I spent my formative years in Columbus, Ohio, where I learned an alternate meaning for ditch. In 2013 I received my Bachelor’s from the Ohio State University, where I studied linguistics and Arabic. I studied for two summers in Amman, Jordan where I picked up some passable Shami Arabic. I’ve also studied French and Japanese, although French is currently the only language I actively use in my linguistics career as a research language in Cameroon.
When I’m not working you can find me doing Zumba, biking around the Chicago area, or cooking something I’ve never made before.
Contact me at bpillion (at) uchicago.edu or find me on Twitter @betsyschmetsy