Darby Grachek PhD candidate | University of Southern California | grachek@usc.edu

CV

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Education

Ph.D. in Linguistics

University of Southern California (2021 - Present)

M.A. in Linguistics

Michigan State University (2019 - 2021)

B.A. in Linguistics and Japanese

Michigan State University (2016 - 2019)

Honors and Awards

Graduate School Summer Research and Writing Grant

University of Southern California - April 2026

Sponsored Student Registration Winner

Linguistic Society of America - Jan 2026

Nominated for Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award

University of Southern California - Fall 2024

East Asian Resource Center Summer Research Fellowship

University of Southern California - Summer 2023

Teaching and Research Experience

Graduate Research Assistant at University of Southern California (May 2026 - June 2026)

Breiss Lab

Teaching Assistant at University of Southern California (Fall 2022 – Spring 2025)

LING 210: Introduction to Linguistics (Fall 2023, Spring 2025)
LING 115: Language and Society (Fall 2022 - Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024)

Graduate Assistant at Michigan State University (Fall 2020 - Spring 2021)

Graduate Advising Assistant for Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures

Graduate Student Instructor at Michigan State University (Summer 2020)

LIN 230: Languages of the World

Graduate Research Assistant at Michigan State University (Fall 2019 - Spring 2020)

MSU Child Language Acquisition Lab

Undergraduate Research Assistant at Michigan State University (Fall 2018 - Spring 2019)

MSU Child Language Acquisition Lab