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Alumni Stories: Meet Linguistics Alumni

Dartmouth Linguistics alum Kayla (Eisman) Palakurthy '09 presenting research at *NWAV46* in 2017. She received her PhD in 2019 from UC Santa Barbara, and she now teaches linguistics at San Francisco University.

Class of 2026

Bryan Akin - Dartmouth Medical School, Geisel Class of '30
Carter Anderson - Appellate Practice Researcher, Milbank LLP, Washington DC
Hannah Brooks - Theatre
Daniel Chen - Machine Learning Engineer at Nexstar, New York City
Lexie Gauthier - Starting an event-planning business in Montana
Maria Eduarda Goncalves Freitas
Hannah Krueger
Daisy Li - Software engineering
Chaeyoon Ok - Columbia Law School
Ford Springer - Postbac Research, Dartmouth Linguistics Dept
Aleksa Sotirov - PhD program in Linguistics, The Ohio State University
Willow Stein - Researcher at Northwell Health, Long Island, NY
Vadin Thadhani - Analyst at Macquarie Group
Sofia Wallace - Master's program in Library and Information Science/MA in History at University of Maryland

Class of 2025

Antonio Jorge Medeiros Batista Silva – New York University, PhD student in Spanish & Portuguese
Yuanhao Chen – Dartmouth Thayer School of Engineering, PhD student in Engineering
Luka Faccini Zanon
Lizzy Hanson – Jane Street, trading desk operations engineer
Sofia Lee – Epic Systems, trainer
Trinity Pryor – MSc student in Education Policy, University of Glasgow (Saint Andrew's Scholarship)
Adam Tobeck

Class of 2024

Sabrina Barton – NYC theater costume supplies
Griffin Dagger Bishop – Teaching English in Japan
Nicholas Derby – graduate school: MS Computational Linguistics, CU Boulder
Ryan Dudak – Salesforce, product management, San Francisco
Kamama Eidson – Studio Art Intern
Lauren Houchens – Fulbright English teaching assistant in Czechia
Isabella Huschitt
Simon Lamontagne – Dartmouth Admissions Office
Michael Lapointe – Cruise ship hotel reception
Jea Mo – Law school
Veronica Quidore
Nina Sloan – Fulbright teaching English in Trondheim, Norway

Class of 2023

Lucy Biberman
Emma Briskin
Samiha Datta
Matthew Dempsey
Gabriel Gilbert – PhD student in Linguistics, University of Chicago
Catharine Jacobsen Herrera
Rachel Hsu – Wall Street trader, New York City
Damien Solinger Jeffers – Teach America
Sarah Jewett
Alexander Jones
Han Bit (Alexis) Kang – Analyst, IQVIA
Pumho Karimi
Sarah Karnes – Software development engineer, Amazon
Jessica Karson
Grace Kwon
Julia Levine
Jasmine Li – Speech Language Pathology Graduate School, Massachusetts General Hospital's Institute of Health Professions
Sarah Lou
Guadalupe Ortega – PhD student in Feminist Studies, UCSB
Katherine Packard
Jacob Parker – MA student in Education, Notre Dame
Aani Perkins – PhD student in Linguistics, University of British Columbia
Gabrielle Riddick – QSR Analyst at Restaurant Brands International
Angelina Scarlotta – Analyst in Global Marketing division, Goldman Sachs
Abigail Schaefer
Lucy Ruji Shao – Employee at Bain & Company, Boston
George Stain – PhD student in Linguistics, University of Michigan
Julia Vold
Victoria Xu

Class of 2022

Anne Bailey
Angela Burns – U. S. Department of Defense
Jeho Hahm
Max Pivo
John Wagner
Akiah Watts (double major in Linguistics and Psychology) – Ernst & Young, design strategy, New York City
Sarah Wen (Linguistics Modified with Economics) – Boston Consulting Group (BCG), New York City
Guhui Zhang – Graduate Program in Data Science at Stanford University
Alina Zhang (double major in Linguistics and Economics) – Bank of America, investment banking, New York City
Brandon Zhou – Huron Consulting Group, Toronto

Class of 2021

Nadia Clement – PhD student in Linguistics, University of Oregon
Hayley Divers
Kevin Donohue – Dartmouth College Admissions Team
Mac Galinson – Beverage Distributor in the Bay Area
Clayton Howard
Lucas James – Graduate Program in Speech Language Pathology in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Camille Landon
Katie McCabe
Hannah Montgomery – Teaching kindergarten in Colorado (one year)
Joshua Olin
Emily Staffen
Berit Svenson
Craig Wilcox
Jessica Zhang
Heavenly Zheng – Medical Scribe and Research Assistant, Dartmouth Hitchcock
Spencer Coker
Ana Equihua Ramirez
James King
Tuong Nguyen
Emma Rafkin – Software Engineer, John Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
Ira Richardson – Graduate Program in Library & Information Science, Ann Arbor, MI
James Yeagley

