Paloma Van Vliet
Paloma Van Vliet is a graduate student in the Master of Cognitive Science of Language program at McMaster University, where she studies computational linguistics and explores how modelling and computational methods can be used to understand, represent, and support current syntactic theories in linguistics. She is excited to pursue her interests at the intersection of computer science and linguistics, particularly in a rapidly growing field shaped by changes in technology and language use.
Paloma completed a BA (Honours) in Cognitive Science of Language at McMaster University, where she wrote an undergraduate thesis titled “An Investigation of =lu in the Language of Inuktitut.”
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- 2026 – Present: Teaching Assistant, Department of Linguistics and Languages, McMaster University
- 2026 – Present: Research Assistant, ARiEAL Reading Lab, McMaster University
- 2025: Teaching Assistant, School of the Arts, McMaster University
- 2025: Research Assistant, ARiEAL Syntax Lab, McMaster University
- 2024: Undergraduate Student Research Award Recipient, Faculty of Humanities, McMaster University
- 2024: Research Assistant for Evaluating Skills in Language Analysis Student Partners Project, Dept. of Linguistics and Languages, McMaster University
- 2025: Organizing Committee Member, Montréal-Ottawa-Toronto-Hamilton Syntax Workshop (MOTH), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
- 2025: Reading Group Co-founder, Advanced Research in Experimental and Applied Linguistics (ARiEAL) NeuroSyntax Reading Group, Hamilton Ontario
- 2024 – Present: Research Assistant, Advanced Research in Experimental and Applied Linguistics (ARiEAL) Syntax Lab, Hamilton, Ontario
- 2024 – 2025: McMaster Linguistics Society VP of Merch and Marketing, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
- 2024: Research Assistant, Advanced Research in Experimental and Applied Linguistics (ARiEAL) Lex Lab, Hamilton, Ontario
- 2023 – 2024: Reading Group Member, Advanced Research in Experimental and Applied Linguistics (ARiEAL) Experimental Reading Group, Hamilton, Ontario
- 2023 – 2024: Reading Group Member, Advanced Research in Experimental and Applied Linguistics (ARiEAL) Theoretical Linguistics Reading Group, Hamilton, Ontario
- 2023 – 2025: McMaster Humanities Society Merchandise Coordinator, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
- 2023 – 2024: Research Assistant, Advanced Research in Experimental and Applied Linguistics (ARiEAL) Language, Memory, and Brain Lab, Hamilton, Ontario
- 2022 – 2025: Humanities Representative, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
- 2021 – 2025: Dean’s Honour List, McMaster University
- 2024 May – 2024: Aug An Investigation of =lu in the Language of Inuktitut. SSHRC, McMaster, and Office of the Vice-President of Research Grant.$7,500.
- 2024: Undergraduate Student Research Award, McMaster University
- 2021: Humanities Achievement Award, McMaster University
- 2021: Howard D Hanson Memorial Scholarship, Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute
- 2025: An Investigation of =lu in the Language of Inuktitut. ARiEAL Research Magazine, 3(1),36. https://arieal.humanities.mcmaster.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ARiEAL-Research-Magazine-Vol-3-1.pdf
- 2025: Grad School Info Night, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, November 24, 2025
- 2025: ARiEAL Research Lab Information Session, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, October 29, 2025
- 2025: Student Research Day Poster Presentation: An Investigation of =lu in the Language of Inuktitut. McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, April 9, 2025
- 2024: ARiEAL Research Lab Information Session, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, November 1, 2024
