Splash Biography



HANNAH HOLDEN, UCLA 2nd year Applied Linguistics, Army ROTC cadet



Major: Applied Linguistics

College/Employer: UCLA

Year of Graduation: 2019

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Brief Biographical Sketch:

Lover of languages, good food, and heavy weights. My name is Hannah and I could not think of a better place to study than at UCLA. There are so many opportunities here and I relish each one. You can find me working at UCLA Luskin Conference Center Plateia, marching on campus in my Army Combat Uniform (ACU), playing guitar, and practicing foreign languages. When I'm not at school, I spend a lot of time hiking and baking. But I'm usually in the gym.



Past Classes

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H46: The Power of Accents in Splash Winter 2018 (Feb. 10, 2018)
Ever wondered how Hollywood actors can change their accent with the snap of their fingers? Or why certain accents sound so different than others? In The Power of Accents, with the help of some introductory phonetics, we will look at speech as a human faculty, and discover that what we say is just as important as how we say it.


X48: Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) in Splash Winter 2018 (Feb. 10, 2018)
Do you like war movies? Do you have any interest in the military or the field of medicine? Tactical Combat Casualty Care is the US Army's doctrine for treating soldiers in the field. In this class you will learn hands on how to care under fire, apply a tourniquet, and treat a sucking chest wound. Hacksaw Ridge couldn't teach you that one!


H15: Accents: Why They Matter in Splash Winter 17 (Jan. 28, 2017)
Language is all around us, and the way we use it says not just a lot about the speaker, but those listening as well. In this lecture students will learn the difference between prescriptive and descriptive approaches to linguistics through interactive technology, realizing how innate our preconceived notions about someone are, just by the way they speak.