Presidential Scholarship

The Presidential Scholar Research Assistantship program is a Dartmouth-wide opportunity made available to all Juniors who are in the top 40% of their class after their sophomore fall.  The assistantship is two terms in length, and students selected into the program are expected to work 7-12 hours per week on their assistantship.  A small stipend is provided and the possibility of academic credit exists.

Members of the Program in Linguistics and Cognitive Science frequently make assistantships available through this program. Below are some recent offerings and recent scholars:

• "Acoustic investigation of consonant-glide- vowel sequences in two Romance languages" (w/ Professor Chitoran)
  Scholars: Lauren Loehlein 05' and Nathan Saperia 05'
• "Acoustic study of Dholuo consonants" (w/ Professor Chitoran)
  Rachael Degenshein 04'
  Abstract (6K PDF File)
• "Discourse analysis of Oroqen Folklore texts" (w/ Professor Whaley)
  Scholar: Scott Anderson 05'
• "The typology of antipassives" (with Professor Peterson)
• "A Cross-Linguistic Examination of Quantifier Float" (w/ Professor Whaley)
• "Cross-linguistic study of stress and vowel height interaction" (w/ Professor Chitoran)
• "Discourse analysis of medical information on the Internet" (w/ Professor Glinert)
• "Ethical Issues of the Internet" (w/ Professor Moor)

Interested students should look for the announcement of the Presidential Scholars Program in campus mail during the winter of their sophomore year.