Concentrators' Corner

Welcome to the Concentrators' Corner! Here you will find information about what Linguistics concentrators are up to, including social events, lunches with professors, and publications. Please follow the link in the sidebar for additional information about research opportunities within the Linguistics concentration.

 

Congratulations Class of 2023!

  • Adam Aleksic
  • Austin Siebold
  • Christian Abney
  • Ian Chan 
  • Iqra Noor 
  • Joanna Boyland
  • Joey Kurek
  • Mikaela Belle Martin
  • Richard Luo
  • Sophie Brown
  • Sophie Stull Kim 
  • Xavier Evans
  • Ye Joo Han
  • Eelaaf Zahid

 

WELCOME

from: Professor Kathryn Davidson on Zoom and Professor Jay Jasanoff on YouTube

https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/play/68IsJeGo_Tk3GtHA4wSDCvdwW9W6f66s2iUar_YEnRqzAXlVNwevb7JAZbDd1l1yYIjFiEoLx0RP8YEa

 

Events in our department

Senior Thesis Colloquium

Seniors Christian Abney, Mikaela Belle Martin, Ian Chan, Joanna Boyland, Richard Luo, Sophie Kim presented their honors undergraduate theses at the Senior Thesis Colloquium on April 27, 2023. Congratulations!

Concentrators Chat with Graduate Students and Professors at the Linguistics Department Open House

Undergraduates, graduate students, and professors had the opportunity to discuss the department and Linguistics as a whole over tasty food at the Linguistics Department Open house. 
 
concentrators hear from a grad student about her experience
 
smaller group conversation about linguistics
 
bubble tea and donuts
 
bubble tea
 
fresh donuts and pastries

Concentrators, new and old, mingle and chat at annual Linguistics Concentrators Dinner

Newly declared concentrators had the chance to meet each other, other concentrators, and faculty at the annual Linguistics Concentrators Dinner.

Concentrators and Faculty smiling for picture

Concentrators chatting

 

Prospective concentrators talk to current students and faculty at department open house

Prospective concentrators in Linguistics had the opportunity to talk to current undergraduate concentrators, graduate students, and faculty in linguistics about the concentration and the department at the department open house on October 23rd. 

Prospective concentrators talk with current concentrators

Professors Davidson, Ryan, Jasanoff, and Bobaljik talked about their journeys and experiences in Linguistics: 

Professor Bobaljik talks to group about his experiences

 

Concentrators interested in pursuing PhD chat with grad students over lunch

In an informative discussion, concentrators interested in pursuing a PhD in Linguistics talked with grad students about their experiences navigating the process of applying to and attending graduate school in linguistics

Concentrators and grad students at lunch

 

Linguistics Concentrators receiving the Bok Center Teaching Awards

Athena Braun (Class of 2019) and Brian Yu (Class of 2019) received the Bok Center Teaching Awards for their work at CS50. Congratulations, Athena and Brian!
 

Linguistics Concentrator Admitted to a Graduate Program

Taylor Joyce (Class of 2019) will be matriculating 2019 fall to the PhD program in Linguistics at University of Texas, Austin, with the Donald D. Harrington fellowship! Congratulations, Taylor!

Linguistics Industry Panel

The Industry Panel was on Thursday February 28. This event invited speakers with a linguistics background who are now working in industry to share their experience and opinions on linguistics in a non-academic path.

industry panels

industry panel1

industry panel2

Industry panel3

 

Linguistics Fall Open House

The Linguistics Fall Open House took place on October 23, 2018.

Fall Open House

Fall Open House

Fall Open House

Fall Open House

Lives in Linguistics Dinner

 

Linguistics concentrators and students from Ling 83 enjoyed a dinner with College Fellow Masoud Jasbi and Head Tutor Isabelle Charnavel, on October 4, 2018.

Lives in Linguistics Dinner

Senior Thesis Colloquium

Seniors Jerry Nelluvelil, Anna Alsop, Rachel Silverstein, and Jennifer Hu presented their honors undergraduate theses at the Senior Thesis Colloquium on April 26, 2018.

Seniors

 

 

Ice cream social (March 2018)

Concentrators gathered for ice cream and socializing on March 22, 2018.

Ice Cream Social 2018

Linguistics concentrator dinner

Linguistics concentrators, new and old, gathered for dinner at the Meaning & Modality Lab on November 27, 2017.

Concentrator dinner 2017

Ice cream social (November 2017)

Concentrators gathered for ice cream and socializing on November 9, 2017.

Ice cream social November 2017

Department of Linguistics Open House Fall 2017

See below for photos from our Fall Open House, which took place on November 2, 2017.

3 students at OH Fall 2017

JJ and GC OH Fall 2017

Ethan and Gunnar OH Fall 2017

GC and Athena OH Fall 2017

Group 1 OH Fall 2017

KD and 2 students OH Fall 2017

Linguistics concentrators at LSA Annual Meeting 2018

The Department of Linguistics has two concentrators who will present at the prestigious Linguistic Society of America meeting in Utah this coming January 2018.

Anna Alsop '18

 

 

Anna Alsop (class of 2018) will be presenting a paper, entitled "Testing Contrastive Inferences from Suprasegmental Features Using Offline Measures."

 

 

Jennifer Hu '18

 

Jennifer Hu (class of 2018) will be presenting a poster, entitled "A graph-theoretic approach to comparing typologies in Parallel OT and Harmonic Serialism."

 

 

Lives in Linguistics luncheon

Linguistics concentrators enjoyed an intimate lunch with Professor Jay Jasanoff and graduate student in Linguistics, Cristina Aggazzotti, on October 11, 2017.

Lives in Linguistics luncheon with Prof. Jay Jasanoff, Fall 2017
Lives in Linguistics luncheon with Prof. Jay Jasanoff and graduate student in Linguistics, Cristina Aggazzotti, fall 2017

Ice cream social (September 2017)

Concentrators discuss language in the Yard with Professor Kate Davidson and graduate student in Linguistics, Cristina Aggazzotti, on September 25, 2017.

Ice cream social fall 2017
Big small talk about language in the Yard with Prof. Kate Davidson and graduate student in Linguistics, Cristina Aggazzotti, fall 2017