Linguistic Landscapes, Language Access, Endangered Languages, Sociolinguistics, Phonology, Japanese, Ainu

• In Progress
  Ph.D. in Linguistics – The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY)
  Advisor: Dr. Cecelia Cutler
   
  October 2023
  MPhil. in Linguistics – The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY)
  Advisor: Dr. Cecelia Cutler
   
  August 2017
  M.A. in Linguistics – Stony Brook University, The State University of New York (SUNY)
  Advisor: Dr. Lori Repetti
  Thesis: Rendaku: A Multi-Strata Investigation of its Triggers and Blockers using an OT Framework
   
  May 2016
  B.A. in Linguistics – Binghamton University, The State University of New York (SUNY)
  Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Minor in Japanese Studies

Sept. 2023

Olivia Mignone. The place of Himalayan languages in the linguistic landscape of Jackson Heights at 14^th Linguistic Landscape Workshop, Utopias and Dystopias, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

Mar. 2023

Olivia Mignone. Himalayan languages in the linguistic landscape of Jackson Heights at Forging Linguistic Identities 7, Towson University, Towson, Maryland, United States.

Mar. 2022

Olivia Mignone. Himalayan languages in the linguistic landscape of Jackson Heights at CIRCL, The Graduate Center, CUNY (online).

Sept. 2021

Olivia Mignone. Establishing the parameters of glottal stop epenthesis as a hiatus resolution process in Ainu at Epenthesis and Beyond, Stony Brook University (online).

October 2023; December 2022

ATLAS.ti Workshop – Linguistics Department, The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY)

Demonstrated how to use the computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software ATLAS.ti for the Language, Culture, and Society Lab. Presented a walkthrough of the software’s coding, visualization, and qualitative data analysis functions and applications for linguistics research.

July 2022

genei.io Workshop – Bibliographic Information Services Department, Modern Language Association

Demonstrated online AI document summarization tool genei.io to internship supervisor, Bibliographic Information Services department lead, and department staff. Explained how the tool could be used to streamline the process of evaluating literature for entry into the MLA International Bibliography by quickly summarizing key points and identifying keywords in sources.

• 2024-2025
  Graduate Center Dissertation Fellowship ($25,000)
   
  2023
  Provost’s Pre-Dissertation Summer Research Fellowship ($4,000)
   
  2022
  Doctoral Student Research Grant (DSRG) Round 17 ($1,218)
   
  2019-2024
  Graduate Center Fellowship (GCF)