Tongfei Sun
jmogere812@gmail.com
Professional Summary
Linguistics professional with a strong academic background and expertise in phonetics,
transcription, and language analysis. Skilled in working with nuanced linguistic content
and phonemic transcription systems such as X-SAMPA. Passionate about language,
music, and creative content, with a keen interest in analyzing mixed or ambiguous
linguistic elements. Adept at working in flexible, project-based environments.
Education
University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics, 2013
• Specialized in Phonetics, Phonology, and Sociolinguistics
• Conducted research on phonemic variations in American English
• Member of the Linguistics Society and Language Processing Lab
Stanford University
Master of Arts in Linguistics, 2015
• Focus on Phonetics, Computational Linguistics, and Language Variation
• Thesis: "Phonemic Transcription and Variability in Contemporary American
English"
• Teaching Assistant for phonetics and phonology courses
Professional Experience
Linguistics Consultant
Freelance | 2016 - Present
• Provide phonetic transcription services using X-SAMPA and IPA
• Analyze and annotate speech data for research and AI applications
• Assist in linguistic data curation for natural language processing projects
Independent Contractor - Linguistic Analysis
CrowdGen | 2023 - Present
• Conduct phonemic transcription of contextually nuanced content
• Work with creative content involving mixed or ambiguous linguistic elements
• Collaborate with a distributed team in a flexible, remote setting
Research Assistant
Stanford Phonetics Lab | 2014 - 2015
• Conducted research on American English phonetic variations
• Assisted in corpus development and phonemic transcription projects
• Published findings in peer-reviewed linguistic journals
Skills & Expertise
• Phonemic transcription (X-SAMPA, IPA)
• Linguistic analysis and annotation
• Speech data processing
• Contextually nuanced content evaluation
• Research in phonetics and sociolinguistics
Preferred Interests
• Current music trends and popular artists
• Creative content with mixed linguistic elements
• AI and computational linguistics applications
Languages
• English (Native-level proficiency)
• Mandarin Chinese (Conversational)
Affiliations
• Linguistic Society of America (LSA)
• International Phonetic Association (IPA)
• American Dialect Society
