Curriculum Vitae

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Education

2009-present    PhD student, Linguistics                                University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

2005-2009        BA, Highest Honors in Linguistics                Emory University, Atlanta, GA

                         with a minor in French Studies

Papers

2012                Prichard, Hilary and Meredith Tamminga. The impact of higher education on

                        local phonology. University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics 18.2.

2010                Prichard, Hilary. Linguistic Variation and Change in Atlanta, Georgia. University of

                        Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics 16.2.

2009                Prichard, Hilary. Linguistic Variation and Change in Atlanta, Georgia. Unpublished BA

                        Honors thesis. Linguistics department, Emory University.

Presentations

2012                Northern dialect evidence for the chronology of the Great Vowel Shift. Paper presented at New Ways of Analyzing Variation 41, Indiana University Bloomington, October 27 2012.

2012                Northern England and the Great Vowel Shift: A dialect geographical approach. Paper presented at the Fifth Northern Englishes Workshop, Nottingham Trent University, April 2-4 2012.

2011                The Impact of Higher Education on Local Phonology. Prichard, Hilary and Meredith Tamminga. Paper presented at New Ways of Analyzing Variation 40, Georgetown University, October 30 2011.

2010                The Medical Consequences of Standard Pronunciation.  Tamasi, Susan and Hilary

                        Prichard.  Paper presented by Susan Tamasi at the 2010 Conference of the American

                        Association for Applied Linguistics, Atlanta, Georgia, March 8 2010.

2009                Linguistic Variation and Change in Atlanta, Georgia.  Poster presented at New Ways of

                        Analyzing Variation 38, University of Ottawa, October 23 2009.

2009                Linguistic Variation and Change in Atlanta, Georgia.  Poster presented at the Emory

                        Undergraduate Research Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia.

2008                The Role of Dialect Variation in Physician / Patient Communication.  Poster presented at

                        the SIRE Spring 2008 Undergraduate Research Symposium, Emory University.

Grants and Awards

2009-14           Benjamin Franklin Fellowship                      University of Pennsylvania

2008                Phi Beta Kappa                                              Gamma Chapter, Emory University

2008                Phi Sigma Iota                                                Emory University chapter

2005-8             John Emory Scholarship                                Emory Scholars Program

2005-8             HOPE Scholarship                                         Georgia Student Finance Commission

2005-8             Crawford T. Johnson III Scholarship            Coca-Cola Bottling Company

Teaching and Research Experience

Spring 2012    Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Sociolinguistics (LING 102)

                        Instructor: Dr. Gillian Sankoff

Fall 2011        Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Tutorial in Linguisitics (LING 300)

                        Instructor: Dr. Beatrice Santorini

Fall 2010        Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Linguistics (LING 001)
                        Instructor: Dr. Mark Liberman

2008-9            Linguistic Variation and Change in Atlanta, Georgia.  Sociolinguistic research on Atlanta   

                        speech patterns conducted for BA honors thesis in linguistics at Emory University,

                        supervised by Dr. Susan Tamasi.  Thesis received highest honors. 

2007-9            Research Assistant, The Role of Dialect Variation in Physician / Patient Communication.  P.I.: Dr. Susan Tamasi

Professional Service

2012-2013         Co-President, Penn Linguistics Club

2011-2013       Editorial board, Penn Working Papers in Linguistics. Editor of Vol. 18.2

2011                13th Diachronic Generative Syntax Conference (DiGS XIII) Session Chair

2010-2011       Chair, 35th Penn Linguistics Colloquium

2009-2010       Organizing Committee, Penn Linguistics Colloquium