H.G. (Hedwig) Sekeres

Education

2018 – 2022
ReMa Linguistics: Language and Cognition, University of Groningen
Average grade: 8,3 (cum laude)
Thesis title: Out of sight, out of mind? A cognitive geographic approach to dialectology

2015 – 2018
BA English Language and Culture, University of Groningen
Average grade: 8,5 (cum laude)
Thesis title: De Gates van de Wall van de Keep: Dutch-English code-switching in an  English-based roleplaying game

Academic experience

November 2022 – present
PhD candidate, CLCG, University of Groningen
Project title: A social dialectological analysis of sound changes in Gronings 

February 2021 – November 2022
Science communicator, Centrum Groninger Taal & Cultuur

January 2021 – November 2022
Volunteer coordinator, University of Groningen 
Project: WoordWaark: Geschreven Gronings (part of the UB Spotlight project)

February 2019 – September 2020
Research assistant, University of Groningen
Projects: Stemmen van Grunnen; Van Old noar Jong; miscellaneous 

February 2020 – June 2020
Intern, Centrum Groninger Taal & Cultuur
Projects: perceptual and phonological differences between Drents and Gronings,
computational assessment of sound changes in Low Saxon and Frisian

September 2018 – August 2020
Vice-chair of the ReMa Linguistics Programme Committee, University of Groningen

April 2018 – June 2018 
Research assistant, University of Groningen
Project: SPOD: Syntactic Profiler of Dutch

February 2018 – April 2018
Teaching assistant, University of Groningen
Course: Nederlands toen (en nu), LNX004P05