Class of 2020

Adeline Braverman – PhD program in Linguistics, University of Washington
Jessica Campanile (Honors) – University of Pennsylvania Medical School
Melissa Flamand – MA student in Museum Studies, NYU
Dillon Ford – Wayfair, Boston
Hilda Friday
Ruba Iqbal
Andrea Jenkins
Grace Lee
Gyan Moorthy – Columbia University, M.S. in Bioethics
Michael Robelo – EY-Parthenon, software strategy consulting
Sebastian Turner

Class of 2019

Charlene Browne – Teach for America, Baltimore
Olivia Estes – Teach for America, North Carolina
Annie Furman – Moosilauke Ravine Lodge, pursuing career in theater
Sarah Gupta (Honors) – completed Masters program in Computational Linguistics, University of Washington; currently language engineer at Amazon Web Services
Alex Kim – Opthamology clinical scribe, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Madeleine Kroot – Directing the Dartmouth Outing Club's Train and Cabin Crew, then post-baccalaureate in the Geography Department
Zoe Leonard – Masters program, volleyball player/coach, Northumbria University, Newcastle, England
Cy Lippold – Assistant Coach of Women's Basketball at Columbia Univeristy
Patrick Matlin – Game development
Emma Mazzuchi – PhD program in Linguistics, University of Oregon
Arista Ngodinh – Fulbright ETA in South Korea
Jebreel Samples – Retail/brand management consulting, New York City
Drew Siegel – Process Improvement Manager at Black & Veatch Engineering Contractor
Isabelle Strong (Honors) – Associate Director of Career Coaching at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York
Tara Sweeney – Physics/Astronomy second degree
Leah Urbanski – Program Manager of Alaska Native language program / Sealaska Heritage Institute
Dat Vo – Linguistic engineer at Meta, San Francisco Bay area
Josh Wende – M.S. in Computer Science, Columbia University
Miranda Worl – MA in Cultural Heritage Studies at Brown (2022), then Alaska State Legislature
Serena Zhu – Strategy & Operations Manager at LaneCypressAI and French instructor at the Alliance Francaise de Seattle

Class of 2018

Anthony Addo – Computational Linguist, San Francisco Bay Area
Maggie Baird (Honors) – PhD program in Linguistics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Renee Dobrinsky – Teach for America, New York City, later graduate school in speech language pathology
Drusilla Falco – Logistics Coordinator at Cottonwood Institute in Denver, Colorado
Shirley Mordechai (née Gabber) – PhD candidate in Linguistics at University of Hawai'i, Manoa (language documentation and phonology)
Anissa Gladney (Honors) – PhD program in Linguistics, UCLA
Emily Grabowski (Honors) – completed PhD in Linguistics, University of California-Berkeley, 2024; currently Technical Support Manager, OpenReview
Emma Howeiler
Xander Johnson – University of Kentucky, MA student in Linguistics
Danielle Kroll – Medical Student at Columbia University
Jennifer Kuo (Honors) – completed PhD in Linguistics, UCLA 2023; currently Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Cornell University
Preeti Rishi – Speech language pathologist (M.S. / CCC-SLP) and current PhD student in Language &Communication Disorders, San Diego State University / UC San Diego
Peter Skow
Ayana Whitmal – PhD program in Linguistics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Class of 2017

Zachary Cooper
Corinne Kasper – PhD in Linguistics, University of Chicago, 2025; currently Teaching Fellow in Linguistics, University of Chicago
Graham Rigby – Field organizer, Democratic Party
Ksenia Ryzhova – Straightline International, New York (consulting), then PhD program in History, Princeton University
Kimberly Son – analyst, Dow Jones, Manhattan
Joshua Warzecha – Fulbright, teaching English in Israel
Isaiah Smith

