Edwin
Ko
2022-2023 Daythal L. Kendall Fellowship
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Edwin Ko is a Linguistics Ph.D. Candidate at the University of California, Berkeley. His dissertation research focuses on using computational phylogenetic methods, traditionally used in biology, for linguistic data. Specifically, he combines fieldwork, archival research, and computational methods to investigate the evolutionary history of the Siouan languages, a language family that is spoken across North America.