Linguistics and Computational Linguistics

Meet the 2024-25 UDRs

UDRs serve as student representatives of the Linguistics program, organize events for undergraduate linguistics students and provide feedback to faculty and staff. They are also available to provide information to both current and prospective undergraduate students.

Sarah Baskin
Sarah Baskin

Sarah is a junior double majoring in Linguistics and Computer Science. She's on the Natural Language Processing track at Brandeis, so she loves learning about computational applications of Linguistics. Outside of that, though, she's really passionate about the language creation process for film and TV, and would be happy to talk about so-called "conlanging", as well as to teach you her favorite Klingon words :). In her free time, Sarah likes to crochet (she's working on a granny square blanket!) as well as to bake sweet treats and learn random fun facts about Brandeis. Feel free to reach out to Sarah if you have any questions!

James Griesmer
James Griesmer

James is a senior double majoring in Chemistry and Linguistics. He has an interest in historical linguistics, probably from studying too much Latin. Outside of class he enjoys reading, creative writing, and video games, and is part of Brandeis' CSO and Mock Trial.  Feel free to reach out to James if you have any questions!

Ayla Wrubel
Ayla Wrubel

Ayla is a senior double majoring in Linguistics and Sociology. She is hoping to pursue a career in speech-language pathology, and enjoys anything related to language development, sociolinguistics, and phonetics. Outside of the classroom Ayla enjoys volunteering, travelling, learning American Sign Language, and telling people why they should take a linguistics class. Ask Ayla about speech-language pathology, taking linguistics classes during study-abroad, and everything in between!