Teaching & Background
Teaching & Background
2025 - Present
University of Michigan
Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics
Advisors: Jessi Grieser, Jelena Krivokapić
Awards: Rackham Merit Fellowship
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2021 - 2025
Pomona College
Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics
Major in Linguistics, Minor in Anthropology
Thesis: Code-Switching and Final Consonant Cluster Reduction Among African American Philadelphia High School Students: A Sociolinguistic Analysis
Awards: Phi Beta Kappa | Honors in Linguistics | Pomona College Scholar
English - Native speaker
Polish - Native speaker
Spanish - Advanced (C1)
French - Advanced (C1)
Italian - Intermediate (B2)
Modern Standard Arabic - Intermediate (B1)
Ukrainian - Beginner/Low Intermediate (A2)
Norwegian (Bokmål) - Beginner
Turkish - Beginner
Epic Grammar Fails | Graduate Student Instructor
08/2026 - 12/2026
University of Michigan | LSA Linguistics Department | Dr. Jessi Grieser
Phonetics | Teaching Assistant
01/2025 - 06/2025
Pomona College | Linguistics and Cognitive Science Department | Dr. Ernesto Gutiérrez Topete
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Introductory Arabic, Intermediate Arabic | Teaching Assistant
08/2023 - 05/2024
Claremont McKenna College | Modern Languages Department | Dr. Bassam Frangieh