Student News – Linguistics /linguistics/category/news/student-news/ UW-Milwaukee Fri, 26 Sep 2025 17:15:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Alshammeri to present at LSA 2026 /linguistics/alshammeri-to-present-at-lsa-2026/ Fri, 26 Sep 2025 16:57:39 +0000 /linguistics/?p=2678 Congratulations to Reem Alshammeri, whose paper ‘Ditransitive Constructions in Najdi Arabic’ has been accepted for an in-person poster presentation at the 2026 LSA Annual Meeting, to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, in January 2026.

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]]> Congratulations to Reem Alshammeri, whose paper ‘Ditransitive Constructions in Najdi Arabic’ has been accepted for an in-person poster presentation at the 2026 LSA Annual Meeting, to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, in January 2026.

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]]> Linguistics receives multiple SURF Awards /linguistics/linguistics-receives-several-surf-awards/ Thu, 04 Sep 2025 18:41:05 +0000 /linguistics/?p=2664 Several students and faculty members received SURF (Support for Undergraduate Research Fellows) awards this semester. Kenji Rackoff received a SURF award to work on a project entitled “The Role of Cognitive Abilities in Second Language Sound Learning,” under the direction …

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]]> Several students and faculty members received SURF (Support for Undergraduate Research Fellows) awards this semester.

Kenji Rackoff received a SURF award to work on a project entitled “The Role of Cognitive Abilities in Second Language Sound Learning,” under the direction of faculty member Hanyong Park. In this project, they will investigate whether learners’ inhibitory control accounts for individual differences in learning non-native speech sounds.

Meadow Conner, Lisa Quintero, and Charles Rojas received SURF awards to work on a project entitled “The Poverty of the Stimulus: The case of word-final devoicing in second-language acquisition,” under the direction of faculty members Fred Eckman and Jae Yung Song.

Isa Bright received a SURF award to work on a project titled “Cognitive control and context sensitivity in scalar implicature derivation”, under the direction of faculty member Glenn Starr. 

Congratulations, all!

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]]> Congratulations to 2025 Linguistics graduates /linguistics/congratulations-to-2025-linguistics-graduates/ Tue, 20 May 2025 14:33:39 +0000 /linguistics/?p=2599 Congratulations to all of our spring 2025 51ÁÔÆæ Linguistics graduates! BA: Payton Auel Kimberly Campos Melanie Choeun-La Emma Henkhaus Hannah Jones Cassandra Rice Preston Ruh Breanna Watson Luna Whelan MA: Victoria Baake PhD: Daniel Quigley

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]]> Congratulations to all of our spring 2025 51ÁÔÆæ Linguistics graduates!

BA:

  • Payton Auel
  • Kimberly Campos
  • Melanie Choeun-La
  • Emma Henkhaus
  • Hannah Jones
  • Cassandra Rice
  • Preston Ruh
  • Breanna Watson
  • Luna Whelan

MA:

  • Victoria Baake

PhD:

  • Daniel Quigley

Nicholas Fleisher (l), Daniel Quigley (r), at 2025 commencement

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]]> Congratulations to Victoria Baake /linguistics/congratulations-to-victoria-baake/ Fri, 16 May 2025 17:16:22 +0000 /linguistics/?p=2595 Victoria Baake successfully defended her MA paper, Generalizability Across Genders using High Variability Phonetic Training. Congratulations, Victoria!

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]]> Victoria Baake successfully defended her MA paper, Generalizability Across Genders using High Variability Phonetic Training. Congratulations, Victoria!

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]]> Quigley defends dissertation /linguistics/quigley-defends-dissertation/ Fri, 02 May 2025 18:51:57 +0000 /linguistics/?p=2587 Daniel Quigley this morning successfully defended his dissertation, entitled “Neurosymbolic Semantics.” Congratulations, Dr. Quigley!

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]]> Daniel Quigley this morning successfully defended his dissertation, entitled “Neurosymbolic Semantics.” Congratulations, Dr. Quigley!

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]]> Congrats to Isa Bright, Anna Westoff (and Mark Mone!) /linguistics/congrats-to-isa-bright-anna-westoff-and-mark-mone/ Fri, 25 Apr 2025 13:57:06 +0000 /linguistics/?p=2580 Congratulations to linguistics majors Isa Bright and Anna Westhoff, who were inducted yesterday into Phi Beta Kappa, America’s most prestigious academic honor society. Their fellow inductee was Chancellor Mark Mone! Congratulations on your hard work, Isa and Anna!

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]]> Congratulations to linguistics majors Isa Bright and Anna Westhoff, who were inducted yesterday into Phi Beta Kappa, America’s most prestigious academic honor society. Their fellow inductee was Chancellor Mark Mone! Congratulations on your hard work, Isa and Anna!

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]]> Kiskunas (MA ’17) to University of Iowa /linguistics/kiskunas-ma-17-to-university-of-iowa/ Mon, 21 Apr 2025 22:02:59 +0000 /linguistics/?p=2578 Laura Kiskunas (MA 2017) has been accepted into the Speech and Hearing Sciences PhD program at the University of Iowa. Starting in the fall of 2025, she will be working with Professors Inyong Choi and Joel Berger, conducting research with …

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]]> Laura Kiskunas (MA 2017) has been accepted into the Speech and Hearing Sciences PhD program at the University of Iowa. Starting in the fall of 2025, she will be working with Professors Inyong Choi and Joel Berger, conducting research with a focus on hearing loss and cognitive function. Congratulations, Laura! 

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]]> Department hosts “Five Minute” talks /linguistics/department-hosts-five-minute-talks/ Tue, 08 Apr 2025 22:05:44 +0000 /linguistics/?p=2556 On Friday, April 4, 2025, 51ÁÔÆæ Linguistics Department hosted its annual “Five Minute” talks, in which researchers presented their work in five-minute slots. Undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty all participated. The event was a great success!

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]]> On Friday, April 4, 2025, 51ÁÔÆæ Linguistics Department hosted its annual “Five Minute” talks, in which researchers presented their work in five-minute slots. Undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty all participated. The event was a great success!

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]]> Md Jamal Hossain presents at UW-Madison /linguistics/md-jamal-hossain-presents-at-uw-madison/ Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:08:07 +0000 /linguistics/?p=2552 Doctoral student Md Jamal Hossain presented his talk “ATR Vowel Harmony in Bangla” at the 19th Workshop in General Linguistics at University of Wisconsin, Madison. Congratulations, Jamal!

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]]> Doctoral student Md Jamal Hossain presented his talk “ATR Vowel Harmony in Bangla” at the at University of Wisconsin, Madison. Congratulations, Jamal!

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]]> Charles Rojas & collaborators publish in Frontiers in Psychology /linguistics/charles-rojas-collaborators-publish-in-frontiers-in-psychology/ Thu, 13 Mar 2025 15:35:50 +0000 /linguistics/?p=2549 Linguistics undergraduate Charles Rojas, along with collaborators Jae Yung Song and Anne Pycha, has published a new article in Frontiers in Psychology. The title is “Factors modulating perception and production of speech by AI tools: a test case of Amazon Alexa and …

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]]> Linguistics undergraduate Charles Rojas, along with collaborators Jae Yung Song and Anne Pycha, has published a new article in Frontiers in Psychology. The title is ““. Congratulations, Charles!

 

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