Students | University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Department of Linguistics

PhD Students

ADAMSON, Nathan
nathanwa@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Student, BA, MA (Brigham Young University)
Language documentation and revitalization, Austronesian languages, linguistic typology, historical comparative linguistics.

ARCHBOLD, Liam
archbold@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Student

BIANCHINI, Olivia (Liv)
ocb@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Student
Psycholinguistics; sociolinguistics; experimental phonology; phonetics; prosody; Japonic languages.

BILLINGS, Blaine
blainetb@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Student
Community-based language documentation, conservation and revitalization; syntax; technology in language documentation; historical linguistics.

BRESLOW, Emma
ebreslow@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Student, BA (Macalester College)
Phonetics; language documentation and revitalization; sociolinguistics; interdisciplinary approaches to linguistics including ethnobotany; Jewish languages.

BUTLER, Nicoline (Nicki)
butlern@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Student, MA (University of Toronto), BA (York University)
Sociophonetics; experimental linguistics; Korean phonetics; multilingualism and codeswitching; Heritage languages; language variation

CABRERA, Angeli Noelle
angeli3@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Student, BA (UC Santa Barbara)
Historical linguistics; Austronesian languages and cultural history; language documentation and revitalization; writing systems; cultural activism.

CAMP, Amber
acamp@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Candidate
Psycholinguistics; phonetics; intonation & prosody; first & second language acquisition; language documentation & revitalization.

DOUGHERTY, Tom
tmd@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Candidate, BA (University of Hawaii)
Historical linguistics; language documentation and revitalization; Austronesian languages; Japonic languages; language isolates; Ainu; Okinawan; Yapese.

ESQUIVEL, Orlyn Joyce
ode@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Student
Philippine languages; language documentation, acquisition, and revitalization; linguistic typology; historical linguistics; sociolinguistics; corpus linguistics.

FLOTTMAN, Cole
coleflot@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Student
Phonology; Language Documentation; Austronesian; Indian Ocean Creoles.

GABBER, Shirley
gabber@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Student, BA (Dartmouth College)
Technology for language documentation; phonetics and phonology; Fijian; Judeo-Arabic.

KONG-JOHNSON, Claire (Noe)
cnmkj2@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Student, BA (Princeton University)
Neuroscience; bilingualism; language acquisition; language revitilization.

LAY, Cedar
cedarlay@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Student
Digital media approaches to language reclamation and revitalization; community-based language documentation and description; linguistic anthropology; sociolinguistics.

LEE, Youngin
ylee8@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Student
Language acquisition; psycholinguistics; neurolinguistics; Korean and Japanese syntax.

LEE, Yuri
PhD Candidate
L1 acquisition; atypical language development; bilingualism.

LIN, Kaiying
kylin@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Student
Language acquisition; Syntax; Machine learning; Computational modeling; Historical linguistics; Sinitic languages (Taiwanese, Mandarin); Formosan languages; Tangut.

LUDLOW, Sydney
sludlow@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Student
Language documentation and conservation; morphology; Pastaza and Napo Quichua; Amazonian languages; language variation

MAYER, Clemens (Clé)
cjmayer@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Student, BA, MA (Leiden University) Language documentation and revitalization; Micronesian linguistics; Papuan Linguistics; Indigenous knowledge; Community-centered revitalization; Language technology; Morphosemantics; Information Structure; Typology.

MURPHY, Josiah
murphyj2@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Student, MA (Kent State University)
Language documentation and revitalization; language acquisition, pedagogy, and curriculum design; multilingualism; translation theory; Salish, signed languages, Spanish.

NUSARTLERT, Anongnard (Porpla)
an2009@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Student
Sociolinguistics; syntax; language acquisition. Language: Thai, Isaan, Lao, Phu Thai.

OHARA-SAFT, Sebastian (Sebi)
soharas@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Student
Language documentation; Jejueo; Japanese and Korean morphosyntax.

OHBA, Akari
akario@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Candidate
First language acquisition; second language acquisition; sentence processing; syntax; semantics. Languages: Japanese and English.

OSBORNE, Henry
osborneh@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Student, BA (University of Oregon)
Austronesian documentation; sociolinguistics, especially language attitudes.

REDDY, Anupama (Anu)
reddyab@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Student (BA University of Colorado, Boulder)
Language Acquisition; bilingualism; morphosyntax; Indic languages (Marathi, Hindi); Telugu; French.

