Andrew Hedding accepts syntax position at UW

Andrew Hedding (PhD, 2022) has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of syntax in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Washington, starting in fall 2023. Andrew’s dissertation investigated how abstract categories such as focus are represented in grammar, with special attention to the connection between wh-movement and focus movement. It integrated evidence from San Martín Peras Mixtec, an Indigenous language of Oaxaca, speakers of which Andrew has been collaborating with since 2017, in Mexico and California. The dissertation committee was composed of Professors Jess Law, Ivy Sichel, Maziar Toosarvandani (chair), and Michelle Yuan (UC Santa Diego).

Congratulations, Andrew!