Charles Torres
PhD Student in Language Science
University of California Irvine
Biography
Charles Torres is a graduate student at UC Irvine. His interests were nurtured at the University of Arizona, where he obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science with a Minor in Mathematics. But he quickly found a love for linguistics and cultural evolution exploring research in those areas with his academic mentors Dr. Masha Fedzechkina and Dr. Andrew Wedel.
He now pursues questions relating to the pressures shaping language change exploring computational models with his advisor Richard Futrell.
Interests
- Computational linguistics
- Cultural evolution
Education
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BSc in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, 2019
University of Arizona
Experience
PhD Student
University of California, Irvine
TAing and Researching in the Language Sciences department.
Researcher
University of Arizona, Linguistics Department
Worked briefly in Masha Fedzechkina’s lab running artificial language experiments.
Responsibilities include:
- Creating Experiments
- Running Participants
- Analysing Data
Recent Publications
Contact
- charlt4@uci.edu
- 3151 Social Sciences Plaza, Irvine, CA 92697
- Send me an email because there’s a pandemic
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