Ph.D. Student Graduate School Research Assistant Keiko is a fourth-year Ph.D. student specializing in sociophonetics. Her current research focuses on variationist analyses of Southern American English, specifically with regard to the variable /hw/. She also has experience in psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic research. Keiko works as a research assistant in Linguistics and in the library's Digital Humanities Lab, where she gives workshops on Excel and R and assists faculty and students with project development and technical questions. Keiko received her master's degree in Linguistics from the University of South Carolina. Education Education: