sarah e. murray

curriculum vitae

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education

2004 - present PhD in Linguistics, Certificate in Cognitive Science; Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Committee: Maria Bittner (chair), Roger Schwarzschild, Matthew Stone, Jeroen Groenendijk (external member)
2003 - 2004 MA in Linguistics; Wayne State University
Advisor: Ljiljana Progovac
1999 - 2003 BA in Linguistics and Philosophy, summa cum laude; Wayne State University




grants & awards

2009 - 2010 Mellon Dissertation Fellowship: Rutgers
Dissertation Completion Fellowship
2008 - 2009 Scholar Award: Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.)
Merit Award
2007 - 2008 University Fellowship: Rutgers University
For graduate studies in Linguistics
2007 Fieldwork Grant: Endangered Language Fund
For fieldwork on Cheyenne in Montana
2007 Pre-dissertaion Award: Fieldwork on Cheyenne
The Graduate School, New Brunswick; Rutgers University
2006 Phillips Fund Grant: American Philosophical Society
For fieldwork on Cheyenne in Montana
2004 - 2005 University Fellowship: Rutgers University
For graduate studies in Linguistics




fieldwork

2007 - 2009 Cheyenne. Semantic field work, volunteer work at Tribal College and language immersion camp (2008 and 2009).
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana (6 weeks a year)
2006 Cheyenne. Pilot study, semantic field work, volunteer work at Tribal College.
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana (2 weeks)
2004 Ottawa. Field methods course and field work with a native speaker.
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI and Walpole Island, Canada (1 semester)




publications

To appear “A Hamblin Semantics for Evidentials”. In Proceedings of Semantics and Linguistic Theory XIX.
[ paper || slides || slides 4-up || bibtex ]
To appear “Evidentials and Questions in Cheyenne”. In Lima, Suzi (ed.), Proceedings of Semantics of Under-represented Languages in the Americas 5. [ paper || slides || slides 4-up || bibtex ]
2008 Reflexivity and Reciprocity with(out) Underspecification. In Grönn, Atle (ed.), Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 12. Oslo: University of Oslo, ILOS. [ paper || handout || bibtex ]
2007 Dynamics of Reflexivity and Reciprocity. In Aloni, Maria, Paul Dekker, and Floris Roelofsen (eds.), Proceedings of the Sixteenth Amsterdam Colloquium, pp. 157--162. Amsterdam: Institute for Logic, Language, and Computation.
[ paper || handout || bibtex ]
2006 The African Anaphora Project. In: Workshop Proceedings, Networking the Development of Language Resources for African Languages. LREC 2006; Genoa, Italy. With Ken Safir, Andrei Anghelescu, and Jessica Rett.




masters thesis

2004 ‘Truckdriver’ and ‘Scarecrow’ Compounds: A Unified Approach. Masters Thesis, Wayne State University




presentations (without published proceedings)

2009 Evidentials as Not-At-Issue Assertion (invited)
Rutgers-Siena Joint Workshop Mind and Culture, University of Siena
2007 Evidentiality and Epistemic Modality
Semantics Reading Group, Rutgers Cognitive Science Center, Rutgers, New Brunswick
2006 Selective [voice] Faithfulness and Voicing Assimilation
HUMDRUM, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore




teaching

Spring 2009 Cognitive Science 411: Advanced Topics in Cognitive Science
Teaching Assistant, one section, Rutgers
Primary Instructor: Rochel Gelman
Fall 2008 Cognitive Science 201: Introduction to Cognitive Science
Teaching Assistant, one section, Rutgers
Primary Instructor: Kristen Syrett
Summer 2008 Linguistics 201: Introduction to Linguistic Theory
Primary Instructor, one section, Rutgers
Summer 2006 Linguistics 101: Introduction to the Study of Language
Primary Instructor, one section, Rutgers
Spring 2006 Linguistics 101: Introduction to the Study of Language
Teaching Assistant, two sections, Rutgers
Primary Instructor: Roger Schwarzschild, two sections
Fall 2005 Linguistics 101: Introduction to the Study of Language
Teaching Assistant, two sections, Rutgers
Primary Instructor: Bruce Tesar, two sections






research assistantships

2006 - 2007 The African Anaphora Pro ject (NSF)
Website design, server administrator, field work with a Shona consultant
Principal Investigator: Ken Safir, Rutgers
2002 - 2004 The LINGUIST List
Managing Editor; Jobs and Support Editor; E-MELD pro ject team; website maintenance and design, programming.
Principal Investigators: Anthony Aristar, Wayne State University Helen Aristar-Dry, Eastern Michigan University






scholarships & honors

2003 - present Phi Beta Kappa
1999 - 2003 Presidential Scholarship: Wayne State University




languages

native English
intermediate Spanish, French
research Cheyenne, Ottawa




service

01/2008 - present Treasurer, Rutgers Graduate Student Association
2006 - present External Allocation Committee, Rutgers Graduate Student Association
2004 - 2007 Treasurer, Linguistics Graduate Student Association
2006, 2007 Rutgers Linguistics Conference (RULing) Organizing Committee
2004 - 2005 Graduate Student Computer Liaison
2004 - 2005 Reviewer, The Cambridge Handbook of Phonology. Cambridge University Press.
2003 - 2005 E-MELD School of Best Practice Web Development Team




programs & programming languages

advanced LaTeX, LaTeX, UNIX, HTML, CSS, CFML
basic Metapost, Prolog, OTSoft, SQL, Zope, Plone




manuscripts

2007 Reflexivity and Reciprocity: From English to Cheyenne. Second Qualifying Paper, Rutgers.
2007 Selectivity and Voicing Assimilation. First Qualifying Paper, Rutgers.
2006 Remarks on Reportative Evidentials. Ms, Rutgers.