Congratulations to Sam Lyczkowski and Mariela Rodriguez! We are so proud to announce that two of our students, Sam and Mariela, were awarded funding for the Summer of 2024. Each student plans to use this funding to pursue personal research projects within the PhonLab.
Summer Humanities and Arts Research Program (SHARP)
Mariela’s funding was awarded through the Summer Humanities and Arts Research Program (SHARP), under the Harvard Summer Undergraduate Research Village (HSURV). This program was designed to support undergraduate students across the Arts and Humanities and allow them the opportunity to engage in diverse interdisciplinary research opportunities.
Mariela will focus her summer research on language endangerment and ethics in language documentation and fieldwork. She looks forward to building community with her peers and with faculty to improve her research skills and explore these crucial topics. She also hopes this summer will provide the groundwork to prepare for her senior thesis and impart her first true glimpse into the research world.
Harvard College Research Program (HCRP) Summer 2024 funding
Sam was awarded funding from one of the most prominent Harvard College resources for undergraduate student researchers, the Harvard College Research Program (HCRP). Funding from HCRP allows Harvard College students the opportunity to pursue student-initiated scholarly research.
Sam has two distinct goals this summer: to continue supporting the Harvard PhonLab’s Co-speech Gesture project and to develop his own independent research project on rhythm and timing in language. Sam hopes to contribute work in data processing, analysis, and experimental design across a range of theoretical topics in linguistics.
We are so proud of you both and look forward to working with you this summer!