SLUG SUMMER MILESTONES

Congratulations to Andrew Hedding, who successfully defended his first qualifying paper on June 12. His project is entitled “Resumption in Somali: A Phase-Based Account.” His committee chair was Maziar Toosarvandani. Congratulations, Andrew!

Congratulations to Nick Van Handel, who successfully defended his first qualifying paper on June 13. His project was entitled “Syntactic Adaptation: Evidence from Prepositional Object Gaps.” His committee chair was Matt Wagers. Congratulations, Nick!

Congratulations to Andrew Angeles, who successfully defended his first qualifying paper on June 13. His project is entitled “Focus Dependencies in Premodern Japanese Kakari-Musubi.” His committee was chaired by Jim McCloskey. Congratulations, Andrew!

Congratulations to Lisa Hofmann, who recently defended her first qualifying paper on June 13. Her project is entitled “‘Why Not?’ – Polarity Ellipsis in Why-Questions.” Her committee was chaired by Jim McCloskey. Congratulations, Lisa!

Congratulations to Netta Ben-Meir, who successfully defended her first qualifying paper on June 17. Her project is entitled “Free Inversion in Modern Hebrew.” Her committee was co-chaired by Ivy Sichel and Jim McCloskey. Congratulations, Netta!

Congratulations to Kelsey Sasaki, who successfully defended her second qualifying paper on June 16. Her project is entitled “Forward on Backshift.” Her committee was chaired by Pranav Anand. Congratulations, Kelsey!

Congratulations to Dhyana Buckley, who successfully defended her MA thesis on August 27. Her project is entitled “The Persuasive Effects of Stylistic Variation in the Restaurant Review Domain.” Her committee was chaired by Pranav Anand. Congratulations, Dhyana!