John (Jack) Carter

Teaching Fellow, Graduate Student

E-mail: jackcarter1868@ucla.edu

Office Hours: T/R 1-2PM PST

Research Interest: Phonetics, Phonology, Second Language Acquisition, Language and Music, Spanish in the United States, Bilingualism

Education

Ph.D. Spanish Linguistics, UCLA (2025, expected)
M.A. Linguistics, University of Kentucky (2018)
B.A. Spanish and Music Technology, Transylvania University (2015)

Bio

I am an experimental phonologist and second-language Spanish learner from rural Kentucky. My research focuses on second-language phonetics/phonology as well as the intersection of language and music. I have taught several elementary language classes as well as introductory linguistics courses. My dissertation investigates to what degree musical training can aid second-language learners in producing Spanish rising diphthongs in a more native-like fashion.