Lal Zimman (FAQ)



University of Colorado
Department of Linguistics
UCB 295
Boulder, CO 80309-0295


Awards and Grants
Research

  • 2012. Dissertation Completion Fellowship, awarded by the University of Colorado Graduate School to support dissertation writing during Spring 2012.
  • 2011. Dissertation Fieldwork Grant, awarded by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for 18 months of ethnographic and sociophonetic fieldwork among female-to-male transsexuals (and others on the transmasculine spectrum) in San Francisco, CA.
  • 2010. Graduate Student Research Grant, awarded by the Department of Linguistics at the University of Colorado for start-up costs of dissertation fieldwork in San Francisco, CA.
  • 2009. Beverly Sears Graduate Student Research Grant, awarded by the University of Colorado Graduate School for pilot work with trans men in the San Francisco Bay Area (summer).
  • 2008. Graduate Student Research Grant, awarded by the Department of Linguistics at the University of Colorado for sociophonetic data collection in San Francisco, CA (winter).
Teaching
  • 2010. Outstanding Teacher Award, awarded by Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
  • 2009. Graduate Part-Time Instructor Teaching Excellent Award, awarded by the Graduate School at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Travel (competitive)
  • 2011. Student Travel Grant, awarded by the American Dialect Society.
  • 2010, 2008. Graduate Student Travel Grant, awarded by the Department of Linguistics at the University of Colorado.
  • 2009, 2008. Graduate School Travel Grant, awarded by the Graduate School at the University of Colorado.
  • 2007. Zora Neale Hurston Travel Award, awarded by the Association of Feminist Anthropology.