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PhD Alumni
2022
Saad Alshahrani
Dissertation: Syllable structure and phonological processes of Southern Najdi Arabic: An Optimality Theoretic model
Hamideh Bagherzadeh
Dissertation: The acquisition of morphology and morphosyntax of Persian (Farsi) heritage language as an independent variety in the United States: New perspectives
Okgi Kim, Lecturer, Kyung Hee University
Dissertation: The syntax and semantics of non-standard wh-constructions in Korean
Jieun Lee, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Kansas
Dissertation: Individual differences in non-native phonological contrast learning: The role of perceptual sensitivity to sub-phonemic variation in native categories
2021
Saja Albuarabi, Instructor, Gateway Technical College
Dissertation: The syntax of negation in Iraqi Arabic
Abdullah Alsubhi
Dissertation: The development of case morphology and sentential word order in Arabic as a second language: A processability perspective
Ruqayyah Althubyani, Faculty, Department of English Language, Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia
Dissertation: The effect of shadowing in learning L2 segments: A perspective from phonetic convergence
2020
Mohammed Abuhaib, Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Department of English, Al-Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia
Dissertation: Remarks on Modern Standard Arabic construct state and quantification
Turki Alwahibee, Assistant Professor, College of Languages and Translation, Al-Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia
Dissertation: Simple subject-verb agreement: A morphosyntactic path to Arabic variations
2019
Abdel-Rahman Abu Helal, Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Middle East University, Jordan
Dissertation: Logical form in the second language: An investigation into quantification in interlanguage
Yasser Albaty, Lecturer in Linguistics, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia
Dissertation: Modality, control and restructuring in Arabic
Salem Albuhayri, Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Dissertation: Information structure in Standard Arabic verbal sentences
Amal El Haimeur, Assistant Teaching Professor of Arabic and African and African-American Studies, University of Kansas
Dissertation: The acquisition of morphology in Moroccan heritage speakers in France
2018
Yahya Aldholmi, Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Dissertation: Segmental contributions to speech intelligibility in nonconcatenative vs. concatenative languages
Reham Alhammad, Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Majmaah University, Saudi Arabia
Dissertation: The role of the syllable contact law-semisyllable (SCL-SEMI) in the coda clusters of Najdi Arabic and other languages
Maria Teresa Bonfatti Sabbioni
Dissertation: Italian as a heritage language spoken in the US
2017
Bader Yousef Alharbi, Assistant Professor of English and Linguistics, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia
Dissertation: The syntax of copular clauses in Arabic
2016
Juman Al Bukhari, Associate Professor, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, University of North Georgia
Dissertation: The syntax of elliptical constructions in Jordanian Arabic
Zafer Lababidi, Assistant Teaching Professor of Arabic and Assistant Director and Advisor, Middle Eastern Studies Program, Florida State University
Dissertation: The L2 perceptual mapping of Arabic and English consonants by American English learners
Liya Mar, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Modern Languages, University of Texas at Arlington
Dissertation: Covert contrast: The acquisition of Mandarin tone 2 and tone 3 in L2 production and perception
2015
Siriporn Lerdpaisalwong, Lecturer, Foreign Languages, Kasetsart University, Thailand
Dissertation: Perception training of Thai learners: American English consonants and vowels
Abdellatif Oulhaj, Associate Professor, Defense Critical Language and Culture Program, University of Montana
Dissertation: The developmental stages of the acquisition of Arabic by adult English-speaking learners: Processability theory and the formulaic language
2014
Albert Krahn
Dissertation: A new paradigm for punctuation
Kelsie Pattillo, German Teacher, Elm Grove School District, Wisconsin
Dissertation: Cross-linguistic metonymies in human limb nomenclature
2013
Dola Algady, Assistant Professor, Sohar University, Oman
Dissertation: The acquisition of relative clauses: How do second language learners of Arabic do it?
Alison Garcia, Lecturer in Spanish, Carroll University
Dissertation: Allophonic variation in the Spanish sibilant fricative
MA Alumni
2022
Fatima Beldaha
Thesis: The effects of phonetic training on the novel production of the German consonants [ç] and [x]
Andrew Miller
Thesis: Recognizing and remedying the African American English learning gap: An educational reform proposal
2021
Eunryoung Cho
Thesis: Fundamental frequency and news topics of newscaster speech
Rachel Elizabeth Confair
Thesis: Fricative voicing in Texan and Wisconsin English
Joshua Harmon, ESL instructor, Appleton, WI
Thesis: The effect of speech production on novel L2 sound training
2019
Joseph Moran
Thesis: Determining factors in second language acquisition of English modals
2018
Tanner LeTourneau
2017
Nicole Desjarlais
Thesis: Actions speak louder than words: A study of the variable use of quotatives in Milwaukee, WI
Laura Kiskunas
Thesis: Perception of a foreign accent in L2: A study of Arabic and Korean speakers of English
2016
Dylan Pearson, PhD student, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Indiana University
Jacklyn Ryan, PhD student, Department of Linguistics, UWM
Thesis: I’m like, “You have an attitude”: The behaviors of be like and its users
2015
Amara Sankhagowit, teacher, Friendship Public Charter School
Thesis: Distribution of tone phonemes in Thai
2014
Yahya Aldholmi
Thesis: Reconsideration of the seven predicates followed by three accusatives in Standard Arabic
Ruth Corddry
Thesis: Ironic speech perception and dyslexia
Laurel Schenkoske
2013
Meagan Dailey
Thesis: An exploration of the motivations behind Hawu vowel metathesis
2012
Humaid Al Wahaibi
Thesis: Subject positions in Bedouin Omani Arabic
MA TESOL Alumni
2022
Nicole Ludmer
Thesis: The importance of using artificially intelligent personal assistants in teaching English voicing contrast to adult language learners
Hannah Steiner
2021
Jaume Aguilo Ramos
Lilly Vang