Hi, my name is Eli Herbst. I am from Princeton, New Jersey. I got my MS in Mathematics, with a minor in Linguistics, from the University of Maryland in 2024. I discovered the field of linguistics when I took the introductory class at Maryland as an elective, and by the end of that semester I had already declared a Linguistics minor. I was fascinated to see that a lot of what I learned in mathematics could be applied to the study of language. I am very excited to continue pursuing linguistics at UConn!
My main research interest is first language acquisition, but I am also interested in semantics and syntax. I am currently working on a project inspecting the acquisition of relational nominals and their reciprocity.
Outside of academics, I enjoy games, puzzles, and sports.