Linguistics department lecturer Kelsie Pattillo and PhD students Lauren Clark and Jieun Lee will present their paper “Dialectology, prevelar raising, and collaborative language research in the undergraduate classroom” at the 16th Workshop in General Linguistics at UW-Madison in March. The … Continue Reading »
Mar develops US’s first law enforcement Mandarin course
UWM Linguistics alumna Li-Ya Mar (PhD 2016) has developed the US’s first Mandarin course for law enforcement officers. Her work with Houston Police and the University of St. Thomas has been covered by the Houston Chronicle, Houston Public Media, and … Continue Reading »
Pattillo in volume on Embodiment in Cross-Linguistic Studies
Kelsie Pattillo has a paper in a forthcoming volume on crosslinguistic studies of embodiment in language: Pattillo, Kelsie. Forthcoming. From head to toe: How languages extend the head to name body parts. In Embodiment in Cross-Linguistic Studies: The ‘Head’, ed. … Continue Reading »
Abbey Palmer ’18 featured in UWM Report
A great video of Abbey Palmer (B.A. & TESOL certificate ’18) was featured in the UWM Report. View it here. &nbs… Continue Reading »
Chapin ’16 to doctoral program at Pompeu Fabra
Kayla Chapin, UWM linguistics class of 2016, has accepted an offer to pursue a doctoral degree in linguistics at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. Congratulations, Kayla!… Continue Reading »
Alharbi promoted to Assistant Professor
Bader Alharbi, UWM Linguistics PhD 2017, has been promoted to Assistant Professor of English and Linguistic at Qassim University, Saudi Arabia. Congratulations, Bader!… Continue Reading »