College of Letters & Science
Biography Erika double-majored in Linguistics and German while an undergrad at UW–Madison. She went on to get an MA in Linguistics at UW–Madison, and did her Ph.D. at Northwestern. She is currently an Associate Professor and Director of the Auditory Brain Research Lab at the University of Connecticut, where she studies auditory processing.
Biography Laura completed a joint PhD in Linguistics and German at UW–Madison in 2004. She is now an Associate Professor in the Department of German & Russian at Brigham Young University, where she studies historical linguistics and prosodic phonology.
Biography Philip received his M.A. in Linguistics and Computer Sciences from UW–Madison in 1997. Since then he has worked as an encyclopedia editor with Routledge, taught English at UW-Manitowac, and developed online English courses for German speakers. He currently works as an IT and localization manager for The Geo Group.
Biography Dilara received her M.A. in Linguistics from UW–Madison in 2004. She then went on to complete her Ph.D. in Communication Sciences here. After graduation she worked in industry data analysis, and now owns her own business.
Biography Li received her M.A. in Linguistics from UW–Madison in 2014 and has worked as a translator, editor, English writing coach to ESL learners, co-founder of Corley English, and LLM analyst since her graduation. She currently works as a content engineering analyst for the Research and Machine Intelligence team at GlobalLogic, contributing to developing and …
Jae completed their PhD in 2026 with a focus on Turkish phonology. After graduation, they took a leadership position with the New York Immigration Coalition, an umbrella organization that brings together immigration-related non-profits across New York state. Awards: Recipient of the UW–Madison Graduate School Fellowship 2021-2022, Segal Americorps Education Award in 2021, and Foreign Languages and …
Biography Leyla received her Ph.D. in Linguistics from UW–Madison in 1997. She is now an associate professor of English linguistics at Central Connecticut State University.