Class of 2016

Katherine (Katie) Cohen – Vanderbilt Law School, previously: Peace Corps, Ukraine
John Damianos – M.D. program, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine
Alexandra (Veri) di Suvero (Honors) – currently Executive Director of AKPIRG (Alaska Public Interest Group), previously worked on Alaska Native language revitalization programs as an Anchorage Urban Fellow, Municipality of Anchorage
Anna Driscoll (Honors) – Research analyst, RSG, Burlington, Vermont
Evelyn Fernandez – Stanford University PhD program in Linguistics (MA in Hispanic Linguistics, University of New Mexico)
Leslie Fink – Graduate program in Computational Linguistics at the University of Washington (previously at Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington DC)
Andrea (Sandy) Fox – Disney Research Lab, lab associate (computational linguistics), Pittsburgh
Anna Gabianelli – D.O.C. First-Year Trips
McTavish McArdle – Software Engineer, Narrative Science, Chicago
Stephanie Roff – Teach for America, New York City
Rebecca Schantz – Recruiting Coordinator, Google, San Francisco Area
Grant Schutzman (Honors) – Peace Corps, Africa; poet and translator
Kelsey Sipple
Reed Sturtevant
Zachary Traynor – M.A. program in Education, University of Notre Dame

Class of 2015

Jacob Ammon
Lily Brown – City Year, New York
Chris Carvounis
Alexa Dixon (Honors) – Associate, Business Analysis, Dimensional Fund Advisors, Austin, Texas
Abbie Kouzmanoff (Psychology & Linguistics Modified with French) – Dropbox.com, San Francisco
Micayla Oniskey – Premedical Program at Columbia University
Ashton Slatev – Epic Systems, Madison, Wisconsin
Jacqueline Weiss – PhD program in Neuroscience, UCLA
Andrew Zulker (PhD in Comparative Semitics, University of Chicago) – Miklal Software Solutions

Class of 2014

Abigail S. Bard (Honors) – Fulbright program, teaching English in Korea
Shani C. Brown (modified with WGST)
Cali B. Digre
Robert A. Esnard – Capital Group, Los Angeles
Mitchell B. Jacobs (Linguistics and English) – Fulbright teaching English in Laos (MFA in Creative Writing, Purdue)
Phoebe E. Kurtzman – Client Partner, Decision Sciences, Spotify/Universal McCann, New York City
Alison S. Levens – Goldman Sachs, New York City
Grace G. McDevitt – Epic Systems, project manager/business analyst, Madison, Wisconsin
Matthew V. Melikian (Linguistics and Classics) – Product Operations
Sarah M. Rossow
Ian B. Stewart (Honors) – Charles River Analytics, Cambridge, Massachusetts; finished Georgia Tech PhD Human-Centered Computer Science program, 2020; Data scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Michael L. T. Sugimura – Georgetown University, Master's program in international relations
Anna G. Winham (Linguistics and English)
Crystal J. Ye – Teaching English in Poitiers, France

Class of 2013

Sarah H. Brim – Stanford University Law School (Teach For America 2013-2015)
Chi Shing Chan
Stephanie N. DeCross (Linguistics & Psychology)
Anup M. Dhamala – MA in Comparative Indo-European Linguistics, Leiden University
Sarah E. Dorsey
Meriah Horseman
Grace H. Kouba – Stanford University Law School, and now Deputy County Counsel at Office of the County Counsel, County of Santa Clara, California
Veronique M. Lecocq (Linguistics & Theater) – Marshall Islands Teaching Internship
Joel K. Malkin (Linguistics & Classics) – United State Marine Corps
Naomi M. Maxson – Xinjiang, China
Melanie R. Parnon

Class of 2012

Kenneth P. Baclawski Jr (Honors) – completed PhD in Linguistics at University of California, Berkeley; currently language engineer at Amazon/Alexa Smart Home
Evan A. Barale
Sharang Biswas – Game design, New York City
Andrew Bloomgarden (Computer Science and Japanese modified with Linguistics) – Software Engineer, Google Ads SRE
Emily C. Boggs (Linguistics and Biology) – University of Pennsylvania, PhD program in Computer Science
Blakeley S. Brown
Zachary A. De (Honors) – Social Sciences Research Specialist, Ohio Department of Education
Megan A. Faeth – Management Consultant at Gap International, Philadelphia
Kayla N. Gebeck (Honors) (Linguistics and Native American Studies) – Policy Analyst at Native American Finance Officers Association, Washington DC
Cassidy Griffen (Anthropology modified with Linguistics)
Saige Hoaglin
Kenneth Lai (Linguistics and Chemistry) – Brandeis University PhD program in Computational Linguistics
Justin E. Lashley – formerly Associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in New York City; currently capital markets lawyer at Sidley Austin in Syndey, Australia
Sanja Miklin (Linguistics and Anthropology) – University of Chicago, PhD program in Comparative Human Development
Kate B. Miller
Ryan E. Milligan (Linguistics and Economics)
Daniel Mott (Computer Science modified with Linguistics) – Software Engineer, Garmin International, Raleigh, North Carolina
Leah R. Nicolich-Henkin – formerly linguist in Amazon's Alexa project, Pittsburgh; completed Masters in Computational Linguistics, Carnegie Mellon University; currently computer vision engineer at Numina
Victoria M. Oosterhout
Stephanie A. Pignatiello (Linguistics and Psychology)
Lukas A. Ruiz (Linguistics and English)
Elizabeth E. Salesky (Honors) (Linguistics and Math)
Natalie M. Schrimpf (Honors) – completed Yale University PhD in Linguistics; currently language engineer at Amazon
Nathan A. Severance – University of Oregon PhD program in Linguistics (2014-2015 Dogon Languages Project, field research team, Burkina Faso)
Chelsea M. Stewart (Linguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern Studies) – Teach For America, Baltimore
Jennifer (Mia) Wiegand (Windhearn) – completed PhD in Linguistics at Cornell University 2021

