Meg Fletcher

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Ph.D. Student
Graduate Teaching Fellow

Meg is from Holden Beach, North Carolina and received her Bachelor's and Master's degree in linguistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is now a third-year Ph.D. student at UGA with research interests in sociolinguistics, forensic linguistics and indigenous languages. Currently, Meg is working on her QP1 on African American English speakers in Georgia. Please reach out to Meg via email for CV or other questions. 

Education:

Linguistics and Hispanic Linguistics B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Linguistics M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Areas of Interest:
Language Documentation
Phonetics and Phonology
Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis
Sociolinguistics and Language Variation
Awards and Special Recognitions:

ROOST Award Recipient 2021-2022

Phi Beta Kappa 

Marc Adam Eisdorfer Award in Linguistics - UNC Chapel Hill 

Fulbright-Hays Recipient for Zulu GPA 2023

 

Courses Taught:
LING 2100
Articles Featuring Meg Fletcher
LCUGA 2024: Modeling Language. Plenary Speakers: Luis Ulloa, Ph.D. Candidate, SUNY Buffalo; Dr. Sashank Varma, Professor, Georgia Tech. Special Sessions: "Bridging the Gap: Integrating Second Language Acquisition Research into Effective Language Instruction"; "An Exploration of Tense and Aspect in Minoritized Varieties"

Linguistics Conference at UGA: February 17th-18th 2024

The Linguistics Society at UGA will be hosting the Linguistics Conference at University of Georgia (LCUGA 2024) on February 17-18th (in-person) in Athens, GA.

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Linguistics Ph.D. Student and Fulbright-Hayes Scholar Discusses Zulu Group Project Abroad

This summer, Ph.D. student Meg Fletcher participated in a once-in-a-lifetime adventure to study Zulu in South Africa for 8 weeks. 

Contact Information

meg.fletcher@uga.edu
Office: Gilbert 141
Office Hours: T/TH 11-12
Phone: 9108809796

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Major Professor:

Jon Forrest

Assistant Professor
jrforrest@uga.edu

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