On June 8 Ph.D. student Rachel Vogel successfully defended her dissertation "Phonology of vowel devoicing: A typological perspective". 

With her dissertation completed, Rachel is now headed to Yale Law School this Fall, where she intends to combine her knowledge of linguistics with law to advance issues of social justice. 

Rachel is shown here with members of her Dissertation committee - from left Dr. Draga Zec, Rachel Vogel, Dr. Abigail Cohen (committee chair), and Dr. Sam Tilsen.