so it turns out that if the student has at least one external committee member who is not a #llinguist, the student ends up brilliantly answering all of the questions in their oral comprehensive exam in a way that's also intelligible to a non-specialist. 💞 💪 🧠 🎓

Another PhD student got their ABD wings yesterday - so I hope you'll join me in an academic #huzzah

#academicChatter #ABD #gradStudentAwesomeness #comps