Dr. Cheryl Yin

Linguistic Anthropology PhD 

2021-2023 UC Berkeley Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of South & Southeast Asian Studies 

cherylyin@berkeley.edu 


Anthropologist | Linguist | Southeast Asianist 

អ្នកនរវិទ្យា | អ្នកភាសាវិទ្យា | អ្នកស្រាវជ្រាវអាស៊ី​អា​គ្នេ​យ៏

NBC News article about my research and connection to Cambodia. Click article title below to learn more. 

I'm Cheryl Yin, an anthropologist, linguist, and Southeast Asianist who primarily does research in Cambodia. I just completed my PhD in Linguistic Anthropology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. My dissertation "Khmer Honorifics: Re-emergence and Change after the Khmer Rouge" is based on 2 years of ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Cambodia. Currently, I am a UC Berkeley Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of South & Southeast Asian Studies

Get in touch at cherylyin(at)berkeley.edu