Camila Anderson '26 is studying Linguistics and Psychology. She is one of The Flat Hat social media editors and enjoys writing (and reading) screenplays for TV shows and movies. She is fascinated by language and its effects, and she is eager to participate in discourse analysis research at W&M.

Ella Briggs '25 is currently studying Linguistics at W&M. She is the president of the American Sign Language Club on campus and ​in her free time likes sewing and rock climbing. She is excited to learn more about the discourse of disability and identity, and how its analysis can make a positive impact in society.

Rin Braxton ’26 is currently undecided. They are one of the founding members of William and Mary's Black Poet's Society. They are interested in spreading awareness as it pertains to the nuances of spoken and signed languages in order to dispel negative stereotypes surrounding non-mainstream language varieties and their users. 

Kerris Watson '25 is currently studying Psychology and Government. She plays the violin for the W&M Symphony Orchestra, and enjoys stargazing and making art in her free time. She enjoys exploring the many nuances of the English language, and how they affect underrepresented people in society. 

Kiseki Carter '25 is currently studying Psychology and Computational & Applied Mathematics and Statistics.  She is a member of Tridelta and loves to do makeup in her free time. One of the things she enjoys learning more about linguistics as a whole and more specifically how language truly affects people through discourse analysis research.

Megha [meɪ.gə] Vasudevan '24 studied Linguistics and English. At W&M, she was a member of the Mock Trial team, a Writing Center Consultant, and an Orientation Aide. She had a lovely time doing discourse analysis with transcription, interviews, and analyses (she loved discourse analysis so much she ended up doing it for her honors thesis!). She plans on pursuing law school.  

Ginny Helmandollar ’24 studied Linguistics and Anthropology. She was thrilled to contribute to DA@W&M projects like database creation, disability memes, and data collection. Around campus, she was involved in the W&M Wellness Ways to Flourish podcast and Humans of W&M. She is currently pursuing an M.A. in Forensic Linguistics at Hofstra University.

Heath Grande Staton ’24 studied Linguistics and French. He played the oboe and bass recorder for W&M’s Early Music Ensemble and writes fiction in his free time. He enjoyed engaging with discourse analysis research to learn more about the often overlooked impact that language has on society. He is now pursuing a Masters of Library and Information Science at University of Maryland. 

Aubrey Lay ’23 studied Government and Linguistics. On campus, he was a dancer in Griffin Bhangra and the Activism Chair for the Rainbow Coalition. He worked on disability discourse with DA@W&M, co-authoring a paper on memes. Aubrey received the 2023 Linguistics Justice Award. He is currently teaching in Estonia with a Fulbright grant.

Alex Johnson '22 studied Linguistics and English. Alex was a regular attendant at W&M Linguistics Lab meetings and enjoyed sharing the joys of discourse and language use. On campus Alex worked at the Writing Resources Center and was a member of the W&M Symphony Orchestra. Alex received a masters in Secondary English Education from the W&M School of Education in 2023.

Emma Wise '21 studied Linguistics. She worked on data collection, coding, pet discourse, GURT organizing, and disability memes with DA@W&M. She greatly enjoyed her time working with DA&WM for 3 years of her undergraduate experience. Emma graduated from the W&M School of Education with a masters in Elementary Education in 2022.

Abram Clear ‘21 studied Linguistics and Anthropology. With DA@W&M, Abram worked on pet discourse data coding and organization. Combining a love of phonetics with a personal interest in dialectal variation, Abram's thesis investigated how speakers’ unique vowel production affects their vowel perception. Abram received a masters in linguistics at the University of Toronto.

Mackenzie Phalan '20 worked on data collection, coding, pet discourse, and GURT organizing with DA@W&M. She has collected pet discourse data in both the US and the UK. She went on to study at William & Mary's School of Education.

Kate Sandberg '19 worked with DA@W&M on transcription and data collection for linguistic landscape projects. Her research interests lie at the intersection of sociolinguistics and prosody, and she is currently investigating the role that social variables might play in the pragmatic interpretation of prosodic contours. She is currently pursuing a PhD in linguistics at Northwestern University.

Jessica Campbell ’18 worked with DA@WM on transcription, disability discourse, and pet discourse in the linguistic landscape. During her time at William & Mary, she studied second language phonological acquisition. She is currently in a PhD program in linguistics at the University of Southern California, where her research examines phonetics and articulatory phonology in clinical settings, in conjunction with neurolinguistics.

Abe Kruger '17 worked with DA@W&M on transcription and survey projects. His interests include cultural linguistics, political speech, and cross-cultural communication. After graduation, Abe has worked as the Communications Manager for the Junior State of America Foundation, focusing on developing and elevating youth voices in politics. He is a delegate of the Maryland Democratic Party and is pursuing law school to study civil rights law.