Danyang Wang

Selected Publications

• Wang, D., Choi-Tucci, A., Mendez-Perez, A., Gilliam, R.B., Bedore, L.M., Peña, E.D. (2024). Where to start: Use of the Bilingual Multidimensional Ability Scale (B-MAS) to identify developmental language disorder (DLD) in bilingual children. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. 
• Wang, D., Curran, M., McGregor, K., & Van Horne, A. O. (2023). Preparing Student Clinicians to Provide Recast Therapy on Complement Clauses: A Training Program. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 33(2), 642-653.
  
• Wang, D., Zheng, L., Lin, Y., Zhang, Y., & Sheng, L. (2022). Sentence repetition as a clinical marker for Mandarin-speaking preschoolers with Developmental Language Disorder. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 65(4), 1543-1560. 
• Wang, D., Wang, S., Zinszer, B., Sheng, L., & Jasinska, K. (2022). Cross-linguistic influences of L1 on L2 morphosyntactic processing: an fNIRS study. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 63, 101063. 
• Sheng, L., Wang, D., Walsh, C., Heisler, L., Li, X., & Su, P. L. (2021). The bilingual home language boost through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology, 3012. 

Research

Dr. Danyang Wang directs the DLanD (Dual Language Development) lab at Towson University. Her research focuses on language development and disorders, with special interests in developmental language disorder (DLD). Specifically, her lab aims to develop culturally and linguistically sensitive approaches to assess language skills and accurately identify language disorders in pre-school and school-age children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Relatedly, she further aims to understand the manifestation of DLD in diverse populations to inform clinical practice (assessment and intervention) and universally applicable theories.