Ousmane Cisse defends his dissertation prospectus
Last month, PhD candidate Ousmane Cisse successfully defended his dissertation prospectus! His dissertation is based on the preliminary results of his second qualifying paper (QP2). As part of this work, he is investigating graphemic variations in the representation of engma and their sociolinguistic implications in Casamance Mandinka Ajami. His data is from the NEH Mandinka […]
Liza Sulkin defends her dissertation prospectus
Congratulations to PhD candidate Liza Sulkin who defended her dissertation prospectus! A prospectus is a preliminary description of a proposed dissertation. Her dissertation work investigates how F0, CoG of /s/, and speech rate correlate with gender presentation and sexuality for a group of women and assigned female at birth (AFAB) non-binary (NB) people.
BU Ling at ACAL 2025
Four BU Ling members (and an alum!) presented at The Annual Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL) this month! Pictured left to right is Ousmane Cisse, Romi Hill, Rebecca Bonney, and Jackson Kellogg.
Work on VO compound morphology by Vasilis Michos
PhD student Vasilis Michos’ work on VO compound morphology is now printed as part of a proceedings volume! You can read his work at https://ins.web.auth.gr/images/MEG_PLIRI/MEG_44_187_201.pdf
Congratulations to our 2025 graduates
This past weekend, we celebrated our undergraduate, master’s, graduate certificate, and doctoral graduates! Pictured left to right is Professor Neil Myler, recently graduated Dr. Lee-Ann Vidal-Covas, Professor Danny Erker, recently graduated Dr. Kevin Samejon, and Professor Kate Lindsey.
Andre Batchelder-Schwab awarded Lewis and Clark field scholarship
Congratulations to Andre Batchelder-Schwab, one of our PhD candidates who was recently awarded a Lewis and Clark field scholarship from the American Philosophical Society. He will use this funding to continue his research on a whistled register of the Kinande language! To learn more about the scholarships, see https://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/lewis-and-clark-fund-exploration-and-field-research
Liza Sulkin presenting at LavLang31
PhD candidate Liza Sulkin was accepted for a talk at Lavender Languages and Linguistics (LavLang31) this summer in Manchester! Her talk is on the preliminary results of her dissertation work. LavLang is the only conference dedicated to queer linguistics/language & sexuality. She will report on how F0, CoG of /s/, and speech rate correlate with […]
Jackson Kellogg awarded a GRAF
Very exciting news, PhD candidate Jackson Kellogg was awarded a Graduate Research Abroad Fellowship (GRAF) to travel to Ethiopia this summer to conduct Amharic research for his dissertation! GRAF awards support foreign-based research by doctoral students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences whose field-based or archival research requires an extended period of residence […]
Romi Hill presents at WOLF lab
Earlier this month, PhD student Romi Hill presented at Harvard’s WOLF (Working on Language in the Field) lab! Her talk was on reduplication in Bantu.
Beck Nowicki accepts PhD offer at Binghamtom University
Our master’s student Rebecca (Beck) Nowicki has officially committed to a PhD at another BU—Binghamton University that is! Congratulations to Beck and we wish her good luck in her future endeavors.