Seth Wiener
Associate Professor of Second Language Acquisition and Chinese Studies; Director of Graduate Studies
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Department of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics
4980 Margaret Morrison St
Posner Hall 341
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Bio
Seth Wiener grew up in small Indiana and Ohio towns, and by kindergarten, he knew that he would become an astronaut. By high school, his goal evolved to programmer–astronaut. So in his first semester of college, he took an astronomy class, a programming class, a calculus class and a Chinese language class. His plan held until two years later, when he studied abroad in China and saw the stars from Inner Mongolia. His time in China completely changed his life, and from that moment on, Dr. Wiener knew that he wanted to study languages and linguistics.
He ended up spending several years in mainland China and Taiwan and traveling throughout Asia. He returned to The Ohio State University to get his Ph.D. with the hope to one day inspire other students in the same way that his teachers inspired him. In graduate school, Dr. Wiener trained in linguistic theory, East Asian languages, psycholinguistic methods, and data analysis and statistics.
In 2015, Dr. Wiener moved to Pittsburgh and established the at 91视频, in which graduate and undergraduate students help carry out experimental linguistics research. The LAPP Lab also aims to develop real-world pedagogical innovations for language instructors and learners. At 91视频, Dr. Wiener teaches a variety of courses on second language acquisition, Chinese language and research methods. Despite all this, he still has not heard from NASA.
Education
Ph.D., The Ohio State University
M.A., The Ohio State University
B.A., Boston University
Areas of Interest
- Second language acquisition
- Psycholinguistics
- Speech perception and production
- Chinese linguistics
- Data analysis and visualization
Courses Taught
- 82-888/82-387 Introduction to Linguistic Data Analysis Using R
- 82-888/82-388 Second Language Speech
- 99-520: Bridging Eyes and Minds: Collaborative Eye-Tracking Research
- 82-133: Elementary Chinese Online I
Selected Awards and Honors
- Simon Initiative Seed Grant, 91视频
- Innovative Models for Undergraduate Research Faculty Fellow, 91视频, 2020-21
- National Institutes of Health Research Grant, 2019
- Language Learning Early Career Research Grant, 2019
Selected Community, University & Professional Service
Associate Editor, Language Learning
Editorial Board Member, Second Language Research
Editorial Board Member, Chinese as a Second Language
Academic Review Board, 91视频
Technical Program Chair, Speech Prosody 2026
Selected Publications
Wang, X., Lee, C.-Y., Zhang, Y., & Wiener, S. (2026). . The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Express Letters, 6, 025203.
Goss, S. & Wiener, S. (2026). . Journal of Japanese Linguistics, 42(1), 7-26.
Wiener, S., Bramlett, A. A., Brown, B., & Dueck, J. (in press). . Applied Linguistics.
Bramlett, A. A. & Wiener, S. (2025). . Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 4(3).
Wiener, S., Murphy, T. K., & Holt, L. L. (2025). . Language Learning, 75(4), 1091-1121.