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Postdoctoral · joined 2025

Dr. Sarah Nguyen

Postdoctoral Fellow

Cross-cultural memory, oral histories, and recurring symbolic structures.

STATUSACTIVELOCATIONWyman Hall

PROFILE

Dr. Sarah Nguyen is a postdoctoral fellow at Wyman Laboratory. Their work centers on cross-cultural memory, oral histories, and recurring symbolic structures. They support interdisciplinary research across the laboratory's measurement, computation, and field programs.

RESEARCH / RESPONSIBILITIES

  • language systems
  • memory and cognition
  • cultural transmission
  • cross-cultural memory, oral histories, and recurring symbolic structures

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Anthropology — UCLA

B.A., Linguistics — UC Berkeley

CURRENT PROJECTS

WCH-327 Comparative Script SystemsWCH-342 Continuity Variance StudyWCH-301 Narrative Coherence Study

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

WCH-318 Collective Recall Under Persistent Documentary ContradictionWCH-327 Featural Script Systems and Articulatory Geometry: A Comparative Survey

CONTACT

sarah.nguyen@wymanlabs.org

Wyman Hall 239
Wyman Laboratory

FALL 2026 / TEACHING & SEMINARS

HUMS 372Evidence, Memory & Conflicting RecordsMon / Wed · 11:30–12:50

RECENT ACTIVITY

From the Wyman record.

2026-09-21Wyman-affiliated Fall 2026 courses begin at WheelockTeaching