Welcome Tory Sampson, PhD!

Tory Sampson is currently a postdoctoral scholar in the Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences NIDCD training grant program. She earned her doctoral degree in Linguistics and Cognitive Science from the University of California, San Diego, where her research focused on historical grammaticalization and nonverbal predication in American Sign Language (ASL). Beyond these areas of study, she is investigating reduplication in lexical signs and its potential impact on predicational strategies within ASL and other sign languages. Tory’s research focuses on language change and grammaticalization in sign languages. We are so lucky to have Tory join our team!