SIEGMAN, Carolyn
PhD Student
Bilingualism; heritage speaking; linguistic transfer; Korean.

SLAYTON, Aliya
aslay@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Student, BA (University of Chicago)
Endangered language documentation and revitalization; Papuan languages; landscape and place; ecological knowledge; sociolinguistics of gender and sexuality.

TOPELIAN, Annika
topelian@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Student, BA (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Bilingualism; language acquisition; heritage languages; language contact and change; language revitalization; language maintenance and shift; morphosyntax; Spanish; Armenian.

TRUONG, Christina
cltruong@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Candidate
Language documentation; Austronesian languages; syntax; phonology; historical linguistics; typology.

VILLAREAL, Venson (John)
jvpv@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Student
Language documentation and revitalization; linguistic typology; grammaticalization; Philippine languages.

VONDIZIANO, Gregory
gregoryv@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Student, MA (National Taiwan University), BA (Calvin College)
Syntax; Language documentation & revitalization
Central Pacific Languages; Formosan Languages

WILLIAMS-SOLOMON, Haʻalilio (Noah)
noahws@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Student
Hawaiian language pedagogy; revitalization; linguistic ideologies; translation theory; and morphosyntactic analysis.

YAMAWAKI, Rui
ruiyama@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Student, BA, BS (University of Texas at Austin), MA (University of Texas at El Paso)
Community-based language documentation and revitalization; bilingualism; multilingualism; first and second language acquisition; anaphora resolution; pedagogy and curricula development; digital domains in language revitalization

YARBROUGH,Danielle(Dannii)
dyarbro@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Candidate, MA (University of Montana), BA (Boise State University)
Language documentation, acquisition, and revitalization; language pedagogy; curriculum design, materials development, and assessments in endangered language contexts; archiving and technology in language documentation and revitalization; Algonquian languages.

ZUBIRI, LOUWARD ALLEN
louward.zubiri@nullhawaii.edu
PhD Student, BA and MA (University of the Philippines Diliman)

Philippine languages and scripts; community-based approaches; language documentation and revitalization; multilingualism and mother tongue education; assessment of language vitality and endangerment; language geography; negation.

MA Students

ASPERHEIM, Margaret
masperhe@nullhawaii.edu
MA Student
Language documentation, conservation and revitalization; Micronesian languages; morphosyntax; ergativity; TAM and negation; historical linguistics

BIALO, Kelsey
kbialo@nullhawaii.edu
MA Student
Language documentation and community-based approaches to language revitalization, phonology and prosody, second language acquisition and learning, Chinese linguistics, Austronesian languages, Munda languages.

BREITHAUPT, Jillian
jbreitha@nullhawaii.edu
MA Student
Sign language linguistics; creole languages; language variation & change; language documentation & revitalization; phonology

CORNWELL, Lauren
lcornwel@nullhawaii.edu
MA Student

DANIELS, Raymond (Ray)
rad42@nullhawaii.edu
MA Student
Morphosyntax, cognitive linguistics, semantic processing, internet linguistics
Languages: English, French, Latin

DEMMON, Tyler
tdemmon@nullhawaii.edu
MA Student

DOSSETT, Stephanie
steph23@nullhawaii.edu
MA Student
Community based language documentation and revitalization, knowledge systems in language, Salishan languages, signed languages, phonology, typology

KOLENSKAIA, Irina
irinakol@nullhawaii.edu
MA Student
Language documentation, Japonic languages.

LE, Amanda
MA Student

LI, Yihan
yihanli@nullhawaii.edu
MA Student
Language documentation, linguistic typology, archiving, syntax, morphology, morphosyntax interface.

MOLINA GOMEZ, Armando
amolinag@nullhawaii.edu
MA Student
Language Revitalization and Normalization; language ideologies, attitudes and prestige; Community-based Language Documentation; Applied Linguistics and Theatre; Translation Studies; Morphosemantics; teaching materials and curriculum development

SAWYER, Gillian
gesawyer@nullhawaii.edu
MA Student
Community-based language revitalization, Language contact and change, Historical linguistics, Interdisciplinary linguistics, Creoles and mixed languages, Ryukyuan languages, Oral Histories and Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Prosody, Technology and language revitalization,