Congrats to our newest Ph.D. recipients!

Please join us in congratulating our latest Ph.D. alumni: Lewis Esposito, Alexia Hernandez, Zion Mengesha, and Robert Xu. 

Lewis’s dissertation was titled “Linguistic and stylistic change through indexical growth: Covariation in Sacramento, California”. Lewis is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of South Carolina.

Alexia’s dissertation was titled “The Role of Experience on the Cognitive Underpinnings of Linguistic Bias: An interdisciplinary investigation of Miami-based Cuban American speech”. Alexia is now an MBA student in the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Zion’s dissertation was titled “Indexing Respectability”. Zion is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at UCLA.

Robert’s dissertation was titled “Prosodic Packages and Social Meaning”. Robert is now a lecturer in the Department of Linguistics at Harvard University.