Jane Mitsch successfully defended Bordering on National Language Varieties:  Political and linguistic borders in the Wolof of Senegal and The Gambia, (Advisor: Brian Joseph; Committee members: Cynthia Clopper, Mark Moritz, Don Winford, Fiona McLaughlin (University of Florida))

Chris Worth successfully defended English Coordination in Linear Categorial Grammar (Co-Advisors: Carl Pollard, Bob Levine; Committee member: William Schuler)