During the doctoral program, he worked with the IULC and also professionally he came to work as an NIH fellow in speech and hearing sciences, and then following his completion of the Ph.D. degree, took on the role of an NIH post-doctoral scholar in cognitive psychology, speech and hearing sciences, and otolaryngology.  Since 1996, he worked in the school of medicine in Indianapolis as a research-track faculty member, eventually taking on the role of Associate Director of Proposal Development under the vice-chancellor of research.

The path of curiosity that he followed in his career is one we see often in our community, though very seldom with the long-term and broad ranging effects as Prof. Chin had.  He came into linguistics as a language student, and from there was drawn into the end of language dealing with phonological structure, and through the work of Dan Dinnsen and his connections to speech science, became involved in questions of understanding difficulties that many people have in language production and perception of speech.  His interest and expertise in phonological systems then led him into the school of medicine, where his long-term work has involved understanding the capabilities, achievements, and difficulties of individuals with cochlear implants.  His work explores the both how these treatments can support perceptual capabilities, but beyond this how these, then, might work to improve individual capabilities in speaking.

His work as a scholar has been copious, and his work in supporting research in the university setting has been long and impactful.  Along with his many colleagues, and the faculty who knew him and worked with him, we remember his legacy with deep gratitude.  We are also thankful to his family for arranging for the endowment of a scholarship/fellowship in his name, the first such named scholarship in the department’s long history.  We look forward to pointing our students to his example and legacy of labor and commitment to learning and service.