34.1317, Staff Letter: Lauren

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LINGUIST List: Vol-34-1317. Wed Apr 26 2023. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 34.1317, Staff Letter: Lauren

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Editor for this issue: Lauren Perkins <lauren at linguistlist.org>
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Date: 22-Apr-2023
From: Lauren Perkins [lauren at linguistlist.org]
Subject: Staff Letter: Lauren


Hello, linguists!

My name is Lauren Perkins, and I am the Managing Editor, Careers
Editor, and Social Media Lead. I review and post job ads and notices
of opportunities for student support and internships. I’m also
responsible for managing our social media presence, as well as
ensuring that our internal processes run smoothly. I wear a lot of
hats, but I really enjoy helping people find opportunities to further
their linguistic careers, as well as getting to interact with fellow
linguists from around the world.

I’ve worked with LINGUIST List since January of 2020. I started as a
Calls & Conferences Editor and took on my current roles in June of
2021. I’m in my fourth year in the General Linguistics PhD program
here at Indiana University. I’m interested in syntax/morphosyntax,
information structure, pragmatics, and field linguistics methodology.
My research is currently focused on differential marking in Lutuv, a
Tibeto-Burman language.
In my spare time, I love spending time with my husband, Sam, and our
cats, B and Calamity. We like relaxing at home and drinking tea, or
having friends over for game nights. I also enjoy kickboxing,
practicing calligraphy, and reading novels.

I’m extremely thankful for my job at the LINGUIST List, and thankful
for donors like you who make it possible. Not only does working at the
LINGUIST List provide a fascinating insight into current opportunities
in linguistics, as well as flexible hours (imperative for a graduate
school schedule), but it also provides me with enormous financial
peace of mind. Graduate school here in the US is quite expensive, and
I would definitely not be able to finish my PhD without the tuition
remission that my work at the LINGUIST List provides me with.

So, a huge thank you to all of our donors, particularly those who
support us year after year. The linguistics community relies on our
work (this is particularly true of up-and-coming linguists like
myself), but we rely on YOU, and we thank you for the opportunity to
continue serving our community for years to come.

If you enjoy the resources the LINGUIST List offers and are
financially able, please consider donating to this year’s Fund Drive.
In doing so, you're supporting much-needed resources for the
international linguistics community as well as education for young
linguists like myself and my colleagues. You don't have to make a
large donation to make a difference; we rely mostly on an accumulation
of small donations that all add up to keep us running!

Thanks so much for taking the time to learn a bit about me, and I look
forward to connecting with you the next time you submit a job,
support, or internship, or peruse our social media pages!

Sincerely,

Lauren Perkins



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