I am a PhD candidate in Linguistics at UCLA. My primary areas of interest are phonetics, phonology, language documentation and typology.

I am currently working on my dissertation, advised by Pat Keating and Megha Sundara, which aims to explain optimal laryngeal settings in stop inventories. Other members of my committee are David Goldstein, Bruce Hayes and Kie Zuraw.

My first name is pronounced [dʒa.nə.vi] in English and [dʒa.n^ɦɐ.ʋi:] in Marathi. Where the stress goes is a topic of contentious debate between me and my parents. You are welcome to choose sides. I prefer [ˌdʒa.nə.ˈvi] . My last name rhymes with the English word ‘marker’ and is pronounced [ˈnaɾ.ˌkəɾ] in Marathi, and with any rhotic of your choosing in English. I use feminine pronouns.

I can be reached at [first initial] [last name] [at] ucla [dot] edu.

Latest: Check out my Five-Minute Linguist presentation from the LSA Annual Meeting!