Curriculum Vitae
Education
Sept 2023–Present
Graduate Student, Program in Indo-European Studies, UCLA
Sept 2022–June 2023
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Classics (with Distinction), UCLA
Thesis: Linguistic Discrimination and Gendered Language in Aristophanes’ Birds.
Adviser: Prof. Sarah P. Morris
Thesis: Linguistic Discrimination and Gendered Language in Aristophanes’ Birds.
Adviser: Prof. Sarah P. Morris
Aug 2018–May 2022
B.A. in Classics (Hons.) and German Studies (Hons.), Grinnell College
Classics Capstone Thesis: Dionysius and Livy: Sabine Women and the Roman Peace.
Adviser: Prof. Monessa F. Cummins
Classics Capstone Thesis: Dionysius and Livy: Sabine Women and the Roman Peace.
Adviser: Prof. Monessa F. Cummins
Publications
2023
“Mind your Language, Mister! A Case Study in Aristophanic Humor.” Animus: University of Chicago Classical Journal Vol. 3.1, Winter, 36–51.
2023
“Between Need, Want, Material and Innate Beauty: Tracing Shades of Erōs.” Corvus Vol. 13, Spring, 27–35.
2023
“Gendered Language in Aristophanes’ Birds.” Persephone: The Harvard Undergraduate Classics Journal Vol. 8.1, Spring, 12–29.
2021
“The Estuarine Ecological Knowledge Network: Future Prospects.” (with Grant S. McCall, Russell Greaves, Brian Hitchcock, Brian Ostahowski, and Sherman W. Horn III.) Marine Technology and Science Journal 55(3): 122-123.
Presentations
October 25, 2024
“Re-mixing a piss-poor etymology: on Gk. μοιχός and OE (ge)māh” WeCIEC 35: Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference
June 28, 2024
“Towards an integrative approach to the investigation of linguistic phylogenies” 5th Munich-UCLA Historical Linguistics Colloquium (Presentation Materials here)
May 29, 2024
“FSAs, FSTs and sequence alignment in phylogenetic studies: The case of Tocharian B” UCLA Program in Indo-European Studies Graduate Seminar
Invited Lectures
July 11, 2024
“Karma is the breeze in my hair on the weekend: Sanskrit loanwords into English”
Classics 185: Origins and Nature of English Vocabulary, UCLA
Classics 185: Origins and Nature of English Vocabulary, UCLA
Research Experience
June 2023–Present
Research Assistant
Supervisor: Prof. David Goldstein, University of California, Los Angeles
Supervisor: Prof. David Goldstein, University of California, Los Angeles
Jan–May 2022
“Nibelungenlied and Middle High German Verse”
Mentor: Prof. Daniel P. Reynolds, Grinnell College
Mentor: Prof. Daniel P. Reynolds, Grinnell College
March–July 2021
“Jewish Life in Pakistan.”
Mentor: Prof. Viktoria Pötzl, Grinnell College
Mentor: Prof. Viktoria Pötzl, Grinnell College
Aug–December 2021
“Peter Schneider’s Der Mauerspringer and the search for a German identity”
Mentor: Prof. Vance Byrd, University of Pennsylvania
Mentor: Prof. Vance Byrd, University of Pennsylvania
June–August 2020
“Modelling Pre-historic Foraging Patterns Along the Coast of New Orleans.”
