Lindsay Fuchs has been awarded the Undergraduate Research Initiative Award (URI, $7,500) for her proposal Relevance in accented speech: listener-based factors in understanding situation-bound conversation;
Elizabeth Assefa has been awarded the Canada Graduate Scholarships – Master’s (CGS-M, $27,000) for her study Political lines made divisive; preconceptions, expectations, and the role of nuance in language processing.
Congratulations!
UAlberta students Dayna Kindermann, Vanessa Estephan, Rayna Hoedl, Brooke Maffit, Gabriela Holko, and Avara Taralson representing!
Welcome to Dr. Jiseung Kim, our new Post-doctoral Fellow, and Vera Fiawornu to the Linguistics department and the lab. Check out their bios on the People page!
Congratulations to the following graduate students who completed their degrees in 2020!
Isabell Hubert Lyall (PhD) – Isabell will be staying on at the lab as a post-doctoral fellow
Wenfu Bao (MSc) – Wenfu will pursue his PhD at U of T
Dalia Cristerna-Roman (MSc)
We have a new group of students in Ling 375 and 475 honing their hands-on research skills:
Chloe Webb, Olivia Luces, Andrés Dorado Solarte, Ashton Freed, Tyler Schnoor, Lydia Samis, Anna Ryjenkova, and Taryn Yaceyko (375); Lindsay Chopiuk, Emily Matishak, and Natasha Daley (475)
We are happy to announce four new Ling 375 students: Malieka, Jasmine, Kylee, and Rupi. Please make them feel welcome as they begin their training in the lab.