We were delighted to learn that our illustrious alum Ivona Kučerová (PhD 2007) is the recipient of the 2026 C.L. Baker award from the Linguistic Society of America. To quote from the LSA’s announcement: “The C.L. Baker Award recognizes excellence in research in the area of syntactic theory on the part of a mid-career scholar. [Kučerová’s] research program explores two of the foundational hypotheses in generative syntax: that syntax is autonomous & syntax is derivational.” Congratulations, Ivona!!
Ivona’s website: https://hmcwordpress.humanities.mcmaster.ca/humpages/kucerov/