Ph.D. Student Graduate Teaching Assistant Presidential Fellow Seaira Lett has a B.A. in Spanish and linguistics from Emory University and a Master of Education from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Seaira’s research interests include language documentation and indigenous languages of Latin America. Her focus is on the morphosyntax of Chuj, a Mayan language spoken primarily in Guatemala. She currently collects data with a community of speakers in the US. Seaira also previously served as a kindergarten teacher at a dual-language school in Kansas City, MO, where she taught core subjects in Spanish and English. Education Education: B.A. in Spanish and Linguistics, Summa cum laude, Emory University M.Ed. in Early Childhood Education, University of Missouri-St. Louis Research Areas of Interest: Language Documentation Semantics Syntax and Morphology Specific Research Areas: Mayan, Understudied languages Grants: Graduate Research Award, Willson Center for Humanities & Arts, 2023 Selected Publications Selected Publications: The morphosyntax of imperatives in Chuj (Mayan). 2023. UGA Working Papers in Linguistics. Syntax and morphology of San Sebastián Coatán Chuj, a Mayan language of Guatemala. 2021. Emory Undergraduate Research Journal, 17, 56-70. Awards, Honors and Recognitions Awards and Special Recognitions: Best Graduate Paper, Conference on the Americas, 2023 Spanish & Linguistics Award for Excellence, Emory University, 2020 Courses Taught Courses Taught: LING 2100
