Graduate Student Directory

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Graduate students in linguistics at UB are active researchers working across a wide range of topics, from syntax and phonology to language documentation and computational linguistics. Their work reflects the global and interdisciplinary nature of the field.

Name     Research Interests Email
Adamu, Abdulkadir       aadamu@buffalo.edu
Alzahrani, Ahmed     Generative Phonology and Second Language Acquisition alzahra2@buffalo.edu
Alqarni, Khalid       kalqarni@buffalo.edu
Angulo Pando, Candy       candyang@buffalo.edu
Bakula, Pegi      Field Research, Typology, Phonetics and Phonology, Syntax, Historical Linguistics pegi@buffalo.edu
Chao, Bo     Morphosyntax, Semantics, and Typology bochao@buffalo.edu
Demson, Deirdre
    Iroquoian Languages, Phonology, Morphology, Indigenous Language Revitalization; Ethics in Fieldwork dedemson@buffalo.edu
Grosso, Tamara       tmgrosso@buffalo.edu
Hosseini, Reihaneh       
      rhossein@buffalo.edu
Jagabattuni, Malleswari     Syntax, Semantics, and Cognitive Linguistics malleesw@buffalo.edu
Jayousi, Aiah     
      aiahasja@buffalo.edu
Jódar Sánchez, José Antonio     Semantics, Syntax, Cognitive Linguistics, Metonymy, Grammar, Language Typology jjodarsa@buffalo.edu
Karnatz, Erin       ekkarnat@buffalo.edu
Kern, Kristen       kmkern2@buffalo.edu
Lombardo, Lauryn          
      laurynlo@buffalo.edu
Longenberger, Mason       masonlon@buffalo.edu
Magin, Patrick  
      pjmagin@buffalo.edu
Martin, Micaela               
      mbm32@buffalo.edu
Ojeleye, Rachael     Syntax, Semantics and Typology rojeleye@buffalo.edu
Pokorski, John      Morphology and Semantics johnpoko@buffalo.edu
Rajesh Nair, Nandana  
      nrajeshn@buffalo.edu
Quintana, Mariana Godoy
    Phonology, Fielwork, Mesoamerican Languages marianaq@buffalo.edu
Saleh, Ali     Morphology, Syntax, Soranî grammar, and Computational Linguistics asalehi@buffalo.edu
Schechter, Jennifer       jaschech@buffalo.edu
Shames, Kayla
    Phonetics, Perception, Sociophonetics, Acoustics of Singing kmshames@buffalo.edu
Sharp, Jared       jsharp5@buffalo.edu
Selecter, Spencer           
      sgselect@buffalo.edu
Spies, William 
      wspies@buffalo.edu
Ulloa, Luis     Typology, Linguistic Anthropology, Syntax-Semantics Interface, Language Documentation and Planning laulloa@buffalo.edu
Yang, Tianle       tianleya@buffalo.edu
Yousefzadeh, Bahareh       baharehy@buffalo.edu
Zhong, Juan
    Syntax, Pragmatics, Language Documentation juanzhon@buffalo.edu