Hi, I'm Giang!

I am a Linguistics PhD Student at the University of Pennsylvania where I am advised by Julie Legate and Marlyse Baptista. I am broadly interested in the syntax of understudied languages, educational linguistics, and postcolonial studies. My recent research in linguistics involves Vietnamese syntax in the context of East/Southeast Asia and a critical examination of language education policies in Vietnam. At Penn, I am affiliated with the Penn Syntax Lab and the Language Contact and Cognition Lab. I am also pursuing a Graduate Certificate in French and Francophone Studies, focusing on Vietnamese diaspora literature through a postcolonial lens.

I earned my BA in Linguistics and French Studies at Emory University, graduating summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. My undergraduate thesis in Linguistics, which received Highest Honors, explores how educators at a primary school in Sapa, Vietnam are playing different roles to advocate for Mông minority language programs with different stakeholders.

My Vietnamese name is Đặng Quỳnh Giang [ɗăŋ6 kwiŋ2 zaŋ1]. I publish under Quynh-Giang Dang, but I just go by Giang.

When I'm not doing linguistics or literature, you'll find me enjoying some forms of art. I love the performing arts (in descending order of preference): musicals, operas, plays, and ballets. I also like the visual art, with a special love for French Impressionism. I'm also currently pursuing a Barnes-de Mazia Certificate at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia.

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