Class of 2011

Lauren A. Glover
Sarah M. Harris – PhD program in German, University of California, Berkeley
Laurence A. Kenny IV – Match Education, Lawrence, Massachusetts
Natalie E. Lyon
John (Jack) Merrill (Honors) – Completed University of California, Berkeley, PhD in Linguistics; currently Lecturer, Princeton University Linguistics Department
Rishi Sethi – Pontiflex, New York City, Mobile Business Development Associate
Jillian R. Tetirick – Georgetown University, graduate program in Russian and Eastern European Studies
Emily J. Ulrich – King's College, London, graduate program in Medieval Studies
Marcella A. Vieraitis
Nacole R. Walker – Tribal Education Coordinator, Standing Rock Tribe and Sitting Bull College, North Dakota. Also involved in development of Lakhota language immersion schools: http://www.lakotabears.com/about/index.html
Aspen R. Wilson

Class of 2010

Sara C. Brennan – completed PhD in Sociolinguistics, Heriot-Watt University; currently Associate Professor of English Studies, University of Toulouse
Kelsey A. Byrne – Morgan Stanley, New York City
Catherine E. Conneally
Jacquelyn de la Torre Hart (Linguistics and French) – Data Management & Curation Librarian, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, DC; Master's degree in Library and Information Science
Jessica D. Griffen – Manager, Moosilauke Ravine Lodge
Andrew M. Guinan – Government Investigator, City of New York
Cindy Guo – Peace Corps, Burkina Faso
Brian D. Howe (Linguistics and Classics) – University of Michigan Law School
Benjamin F. T. Jones
Thomas A. Leddy-Cecere – Faculty in Sociolinguistics, Bennington College (previously: University of Texas, Austin, PhD in Arabic Linguistics)
Lee M. Lefkowitz – completed UCLA PhD in Linguistics; currently Principal Engineer, IBM Watson Orders conversational AI division, San Francisco
Amanda M. Lewis – Graduate program at Washington University Olin Business School
Samantha A. Mandel
Natalie R. Stoll

Class of 2009

Christina Castedo (Honors) – Wilkie, Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York City
Donna Dei-Baning (Linguistics & English) – Integrated Marketing Communications Manager for Graduate NYC, Brooklyn, New York. Master's degree program at CUNY (Branding and Integrated Communications)
Kayla (Eisman) Palakurthy – Visiting Assistant Professor of Linguistics, San Francisco State University (PhD Linguistics 2019, University of California, Santa Barbara)
Mark J. Harris – Bassett Track at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, class of 2014
Lauren J. Hartz – Sanford Heisler Kimpel, LLP in Washington, DC (Yale Law School, J.D. 2014)
Katherine Hilton (Minor in Linguistics) – completed PhD in Linguistics at Stanford; currently Lecturer in Linguistics, Stanford University
Lora Johns
Karen J. Laakko
Jessica K. LaBrie
Sarah E. Lawson – Second Grade Teacher at Success Preparatory Academy (NSNO), Corps Member at Teach for America
Darcy E. Rose – PhD in Linguistics, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 2017; currently Lead consultant, Canidium, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Joanna Rosenberg
Ariel D. Weber
Zhiliang Zhang – JD program at Harvard Law School

