Caitl Light, PhD

Academic Advisor

Where is your hometown? Grosse Pointe, MI
What’s one highlight from your first semester of college? I loved getting to explore a whole new city and campus!
What do you wish you’d known when you started college? Never hesitate to ask for help or use the support available to you; in fact, knowing when to reach out for help is an important skill to learn!
What do you like about advising first and second year students? Helping people has always made me happy, and I like being able to use my higher ed experience to help new students build the skills that will help them succeed.
What’s your favorite thing about Loyola? The neighborhood! I’d been living in Rogers Park for years before I started working at Loyola, and I love it dearly.
What’s your favorite thing about Chicago? It’s hard to pick just one thing, but I am a huge fan of the Chicago Art Institute. I especially love to visit the Modern Wing and the Thorne Miniature Rooms.
What do you like to do in your spare time? I like to craft (mostly fiber arts and miniatures), play video games, watch weird and unusual movies, and collect fancy pens!

Bachelor of Arts, German, English, and Linguistics, University of Michigan
Doctor of Philosophy, Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania
- Dissertation: The Syntax and Pragmatics of Fronting in Germanic