Students
Current PhD students:
Scott Spicer
Former PhD students:
Michael Everdell (Fall 2023) - Research Affiliate, The University of Texas at Austin.
Thesis: Arguments and adjuncts in O'dam: language-specific realization of a cross-linguistic distinction
Cristian R Juárez (Summer 2023; Co-Advised with Patience Epps) - Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Linguistics and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig.
Thesis: A typology of valence-changing mechanisms and related verb modifications in Northern Chaco Mocoví (Guaycuruan, Argentina)
Qianping Gu (Spring 2020) - Assistant Professor, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Thesis: Noun Incorporation and Resultative Verb Compounding in Mandarin Chinese
Maria del Mar Bassa Vanrell (Summer 2017; with Gennaro Chierchia as Co-Advisor) - Visiting Professor, Department of Spanish, Modern, and Classical Language, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Thesis: Scope, Scalarity, and Polarity in Aspectual Marking: The case of English 'until' and Spanish 'hasta'
Zach Childers (Summer 2016; Co-Advised with Stephen Wechsler) - Linguistic Engineer, NarrativeDx
Thesis: "Cause” and Affect: Evaluative and emotive parameters of meaning among the periphrastic causative verbs in English
Kyle Jerro (Spring 2016) - Senior Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics, University of Essex
Thesis: The Syntax and Semantics of Applicative Morphology in Bantu
Ashwini Ganeshan (Spanish and Portuguese, Summer 2015; Co-Advised with Chiyo Nishida) - Conversational Designer, LivePerson
Thesis: Case Marking in Spanish Reverse Psychological verbs: A Lexical Semantic Perspective
Juwon Lee (Summer 2015; With Stephen Wechsler as Co-Advisor) - Assistant Professor, Department of English Education, Jeonju University
Thesis: An Intention-based Account of Accomplishments in Korean
Nyoman Udayana (Summer 2013; Co-Advised with Stephen Wechsler) - Professor of Linguistics, Department of English, Udayana University
Thesis: Voice and Reflexives in Balinese
Éva Kardos (Fall 2012; Co-Advised with Gergely Pethö; University of Debrechen, Hungary) - Senior Lecturer, Department of English Linguistics, University of Debrecen
Thesis: Toward a Scalar Semantic Analysis of Telicity in Hungarian