Doctoral dissertator Dong Jin Kim has accepted the position of Research Associate in the Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Congratulations, Dong Jin!… Continue Reading »
Rojas featured in L&S In Focus
Research conducted by undergraduate Charles Rojas was featured in the most recent issue of the L&S In Focus newsletter. The research, in collaboration with Jae Yung Song and Anne Pycha, examines how voice-AI assistants like Alexa respond to words with … Continue Reading »
2024 Linguistics Department Awards
At our Spring Celebration and Graduation, we announced several awards for 2024: Outstanding Undergraduates: Aidan Cashman and Francesca Wiley Outstanding Teaching Assistant: Yunhui Kim Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation: Sujin Oh, Individual Differences of L2 Category Precision in L2 Speech Learning Congratulations … Continue Reading »
Choeun-La and Henkhaus inducted to Phi Beta Kappa
Undergraduate students Melanie Faith Choeun-La and Emma Henkhaus were inducted into the Wisconsin chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, America’s most prestigious honors society. Phi Beta Kappa celebrates excellence in the liberal arts and sciences and champions freedom of thought. Just … Continue Reading »
Lauren Clark defends doctoral dissertation
Lauren Clark successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, “An Extended Replication Theory Approach to Taiwan Mandarin Syntax.” Congratulations, Dr. Clark!… Continue Reading »
Jenna Kieffer defends Master’s paper
Jenna Kieffer has successfully defended her Master’s paper, “Evidence for a Text-Driven Approach to ESL Materials Design.” Congratulations, Jenna!… Continue Reading »
Sujin Oh defends doctoral dissertation
Sujin Oh successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, “Individual Differences of L2 Category Precision in L2 Speech Learning.” Congratulations, Dr. Oh!… Continue Reading »
Joy Alcorn defends Master’s paper
Joy Alcorn has successfully defended her Master’s paper “”There is no Monolingual Control Group: Asymmetry in Bilingual Working Memory Advantage due to Differences in Economy of Working Memory Strategies between Bilinguals and Monolinguals”. Congratulations, Joy!… Continue Reading »
Charles Rojas wins Outstanding Presentation Award
At the 2024 UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium, Charles Rojas won an Outstanding Presentation Award for his poster, “How Voice-Activated AI Assistants and Humans Share Similar Patterns of Word Recognition.” The faculty co-authors are Anne Pycha and Jae Yung Song. Congratulations, … Continue Reading »
Al Omary successfully defends dissertation
Maaly Al Omary successfully defended her dissertation, “Arabic Heritage Speakers’ Acquisition of Arabic Emphatic-Plain Contrasts.” In addition to the committee, ten UWM students and alumni joined the early-morning meeting. Congratulations, Dr. Al Omary! &nbs… Continue Reading »