معرفی
Zainab Hermes is an Associate Instructional Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago, where she has taught since 2018. She holds a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2018), earned through experimental research combining phonetics and neuroscience methodologies.
- Education
- PhD in Linguistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2018)
Research Interests
Her work focuses on experimental linguistics, particularly the articulation of Arabic dialects (Cairene, Lebanese, Jordanian, Saudi). Key projects involve:
- MRI studies of vocal tract configurations for back consonants
- MEG investigations of neurological representations during Arabic diglossic code-switching
- Self-paced reading studies on L2 acquisition of Arabic grammatical gender
Publications & Methodologies
Her research employs advanced imaging techniques (rt-MRI, EMA) and neurolinguistic methods (MEG) to analyze speech production and processing. Her teaching includes courses on Arabic linguistics, dialectology, and academic reading.
Academic Contributions
She collaborates on interdisciplinary studies bridging phonetics, neuroscience, and language acquisition frameworks.
