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Contact Information

Chair:  Deborah Chen Pichler, Ph.D. 
Contact: Jayne McKenzie
Sorenson Language and Communication Center (SLCC)  3200

TTY: 202-651-5450
Voice: 202-651-5450

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MA Program Students

Ph.D. Program Students



Name: Ashley Graham From: Ann Arbor, Michigan

Interests: Discourse Analysis

Background: B.A. in Linguistics and B.A. in Environmental studies from the University of Michigan


Name: Lindsay Ferrara From: Georgia

Interests: Language acquisition (child and adult), bilingualism/ multilingualism, phonology of signed languages

Background: BA Anthropology/minor in Linguistics from Georgia Southern University; have worked as a research assistant collecting and transcribing oral histories; at Gallaudet I have worked at the Alumni Relations Office and as a research assistant to Dr. Deborah Chen-Pichler.


Name: Joseph Hill From: Cincinnati, Ohio

Interests: Language attitudes and language contact

Dissertation info: Language Attitudes and Judgments in the American Deaf Community

Background: Bachelors of Science in Systems Analysis at Miami University; Masters in ASL Linguistics at Gallaudet University; LSA summer courses at MIT; Italian Sign Language and Italian language course at Siena School, Italy; Research assistant in Black ASL project; Research assistant at Gallaudet Research Institute


Name: Julie Hochgesang

Interests: Fieldwork linguistics, the phonology of sign languages, and acquisition of sign languages in children.

Background: 1999 - BA in English from CSUN. 2002 to 2004 - Peace Corps Volunteer, Deaf Education (Kenya, East Africa). 2005 to current - Linguistics Department at Gallaudet University (Research fellow for Gallaudet Research Institute, Graduate assistant for Dr. Deborah Chen Pichler, Instructor for Linguistics Department).


Name: Michelle Ktejik From: Milwaukee, WI

Interests: so far, pretty much everything

Background: BA-linguistics from UW-Milwaukee



Name: Clifton Langdon From: San Diego

Background: B.A. in Linguistics from CSU San Marcos

Other info: He has just recently moved to Washington D.C. to earn his doctorate in Linguistics, and now inhabits a new cramped cave in Alexandria. His current focus is an eclectic blend of classifier usage, second language acquisition and whatever else you can fit in the blender. On his off time, he likes to read and spend time outdoors or travel. After the passage of an enormous number of years and the conferral of his Ph.D, he would like to continue to do linguistic research.

Clifton is Center Fellow of the Visual Language and Visual Learning (VL2) Center at Gallaudet.


Name: Miako Villanueva From: Colorado Springs, Colorado

Interests: Cognitive linguistic analysis of ASL structure.

Background: 2004-present doctoral candidate in Linguistics, Gallaudet University, Washington DC, Continuing coursework in the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) program at American University, Washington, DC.; M.A. Linguistics, Gallaudet University; A.A. in Interpreting at Pikes Peak Community College, B.A. in Psychology at Colorado College Teaching experience in the Department of Interpretation and Department of Linguistics at Gallaudet University, Teaching for the English Language Institute at Gallaudet University

Dissertation info: Non-agent focused constructions in American Sign Language: A cognitive linguistic analysis


Name: Cecily Whitworth From: Montana

Interests: Phonology; phonetics; phonogical theory; depiction

Background: BA in religion from Reed College, 2001 MA in linguistics from Gallaudet, 2007 reading tutor; children's theater director; artist; illustrator; teacher; editorial assistant; bagpipe camp director (not in that order)

Cecily is Center Fellow of the Visual Language and Visual Learning (VL2) Center at Gallaudet.

 


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