Wenjun Chen

PhD Student  ·  McGill University

I am a PhD student in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders at McGill University, supervised by Dr. Marc Pell.

My research investigates how listeners perceive synthetic speech compared to natural human speech — particularly how expressiveness shapes that perception. Key areas include the formation and alteration of social impressions, and talker identification and discrimination. I integrate acoustic, behavioral, and neurological data to build an updated understanding of voice perception in the age of AI.

Research areas: Voice cloning · Vocal emotion · Speaker identification · Impression formation · Speech perception · Neural mechanisms

Education:

BA in Business English (Linguistics), Heilongjiang University, China

MA in Foreign Linguistics & Applied Linguistics (Psycholinguistics & Neurolinguistics), Shanghai International Studies University, China

Fellowship: McGill–CSC (China Scholarship Council) Joint Scholarship