Chloe King is a graduate student receiving her M.A. in linguistics and is the graduate Student of Distinction from the Department of Linguistics.
King was born and raised in the small town of Bloomfield, Kentucky and spent many years living in the city of Lexington. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Transylvania University in 2013 where she studied Psychology and the French language.
Following graduation, King worked professionally in the baking and culinary arts before pivoting to the mental health field. In 2020 entered Fresno State to pursue her Master of Arts in Linguistics.
“Chloe has consistently impressed me, along with most everyone else on the faculty, with her initiative and level of achievement in the classes I have taught,” said Sean Fulop, professor and chair of linguistics. “Beyond achieving a perfect 4.0 GPA in our program, she has also been working with faculty members on research projects to assist their efforts in linguistic documentation and preservation of indigenous languages.”
King served as a research assistant who worked on the sound system of Hidatsa, an extremely endangered Native American language spoken in North Dakota.
“In this capacity, Chloe’s help has been invaluable,” said Dr. John P. Boyle, assistant professor of linguistics. “She has digitized and cataloged a number of cassettes. This has allowed me and my colleagues working at other universities to utilize this data in our project… Chloe has been very dedicated to the project, and her contribution cannot be overstated.”
Following graduation, King intends to pursue a career in the field of linguistics.
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