Two Linguistics projects have been awarded funding to support undergraduate research as part of UWM’s SURF program for fall 2022: Preston Ruh and Hanyong Park: “Foreign Accent in Consonant Clusters” Sean Weaver and Glenn Starr: “L2 Learner Receptivity to Scalar … Continue Reading »
Dong Jin Kim accepted to UWM Dissertation Completion Support program
Doctoral student Dong Jin Kim has been accepted to the UWM Dissertation Completion Support program. This program, run by the Graduate School, provides financial incentives for timely completion of doctoral dissertations. Congratulations, Dong Jin!… Continue Reading »
Robin Fritche receives Graduate Student Excellence Fellowship (GSEF) Award.
Doctoral student Robin Fritche has been selected to receive the Graduate Student Excellence Fellowship (GSEF) Award. This award, given by the Graduate School, recognizes and applauds academic performance and potential. Congratulations, Robin!… Continue Reading »
Jieun Lee to Kansas
Jieun Lee (PhD 2022) has accepted a position as Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Kansas. Congratulations, Jieun!… Continue Reading »
Pycha receives UWM research award
Associate Professor Anne Pycha has been awarded the 2022 UWM Office of Research/UWM Foundation Research Award. Congratulations, Dr. Pycha!… Continue Reading »
Ouali promoted to Full Professor
Faculty member Hamid Ouali has been promoted to Full Professor. Congratulations, Dr. Ouali!… Continue Reading »
Anne Pycha publishes in Frontiers in Communication
Along with UC Davis co-authors Michelle Cohn and Georgia Zellou, Anne Pycha just published a new article in the journal Frontiers in Communication. The title is “Face-masked speech intelligibility: The influence of speaking style, visual information, and background noise.”… Continue Reading »
Jieun Lee defends dissertation
On Thursday May 5, Jieun Lee successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, “Individual differences in non-native phonological contrast learning: the role of perceptual sensitivity to sub-phonemic variation in native categories”. Congratulations, Dr. Lee!… Continue Reading »
Congratulations to Tessa Culleton
At the UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 29, Tessa Culleton earned the Outstanding Presentation Award for her work “Low Density and Clear Speech Make Words More Memorable,” in collaboration with Drs. Jae Yung Song and Anne Pycha. Congratulations, Tessa!… Continue Reading »
Students present at Undergraduate Research Symposium
Congratulations to Annika Huber, Preston Ruh, and Tessa Culleton! These undergraduates, in collaboration with their faculty advisors, presented their research on April 29 at the UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium.… Continue Reading »