OUR PEOPLE
Academic Credentials
- Ph.D., Psycholinguistics, University of Southern California, 2018
- B.A., Linguistics, University of Southern California, 2011
Licenses & Certifications
- PADI Certified Open Water Scuba Diver (IL)
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Linguistics & Director of the Language, Events & Mind Lab, University of Chicago, 2022-2025
Professional Honors
- Endowed Fellowship, University of Southern California
- Provost Fellowship, University of Southern California
- Lilian Kim Outstanding Female Debater Award, University of Southern California
Professional Affiliations
- 2018 – Pres, Cognitive Science Society
- 2025 – Pres, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Dr. Do is a cognitive scientist with expertise in visual and auditory perception, event recall, learning, and language processing — including written, signed, and spoken communication. She has over ten years of experience designing, conducting, and analyzing behavioral studies measuring eye-gaze, reaction time, and decision-making. Dr. Do also has expertise in processing, visualizing, and statistically analyzing large qualitative and quantitative data sets using machine learning methods such as mixed effect regression modeling, clustering, and principal component analysis.
Prior to joining Exponent, Dr. Do was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics and was the Director of the Language, Events, and Mind Lab at the University of Chicago. In addition to teaching and science outreach work, she also directed research projects with international collaborators. These projects focused on the relationship between language and thought, language learning, language evolution, and real-time language production among hearing and deaf individuals. Her dissertation focused on factors that can explicitly or in-explicitly affect how adults with various language backgrounds choose what to say — and not say — and how they decide to say it.