Ph.D. Student, UCLA Department of Linguistics
Resume & CV
Click here to download my CV (last updated: 5 February 2020)
Summary
I am a second year PhD student in the Department of Linguistics at UCLA, specializing in first language acquisition. My current interests include:
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Acquisition at the phonetics/phonology interface
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Multimodal aspects of language acquisition, such as visual discrimination of language by bilingual infants
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Development of complex language processing mechanisms, such as resolving temporary syntactic ambiguities
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Acquisition of various logical components of language, specifically through the lens of formal and compositional semantics
More broadly, I am interested in how language acquisition can fit into our understanding of language as a whole, and strongly believe that acquisition can inform linguistic theory in powerful ways. For this reason, I am always searching for ways acquisition can provide novel insights into areas of linguistics that are currently unexplained.
Skills
Coming soon! :)
Education
University of California, Los Angeles
PhD: Linguistics (2019-present)
Anticipated MA completion: Spring 2021
Awards & Honors:
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Graduate Summer Research Mentorship (GSRM) Awardee: awarded by the UCLA Graduate Division to fund summer work with a faculty mentor. Will be used to kickstart my project on the visual discrimination of language by bilingual infants in collaboration with Professor Megha Sundara.
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Postponed to Summer of 2021 due to COVID-19.
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Duke University
Bachelor of Science: Chemistry, Linguistics (2019)
As an undergraduate at Duke University (Durham, NC), I pursued a double major in Chemistry (with a concentration in Chemical Biology) and Linguistics (with a concentration in psycho/neurolinguistics), as well as a minor in Russian Language and Culture.
Awards & Honors:
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Angier B. (AB) Duke Memorial Scholarship: Full merit scholarship covering the expenses of housing, tuition, and related fees for all four years, as well as an independent research fund and a summer session at the University of Oxford. Awarded for demonstrated academic potential and evident intellectual curiosity and drive.
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Bass Connections Fellow: Program providing funding to undergraduates engaged in interdisciplinary and inter-departmental research.
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Used towards a Biomedical Engineering/Neuroscience project, "Oculomotor Response as an Objective Assessment for Mild TBI in the Pediatric Population"
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Spearheaded project on development of biomarkers for mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI)
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Assisted with eye-tracking assessments of regional K-12 football players
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Undergraduate Travel Award, Charles Latiffe Foundation: Funding to attend Boston University Conference for Language Development (BUCLD), including travel, registration, and accommodation.
Languages
Natural Languages:
English (native)
Russian (fluent)
French (advanced)
Dutch (beginner)
Programming Languages:
LaTeX (advanced)
Python (beginner)
R (novice)
Relevant work
experience
Graduate Student Researcher (UCLA)
2019-present
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Completing relevant coursework as part of the PhD track in Linguistics
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Working with Prof. Megha Sundara on a project investigating the role of visual language discrimination by bilingual infants
Research Assistant, Bergelson Lab (Duke University)
2018-2019
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Research Assistant responsible for running infant eye-tracking studies, annotating videos, and recruiting participants
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Used Python scripts to extract tokens from in-home recordings of child-parent interactions from the SEEDLingS corpus