People Type: Grad Alum

Li, Xin

Biography Xin defended her dissertation ‘On “You + VP” Construction in Mandarin Chinese’ in 2019. Her advisors were Yafei Li and Eric Raimy. After graduation she completed a graduate program in Speech Language Pathology at San Jose State University in San Jose, California. She then began working as a pediatric speech-language pathologist with Hamaguchi and …

Lockwood, Hunter

Biography Hunter Thompson Lockwood is a linguist working under David Costa in the Language Research Office at the Myaamia Center. At any given time he investigates many different aspects of Miami-Illinois, following goals set by the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma.

Lunde, Ken

Biography Ken received his BA and MA in Linguistics from UW–Madison in 1987 and 1988, respectively, and went on to complete his PhD in Linguistics here as well in 1994, with a minor in Japanese. He currently works as a Font Developer for Apple in Cupertino, California.

Milligan, Marianne

Biography Marianne received her Ph.D. in Linguistics from UW–Madison in 2005. Since then she has been on the faculty at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she teaches courses in linguistics and endangered languages. Her research focuses on the Algonquian language Menominee.

Pilus, Zaharia

Biography Zaharia received her Ph.D. in Linguistics from UW–Madison in 2002. After graduating she began working as an Associate Professor at the International Islamic University Malaysia, teaching courses in English, Phonetics, Phonology, and Linguistics.

Rodgers, Blake

Biography Blake received his Ph.D. in Linguistics from UW–Madison in 2014. Prior to that, he had spent many years working as a software engineer for a variety of companies. He is currently enjoying a life exploring sustainable farming practices in southern Wisconsin.

Roeder, Rebecca

Biography Rebecca received her MA in Linguistics from UW–Madison in 2001. She went on to complete her PhD at Michigan State University, and is now a faculty member at University of North Carolina-Charlotte. Her research interests span interconnections between phonetics, phonology, and sociolinguistics.

Rosen, Bryan

Biography Bryan received his Ph.D. in Linguistics in 2015. His linguistic research focused on Native American languages, primarily Hoocak and Ojibwe.

Sasahira, Yasuhiro

Biography Yasuhiro received his Ph.D. in Linguistics from UW–Madison in 2007. He has held teaching positions at the Osaka University of Tourism and Kwansei Gakuin University, and is currently a professor at Hyogo University.

Schleicher, Charles

Biography Charles received his PhD in Linguistics from UW–Madison in 1998, and has been working as an Academic Advisor at UW–Madison since then. He currently works as a Senior Advisor with Cross-College Advising Service.