, Apr.) Parent-child Mental State Talk and Narrative Comprehension: Evidence from Naturalistic Conversations with Chinese Preschoolers [Poster presentation]. 2026 American Education Research Association Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Wang Y. & Bi X. (2025, May) Code-mixing in Mandarin-English Dual Language Learning Preschoolers in the United States [Poster presentation]. 2025 Society for Research in Child Development Biannual Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Wang Y. (2025, Apr.) Does code-switching represent linguistic inability? A comprehensive study of Mandarin-English Dual Language Learning Children in the US [Round table individual paper]. 2025 American Education Research Association Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
  • Wang Y. (2024, June) How multimodality promotes inclusivity in two-way language immersion classrooms [Paper presentation]. 2024 iMean7 Conference, Bristol, United Kingdom.
  • Wang Y. (2024, Jan.) Exploring multimodal approaches teachers used in initiating speak-together activities in K-3 novice Mandarin immersion classrooms [Paper presentation]. 2024 Linguistic Society of America Annual Conference, New York City.
  • Meng, J., Wang, Y. & Zhang, X. (2023, Apr.) The use of word-initial sibilants by preschool teachers and Mandarin heritage children [Paper presentation]. 2023 Chinese Language Teachers Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

Papers in preparation

  • Code-switching in Mandarin–English dual-language-learning children

Teaching

University of California, Los Angeles

Teaching Assistant

  • LING 1 Introduction to Study of Language (Spring 2026)
  • EDUC 132 Autism: Mind, Brain, and Education (Winter 2026)
  • EDUC 126 Language, Literacy and Academic Development: Educational Considerations for School-Age Multilingual and English Language Learners (Spring & Fall 2025)
  • CHIN 2 Elementary Modern Chinese (Winter 2025)
  • ASIAN M60 Introduction to Buddhism (Fall 2024)
  • EDUC 138 Cognitive Development and Schooling (Spring 2024)

Service to the profession

  • UCLA Human Development and Psychology Division

    Student Representative 2023–24

    Hosted orientation for incoming students; planned colloquiums with the help of the supervising professor, including identifying potential speakers, reaching out, and booking dates; planned graduate student social events; created and sent out division newsletters