ALUMNA REPORT: AMY LOMBARDI

Amy Lombardi, who graduated from UCSC in 1995 but has been continuing her education the last couple years with linguistics classes, recently received news that she was accepted into the PhD program in linguistics at UC Davis, as well as the PhD program in education. She sent in a report about making the tough decision between the two programs:

Once Linguistics accepted me, and I had a chance to go to campus and talk to people in both departments, I decided to go with Linguistics. It’s really a hybrid program anyway, which is exactly what I want. I can switch off by quarter between teaching my own classes in the university writing program and TAing linguistics courses, depending on what’s being offered, how much responsibility I want, etc. My advisor is awesome, a perfect fit for me both in terms of research areas and personality. So I think I can hit the ground running.