Class of 2008

Caleb A. D. Ballou (Linguistics & English)
Meeka M. Droese – Associate at Solar Power Partners
Meredith J. Druss (Linguistics Modified with Psychology)
Ada E. Graham – Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator, Neurology, University of California, Irvine
Renee T. Grounds – Lead Instructor at the Euchee (Yuchi) Language Project, Sapulpa, Oklahoma
Tien M. Ha-Ngoc
Andrea B. Palmer – Teacher in New York at the Uncommon School
Rebekah S. Sagredo (Linguistics & Italian)
Amado T. Sainz (Linguistics & Cognitive Science)
Peter C. Seel – University of Pennsylvania Law School
Kristin A. Vallacher – Fitness trainer, fitness studio owner, West Hollywood, California
Kevin R. Walker – Graduate program in Computer Science at Dartmouth
Nicholas J. Williams (Honors) – PhD in Linguistics, University of Colorado, 2016; currently Assistant Teaching Professor of Linguistics, Montclair State University

Class of 2007

Class of 2006

Ernest H. Brooks – University of Michigan graduate program in Mathematics
Sonia R. Bojanowska-Cantor (Linguistics & Russian)
Don R. Daniels (Honors) – PhD in Linguistics, UC Santa Barbara, 2015; currently Associate Professor of Linguistics, University of Oregon
Sandra S. Eun
Hannah M. Gelman – University of Illinois graduate program in Physics
David R. Present-Thomas
Alexis J. Silvertsen (Linguistics Modified with German)
Andrea M. Smith
Wayne Tan (Linguistics Modified with Russian) – Assistant Professor of History, Hope College (PhD, Harvard)
Anais A. Wheeler (Linguistics & Classics) – Acquisitions Editor at Focal Press

Class of 2005

Scott (Anderson) AnderBois (PhD in Linguistics UC Santa Cruz 2011) – currently Associate Professor of Linguistics at Brown University
Ashley P. Barton (Modified with French)
Lindsey A. Beck (Linguistics & Psychology and Brain Science, Honors)
Alexandra L. Bevernick (Ballard) – University of North Carolina, graduate program in Speech Sciences
Carl N. E. Burnett – US Olympic ski team
Lorraine Ferron
Erin (Hatfield) Jordan
Jonathan C. Hendrix (Linguistics & History)
Emily R. Hess – Therapeutic Riding Instructor at Special Equestrians in Birmingham Alabama
Lauren (Hoehlein) Joseph
Garrett A. Holmes
Elizabeth W. Norton (Psychology and Brain Science modified with Linguistics, High Honors) – Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Northwestern University
Elizabeth W. Vaughan

Class of 2004

Jesse R. Beach – Senior Frontend Engineer, Acquia
Alexis D. Dearborn
Rachael (Degenshein) Lapidis (Completed PhD in Psychology) – Strategic Program Manager at UC San Diego
Anthony M. De Saccia (Modified with Japanese)
Rikker Dockum (PhD in Linguistics, Yale University, 2019) – currently Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Binghamton University
Fawn T. Drauker (Modified with Psychology and Brian Science)
Elsbeth R. Drews
Kristen R. A. Foery
Elizabeth E. Gannes – Senior Editor of "All Things Digital"
Joanna E. Giordano
Peter S.E. Jenks (completed PhD in Linguistics at Harvard) – currently Associate Professor of Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley
Brian C. Orce
Christopher J. Plehal
Nicholas O. Rule (completed PhD in Linguistics, Tufts University) – currently Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto
Nela Suka – Marketing Consultant
Lauren (Ware) Groves – Office manager, CCEF New England

Class of 2003

Class of 2002

Lora B. Bolton
Jennifer Conrad Bouton – Homemaker
Kristen (Hassert) Guill
Elyse M. Krantz – Senior Manager, Educational Consulting at College Coach
Steven M. Lulich (PhD in Speech & Hearing Bioscience & Technology, MIT) – currently Associate Professor of Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington
Tori A. Miner
Stephen M. Simms – Owner, Technically Sound
Tara (Wharton) Megill – Living in West Africa, working as a homeschooling homemaker (husband Matthew Megill '00 is a physician)

Class of 2001

Class of 2000

Class of 1999

Class of 1998

Class of 1997

Class of 1996

Elizabeth E. Cain
Lisa J. Conathan (PhD in Linguistics, UC Berkeley) – currently Archivist for Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Justin S. Cooper – Partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Law
Bridget Canniff Fellini (Linguistics & Russian) – Project Director, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
Katherine M. Forbes-Riley
Michael J. Fromberger – Software Engineer, Google
Devyani Sharma (PhD in Linguistics, Stanford University) – Professor of Linguistics and Communication, University of Oxford
Melissa J. Taylor (Linguistics & Psychology)

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Class of 1989

Class of 1982

Class of 1979

Class of 1978

Class of 1977

Class of 1969

Class of 1962

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