Good news from UWM Linguistics alum Turki Alwahibee (PhD 2020), who is now an assistant professor in the College of Languages and Translation at Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University. Congratulations, Turki!… Continue Reading »
Al Bukhari earns tenure and promotion
We are thrilled to announce that Juman Al Bukhari (UWM Ph.D, 2016) has earned tenure at University of North Georgia, and has been promoted to Associate Professor. Congratulations, Prof. Al Bukhari!… Continue Reading »
UWM linguists presenting at LSA 2021
Congratulations to current and former UWM linguistics students who will be presenting at the 2021 Linguistic Society of America conference. Doctoral student Okgi Kim will present “On the syntax of ‘why’-like ‘how’ in Korean” And, with co-author Seulkee Park (Kyung … Continue Reading »
Loosen featured in LSA Member Spotlight
UWM Linguistics MA alumna Suzi Loosen is featured in the Linguistic Society of America’s May Member Spotlight. She is recognized for her pioneering work bringing linguistics education to high schoolers, both here in Milwaukee at the Milwaukee School of Languages … Continue Reading »
UWM at 34th Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics
UWM Linguistics will be well represented at the upcoming 34th Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics at the University of Arizona this weekend, with the following talks: Saja Albuarabi & Hanyong Park: Production and Perception of Consonant Clusters in Nonwords by … Continue Reading »
Pattillo in Wisconsin Englishes Project
Kelsie Pattillo has a new article on sociolinguistic variation in Wisconsin, published as part of the Wisconsin Englishes Project. The article, entitled “I bought a bag of bagels,” examines sociolinguistic variation in vowel articulation in the word bag across age … Continue Reading »
Alumni update from Tanner LeTourneau (MA 2018)
UWM Linguistics alum (MA 2018) Tanner LeTourneau sent the following update: “I got a job as a business ESL teacher and as a methodologist for my company (James Cook Languages) in Prague, Czech Republic. I had a nice opportunity to … Continue Reading »
Albaty to Qassim University
Yasser Albaty (PhD 2019) has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of English and Linguistics at Qassim University, Saudi Arabia. Congratulations, Yasser!… Continue Reading »
Abu Helal to Middle East University
Abdel-Rahman Abu Helal (PhD 2019) has accepted a position as Assistant Professor in the Department of the English Language and Literature at Middle East University in Amman, Jordan. Congratulations, Abdel-Rahman!… Continue Reading »
Pattillo to appear in Anthropological Linguistics
Kelsie Pattillo’s article, “Limb term naming patterns in South American languages,” has been accepted for publication in Anthropological Linguistics. Congratulations, Kelsie!… Continue Reading »