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MA Program Students
Ph.D. Program Students
Name: Rebecca Briesacher From: Phoenix, Arizona
Interests: linguistic anthropology and language acquisition
Background: BA in "intercultural studies" (basically anthropology) from Hope International University, 2001, career background as an interpreter
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 Guberman Hochgesang
From: Born in New Jersey, grew up in the suburbs north of Chicago, went to college in Los Angeles, lived in Kenya as a Peace Corps Volunteer, been in DC three years now. Interests: Fieldwork linguistics, the phonology of sign languages, and acquisition of sign languages in children.
Background: I graduated with a BA in English from CSUN. I started graduate school in English with a focus on linguistics there but dropped out to join the Peace Corps during which I went to Kenya and taught English and Kiswahili at a deaf school. During my two years there, I worked with some deaf adults on a dictionary of their sign language, Kenyan Sign Language (KSL). It was my experience there that led me to my current interest in fieldwork linguistics. During my graduate studies here at Gallaudet, I've worked at the Gallaudet Research Institute and with Professor Deborah Chen Pichler on various research projects.
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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