Mentor: Prof. Grant McCall, Tulane University
Mentor: Prof. Grant McCall, Tulane University
Teaching
Fall 2024
Teaching Assistant, LING-110: Introduction to Historical Linguistics
Instructor: Prof. David Goldstein
Instructor: Prof. David Goldstein
Summer 2024
Teaching Assistant, LING-1: Introduction to the Study of Language
Instructor: Corrina Fuller
Instructor: Corrina Fuller
Summer 2022
Elementary School Teacher, Davis Elementary, Grinnell, IA
Fall 2022
Urdu (ALS: 102), Grinnell College
Summers 2018–2020
ESL Teacher, The Care Foundation School, Lahore, Pakistan
Scholarships & Awards
2024
Morvarid Guiv Fellowship in Zoroastrian Studies
2024
UCLA/Keck Humanistic Inquiry Research Award, UCLA Division of Humanities
Collaborators: Tom Francis, Klaus Kim, Laura McLean
Mentor: Prof. David Goldstein
Project: Identifying and fixing (systematic) issues of cognacy encoding in IE-CoR
Collaborators: Tom Francis, Klaus Kim, Laura McLean
Mentor: Prof. David Goldstein
Project: Identifying and fixing (systematic) issues of cognacy encoding in IE-CoR
2024
Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Award
Mentor: Prof. David Goldstein
Project: Disentangling the diachronic dynamics of vowel mergers: The Case of Proto-Indo-Iranian
Mentor: Prof. David Goldstein
Project: Disentangling the diachronic dynamics of vowel mergers: The Case of Proto-Indo-Iranian
2023–24
Institute for the Study of Global Antiquity Fellowship
2023
SCS Lionel Pearson Fellowship [Declined]
2022–23
Joan Palevsky Chair Post-Baccalaureate Scholarship in Classics
2022
CAMWS Award for Outstanding Accomplishment in Classical Studies
2022
Gus and Elfie Kalfass Prize for Excellence in German Studies
2021
Gerald W. LaLonde Fellowship in Classical Studies
2021
UC Berkeley Intensive Greek Workshop Tuition Rebate
2019
Institute for Global Engagement Summer Language Study Scholarship
Service
Current
Graduate Seminar Organizer (with Aidan Holmgreen), PIES, UCLA
Current
Mentor, Asian and Asian American Classical Caucus
Current
Graduate Student Association Representative, UCLA Undergraduate Council
2023–Present
Organizer, UCLA Indo-European Conference Student
2021–2022
Co-Chair, Grinnell College Classical Studies Student Education Policy Committee
2020–2022
Co-Chair, Grinnell College German Studies Student Education Policy Committee
Professional Organizations
2023–Present
Indogermanische Gesellschaft
2022–Present
Society for Classical Studies
2022–Present
Classical Association of Midwest and South
External Coursework and Certifications
Summer 2024
Exceptionality, Phonological Grammar and Opacity, Historical Linguistics (CreteLing 2024)
Summer 2021
Old English (Leiden Summer School in Languages and Linguistics)
Summer 2021
The Ancient Greek Workshop (UC Berkeley)
Summer 2020
Deutsch Erleben Workshop (Humboldt Universität)
Summer 2019
German Language Program (Universität Leipzig)
Languages
Ancient
- Advanced: Ancient Greek, Latin, Vedic, Gothic
- Intermediate: Hittite, Middle High German, Luwian
- Basic: Old English, Tocharian B
Modern
- (Near-)Native: Hindi/Urdu, Panjabi, English, German (C1)
- Grammatical: Italian, French
Technical Skills and Programming Languages
NetLogo, Python, LaTeX, R, RevBayes, Beast2.0, Stan
Miscellaneous
References
Prof. David M. Goldstein
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Linguistics/Program in Indo-European Studies/Classics
3125 Campbell Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Email: dgoldstein@humnet.ucla.edu
Department of Linguistics/Program in Indo-European Studies/Classics
3125 Campbell Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Email: dgoldstein@humnet.ucla.edu
Prof. Stephanie W. Jamison
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Asian Languages and Cultures/Program in Indo-European Studies
Royce Hall 290, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Email: jamison@humnet.ucla.edu
Department of Asian Languages and Cultures/Program in Indo-European Studies
Royce Hall 290, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Email: jamison@humnet.ucla.edu
Prof. Angelo O. Mercado
Grinnell College
Department of Classics/Linguistics
1226 Park Street, Grinnell, IA 50112, USA
Email: mercadoa@grinnell.edu
Department of Classics/Linguistics
1226 Park Street, Grinnell, IA 50112, USA
Email: mercadoa@grinnell.edu
Prof. Sarah P. Morris
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Classics/Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
247N Dodd Hall, 310 Portola Plaza, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Email: sarahm@humnet.ucla.edu
Department of Classics/Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
247N Dodd Hall, 310 Portola Plaza, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Email: sarahm@humnet.ucla.edu
Prof. Brent Vine
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Classics/Program in Indo-European Studies, Emeritus
Dodd Hall 289B, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Email: vine@humnet.ucla.edu
Department of Classics/Program in Indo-European Studies, Emeritus
Dodd Hall 289B, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Email: vine@humnet.ucla.edu
Prof. Anthony Yates
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
378 Kaplan Hall, 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Email: adyates@ucla.edu
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
378 Kaplan Hall, 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Email: adyates@ucla.edu