A big congratulations to Lindsay Forauer (Linguistics, Theater ’25) and Evan Owens (Linguistics & Portuguese ’25) for being selected as 2024-2025 UMass Amherst Rising Researchers!

Lindsay says: “I was selected for my work as a dialect coach on UMass Theater Department and UMass Theatre Guild shows, as well as working professionally with high schoolers to professional actors. I have researched and coached a range of accents, from Polish to St Louis, Missouri and have also worked as a research assistant for my theater advisor, Professor Elisa Gonzales.” 

Evan says: “My research is on language ideologies surrounding the pluralization of Hawaiian loanwords in English.” Evan will also be giving a talk about this research at the 11th McGill Canadian Conference for Linguistics Undergraduates, to be held April 5-6, 2025!