Phoebe Wang 王逸菲

Phoebe is a PhD student 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. 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)

  • 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. & 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

  • 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