Acknowledgments

A project like this is not possible without the advice, support, assistance, and goodwill and collegiality of many other people. The list of people who help us has been growing, and we would like to use this space here to acknowledge them:

  • Jason Bishop, CUNY (College of Staten Island and The Graduate Center), for feedback on the project
  • Aaron Dinkin, University of Toronto, for assistance with transcription of Yiddish words
  • Janet Echeverry (HRPP Analyst, Queens College), for assistance with IRB Review
  • Nora Goldman, Graduate Teaching Fellow in Linguistics at Lehman College, for working with our students at Lehman
  • Boram Kim, Graduate Teaching Fellow in Linguistics at the College of Staten Island, for working with our students at the College of Staten Island
  • Anthony Kroch, University of Pennsylvania, for feedback on the project
  • Janet Butler Munch, Special Collections Librarian at Lehman College, for assistance with the Bronx Oral History Project
  • Matthew Stuck, Graduate Teaching Fellow in Linguistics at Lehman College, for working with our students at Lehman
  • Bella Wang, for both her technical and also linguistic guidance