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-![Adam An](./images/me.png)
+![Adam Ryan An](./images/me.png)
 
-My [name](name) is Adam An [ædəm æn] (he/him). I work on morphosyntax, language variation and change, documentation, and revitalization. My current projects include:
+My [name](name) is Adam Ryan An [ædəm ɹaɪən æn] (he/him). I'm a PhD student at the University of Kansas; I work on morphosyntax, language variation and change, documentation, and revitalization. My current projects include:
 
-* Morphosyntactic and semantic variation and change in the "conjoint / disjoint" alternation in Kinyarwanda (Bantu)
+* Variation and change in Bantu verbal morphology
 * Reconstruction and revitalization of Yesa:sahį́ (a.k.a. Tutelo-Saponi) (Siouan)
 * Variation in the syntax of Mandarin Chinese-English codeswitching
 

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-My name is **Adam An**. My first name is **Adam** [ædəm] and my last name is **An** [æn] - it sounds like "Anne". I use he/him pronouns.
+My name is **Adam Ryan An**. My first name is **Adam** [ædəm], my middle name is **Ryan** [ɹaɪən] and my last name is **An** [æn] - it sounds like "Anne". I use he/him pronouns.
 
-My *legal* first name is Zeal [zil] - or, if you have the [feel-fill merger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-language_vowel_changes_before_historic_/l/#Fill%E2%80%93feel_merger) like I do, [zɪl]. Because of this, my personal username is *theycallmezeal* or *tcmzeal* on various places across the Internet.
+My *legal* first name is Zeal [zil] - or, if you have the [feel-fill merger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-language_vowel_changes_before_historic_/l/#Fill%E2%80%93feel_merger) like I do, [zɪl]. I hardly use this name.
 
-Otherwise, I hardly use the name Zeal. I [publish as Adam An](https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-9181-7539); please refer to me as **Adam**.
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-# Frequently asked questions
+I [publish as Adam Ryan An](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9181-7539); please refer to me as **Adam**.
 
 ## Where did Zeal come from?
 
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 Because I don't have to explain it to people! I got it from a little-known Cartoon Network show called [My Gym Partner's A Monkey](https://mygympartneramonkey.fandom.com/wiki/Adam_Lyon) when I was in second grade.
 
-## Do you have a middle name?
+## What about the middle name?
 
-Ryan. Legally I have no middle name, but if I ever change it, this is what I'm using. There's no significance to it, but I like that it ends in an A and a nasal. Other candidates were Ethan and Tristan, but let's be real, am I a Tristan?
+I use it professionally since my last name makes it hard to find me online. There's no significance to it, but I like that it ends in an A and a nasal. Other candidates were Ethan and Tristan, but let's be real, am I a Tristan?
 
 ## Do you have zeal?
 
-I used to get this so much that this is why I don't use that name any more.
+That question is why I don't use that name any more.