# Yu Liu

Assistant Professor Brigham Young University Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages rachelyuliu@byu.edu 801-494-7916

## EDUCATION

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## TRAINING

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## EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

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## AWARDS AND GRANTS

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## CITICENSHIPS

## University

2018 FLAS scholarship application reviewing committee member 2011,2012,2015 Gave a guest lecture in Religion 352 (Survey of World Religions), Department of Religious Education, BYU

## College

2018-present “Cross-languages eye-tracking study on second language reading” research group