Millie Hacker
East Lansing, Michigan
hackermi (at) msu (dot) edu
I'm a 2nd-year PhD student in Linguistics at Michigan State University and an RA for the MI Diaries corpus project. I'm interested in phonological and phonetic variation, especially on the
Passing interests include: phonetic C-center stability, hiatus resolution in Ojibwe, reduction and denasalization in Hixkaryana, Super-Optimality, and Harmonic Serialism.
Research
Presentations
Hacker, M. Narrative Style-Shifting in Self-Recorded Audio Diaries. Talk given at Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL 2026). 26 March 2026. [PDF]
Hacker, M. Hixkaryana Prefix Deletion is Gradual. Talk given at Penn Linguistics Conference (PLC 50). 1 March 2026. [PDF]
Hacker, M. The Gradual Deletion Hypothesis: Evidence from Nasality Agreement in Hixkaryana. Poster presented at UC Santa Cruz Linguistics Undergraduate Research Conference (LURC). 7 June 2024. [PDF]
Papers
Hacker, M. The Gradual Approach to Prefix Deletion. In preparation for Penn Working Papers in Linguistics, Volume 33.1. 2027.
Who is this person
I'm from Northern California and attended UC Santa Cruz to study Linguistics and Environmental Studies. I like all kinds of visual arts, as well as running, hiking, biking (anything where I get to move my legs), baking, and gardening. I'm in the Spartan Housing Cooperative and serve on its board of directors (ask me about co-ops if you're interested in creating more sustainable ways of living.)
An ongoing passion project of mine is walking every road in East Lansing. I want to become meaningfully familiar with every nook and cranny of the area I inhabit. If you live in the area and like to go on little adventures, my inbox is always open. ☺
