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Interesting research created by our MLLI students:

• "Movement for Community: Immigration, Autonomy, and Remittances in Tlaxcala Mexico"
• "Investigation into the Acceptability of Non-US English in the Academic Classroom"
• "Distinctive Features: Activist Linguists and the Language of Activists"
• Virtual Museum: Life as a Dance

Meet a research student:

• Vivian Ekey
• Scott Gautney
• Yekaterina Pidgurskaya
• Rachel Robinson

Meet a research Alumna:

• Danielle Viens-Payne

Benefits for MLLI students:

• Work with a faculty member
• Experience hands-on research
• Reinforce classroom learning
• Prepare for work or graduate school
• Travel to national conferences
  • Rachel Robinson ’12, in Valparaíso, Chile
  • Rachel's Travels
• Receive grant funding
• Publish independent research
  • It's Not like, Only Teenagers: Variation in the use of vernacular Like Across Age Groups in Central Maryland

  Caitlin McAnallen. UMBC Review Vol.11.

  • Afro-Porteño Identity Today

  Vivian Ekey. UMBC Review Vol.12.

So, what are you doing next summer?

• EURO Scholars
• Case Western Reserve University
• University of California, Irvine's Research Opportunities
• UMBC Summer Research Opportunities

Get started today!

For more information, check out this department's website:

Modern Languages, Linguistics and Intercultural Communications

For more information:
Janet McGlynn at mcglynn@umbc.edu or 410-455-5754