Elena Gill
B.A. Public Policy with Honors, B.A. Linguistics
About Me
I’m a recent graduate of the University of Chicago with a B.A. in Public Policy with Honors and a B.A. in Linguistics. My top research interests include public health, accessibility, and linguistics of sign languages. My thesis focused on mental health clinicians’ (lack of) knowledge about treating d/Deaf patients and how we could improve their knowledge from a public policy standpoint.
In my free time, I am involved in theater as a Music Director, Pianist, and Sound Designer. I also crochet, read, and work to optimize my farm in Stardew Valley.
Projects
- Role-Playing and Register-Performing: A Sociolinguistic Exploration of The Seven (2024)
- Mobility and Health in Chicago: Exploring the Impact of Public Transportation on Individual Well-Being in Chicago’s Communities (2024)
- Deaf Mental Health: Assessing Mental Clinicians’ Knowledge of Treating Deaf Patients (BA Thesis, Public Policy, 2024)
- I Can Hear the (Warning) Bells (2023)
- YouTube’s Copyright Policies: Going Above and Below the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) (2023)
- The Morphology-Syntax Interface in American Sign Language (2022)
- An Analysis of /h/ Allophony in Hungarian (2021)
Theater
- The Play That Goes Wrong (2024, Sound Designer)
- Falsettos (2024, Music Director / Rehearsal Pianist / Conductor)
- Be More Chill (2023, Music Director / Rehearsal Pianist / Keyboard 1)
- Queen of Spades (2023, Rehearsal Pianist / Piano)
- The One For Me (2022, Composer / Music Director)
- Yivdak (2022, Arranger / Music Director / Rehearsal Pianist / Piano)
- Trail To Oregon (2022, Rehearsal Pianist / Piano 1)
- Love’s Labour’s Lost (2021, Asst. Sound Designer)
- Rent (2020, Keyboard 1)
- Chicago (2019, Piano 1)
- Sister Act (2018, Keyboard 1)
Honors & Awards
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Leonard Bloomfield Prize in Linguistics, 2024
- Georgiana Simpson Scholars Humanities Collegiate Divisional Honors, 2024
- Gary Becker Scholars Social Sciences Collegiate Divisional Honors, 2023 & 2024
- Dean’s List, 2021-2024
- Robert Maynard Hutchins Scholar, 2022