Category: Fieldwork

Undergraduate Grant Awards for Feildwork Trip to Camaroon

A big congratulations to two of our wonderful undergraduate lab members, Sam Lyczowski and Lexi Williams, for their awarded January term travel grants through the Harvard University Center for African Studies! These funds will allow each student the opportunity to accompany Dr. Kathryn Franich on a fieldwork trip to Cameroon where they will spend time…

Kejom Language Schools in Cameroon

The PhonLab is thrilled to have provided support for two language schools which ran during the summer holidays in Douala and Yaounde, Cameroon, in which Kejom language and literacy courses were taught to childrenĀ and teens. As many families have been displaced from the Northwest and Southwest regions due to ongoing conflict, children do not have…

Research Trip to Cameroon January 2023

Katie and her team kicked off the new year with some incredible fieldwork in Cameroon. During this trip, the team was able to collect data that will contribute to the rhythm and gesture research that the PhonLab is dedicated to investigating….