The 2026 Undergraduate Research Poster Fair took place on March 11th, in which the second- and third-year students participating in the Research Opportunities Program showcased their research projects with posters. Five Linguistics ROP students, two from the Heritage Language Variation and Change Lab, and three from the Language and Cognition Lab presented their research at the fair.
Heritage Language Variation and Change Lab
Principal Investigator: Naomi Nagy
Eliana SanFilippo: Does English Influence Heritage Russian Vowels?
“It was a wonderful privilege to be able to present at this year's ROP poster fair, and I'm looking forward to the next opportunity! People asked so many thoughtful questions and I left with new ideas and a lot of excitement about the field.”
Athena Manousakas: Vowel Duration in Heritage Hungarian: Is It Slowly Getting Lost?
“Presenting at the poster fair was a great and exciting experience. Being able to share my work on Heritage Hungarian and discuss it with other people made the experience especially rewarding.”
Language and Cognition Lab
Principal Investigator: Myrto Grigoroglou
Abigail Vanderboom: Event Processing and the Conceptual Representation of Instrument
"I had a very positive experience presenting at the ROP Poster Fair! I presented Christiana Moser's current research which investigates how instrument event information is extracted from brief exposures to events. I appreciated having the opportunity to share the project with others and receive feedback from researchers in other disciplines. Being mentored by the members of the TLC Lab has been a very encouraging learning experience!"
Mei Fan: Is he a lion or a turtle?: The development of metaphor between ages 3 and 4
"Presenting my work at the ROP Poster Fair was insightful and exciting! My research project focused on metaphorical development in children between the ages of 3 and 4 and sharing these findings after a year of hard work was incredibly rewarding. I am so grateful to my supervisor, Claudia Raihert, and wish her the best in her following research on this topic."
Ariel Yeung: Counterfactual Conditional Processing in Adults
“The ROP Poster Fair was a really eye-opening experience for those who aim to go beyond undergraduate studies! It was really fun getting to talk with students who were genuinely interested in our research. My sincerest gratitude to everyone at the TLC lab, especially my supervisor Lucy Li!”
