PhD Alumni 2025 - Present

Dominique Canning

• Dissertation Title: Metalinguistic Commentary on Black Queer Language & Belonging
• Committee Co-Chairs: Robin Queen and Jelena Krivokapic

Lucy (Yu-Chuan) Chiang

• Dissertation Title: Acquisition of the Syntax Semantics of Light Verbs in Mandarin Bilinguals
• Committee Co-Chairs: Acrisio Pires and Natasha Abner

Sophia Eakins

• Dissertation Title: Kriolu in New England: Contact and Innovation in the Cabo Verdean Diaspora
• Committee Co-Chairs: Andries Coetzee and Marlyse Baptista
• Current Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Western Washington

Carrie Ann Morgan

• Dissertation Title: Sounds of space: Regimes of sociolinguistic value in Albania
• Committee Co-Chairs: Savithry Namboodiripad and Judith Irvine