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Role-Playing and Register-Performing: A Sociolinguistic Exploration of The Seven
Looking at the first episode of the Dungenos & Dragons actual-play show The Seven, I isolated several linguistic forms that different participants use in order to convey character traits of the fictional characters they portray. In several instances, they are referencing identities that may not even exist in the fantasy world proper (ex. using a… Read More
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Mobility and Health in Chicago
A paper my PDI project team wrote that explores the health effects of public transportation accessibility. We analyzed Chicago data on transit accessibility and rates of prenatal care, routine checkups, and physical activity and found that improved transit accessibility may serve to increase rates of prenatal care in the first trimester and physical activity. Read More
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B.A. Thesis 2024
For my Public Policy thesis, I conducted original research to explore what mental health clinicians know about treating d/Deaf patients. This included a survey I made myself as well as several interviews with clinicians. My thesis was nominated for honors by the University of Chicago Public Policy Department. Read More
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YouTube’s Copyright Policies:Going Above and Below the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
A case study into the complicated implementation of the DMCA on YouTube–what went right, what went wrong, and what can be changed for the better. Read More
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The One For Me
A short musical film parody of typical rom-coms that I wrote the music for. The leads believe that if they follow the patterns they see in the movies, their love life will work out. Despite their friends in a healthy relationship warning them about the work good relationships take, they seem set in their ways. Read More
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The Morphology-Syntax Interface in American Sign Language
An exploration of how different theories of morphosyntax would approach several phenomena in American Sign Language (ASL). Read More
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An Analysis of /h/ Allophony in Hungarian
Using real-world data from a native Hungarian speaker as well as existing research, my team constructed an overview of basic Hungarian phonology, and a more in-depth exploration of /h/ allophony. Read More