Faculty
Linguistics Department Chair:
Daniel L. Finer
Mark Aronoff
Professor (Ph.D. 1974, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Morphology, orthography, sign languages, language origins
Professor (Ph.D. 1974, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Morphology, orthography, sign languages, language origins
John F. Bailyn
Associate Professor (Ph.D. 1995, Cornell University)
Slavic Linguistics, Russian Syntax, Syntax
Associate Professor (Ph.D. 1995, Cornell University)
Slavic Linguistics, Russian Syntax, Syntax
Natalie Batmanian-Ratyosyan
Visiting Assistant Professor (Ph.D. 2003, Rutgers University)
First and Second language acquisition
Visiting Assistant Professor (Ph.D. 2003, Rutgers University)
First and Second language acquisition
Christina Y. Bethin
Professor (Ph.D. 1978, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Slavic linguistics, phonology
Professor (Ph.D. 1978, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Slavic linguistics, phonology
Ellen Broselow
Professor (Ph.D. 1976, University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Phonology, phonetics, second language acquisition
Professor (Ph.D. 1976, University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Phonology, phonetics, second language acquisition
Daniel L. Finer
Professor (Ph.D. 1984, University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Syntax, semantics, language acquisition
Professor (Ph.D. 1984, University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Syntax, semantics, language acquisition
Alice C. Harris
Professor (Ph.D. 1976, Harvard University)
Morphology, historical linguistics, languages of the Caucasus
Professor (Ph.D. 1976, Harvard University)
Morphology, historical linguistics, languages of the Caucasus
Robert D. Hoberman
Professor (Ph.D. 1983, University of Chicago)
Semitic linguistics, morphology, phonology
Professor (Ph.D. 1983, University of Chicago)
Semitic linguistics, morphology, phonology
Marie K. Huffman
Associate Professor (Ph.D. 1989, University of California, Los Angeles)
Phonetics, phonology
Associate Professor (Ph.D. 1989, University of California, Los Angeles)
Phonetics, phonology
Dorit Kaufman
Associate Professor (Ph.D. 1989, State University of New York at Stony Brook)
Language acquisition and attrition, language education
Associate Professor (Ph.D. 1989, State University of New York at Stony Brook)
Language acquisition and attrition, language education
Richard K. Larson
Professor (Ph.D. 1983, University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Semantics, syntax, computational linguistics
Professor (Ph.D. 1983, University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Semantics, syntax, computational linguistics
Lori Repetti
Associate Professor (Ph.D. 1989, University of California, Los Angeles)
Romance linguistics, phonology
Associate Professor (Ph.D. 1989, University of California, Los Angeles)
Romance linguistics, phonology
Ximena Zate
Visiting Assistant Professor (Ph.D. , Hofstra University)
TESOL, teacher education, second-language acquisition
Visiting Assistant Professor (Ph.D. , Hofstra University)
TESOL, teacher education, second-language acquisition
Several faculty members in other departments are part of the campus community of linguists. They offer courses cross-listed with ours, collaborate in research or teaching, and serve on dissertation and thesis committees:
Susan Brennan
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Psycholinguistics, psychology of language
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Psycholinguistics, psychology of language
Jose Elias-Ulloa
Assistant Professor, Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature (Ph.D., Rutgers University). Interaction between metrical and segmental phonology, Amerindian Languages, Spanish in contact with Indigenous Languages. Homepage
Assistant Professor, Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature (Ph.D., Rutgers University). Interaction between metrical and segmental phonology, Amerindian Languages, Spanish in contact with Indigenous Languages. Homepage
Richard Gerrig
Professor, Cognitive Psychology (Ph.D., Stanford University)
Professor, Cognitive Psychology (Ph.D., Stanford University)
Agnes Weiyun He
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Asian and Asian-American Studies (Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles). Discourse/conversation analysis, pragmatics, functional linguistics, language socialization.
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Asian and Asian-American Studies (Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles). Discourse/conversation analysis, pragmatics, functional linguistics, language socialization.
Mikle Ledgerwood
Assistant Professor and Director of Language Learning Center, (Ph.D. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill). Education and Technology; semiotics, French civilization, Quebec.
Assistant Professor and Director of Language Learning Center, (Ph.D. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill). Education and Technology; semiotics, French civilization, Quebec.
Francisco Ordoñez
Assistant Professor, Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature (Ph.D., CUNY).
Assistant Professor, Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature (Ph.D., CUNY).
Arthur Samuel
Professor, Department of Psychology. (Ph.D. University of California, San Diego). Cognitive Psychology.
Professor, Department of Psychology. (Ph.D. University of California, San Diego). Cognitive Psychology.
Kamal K. Sridhar
Associate Professor, Department of Asian and Asian-American Studies. (Ph.D., University of Illinois). Bilingualism, language use, language maintenance, World English, applied linguistics.
Associate Professor, Department of Asian and Asian-American Studies. (Ph.D., University of Illinois). Bilingualism, language use, language maintenance, World English, applied linguistics.
S.N. Sridhar
Professor, Department of Asian and Asian-American Studies. (Ph.D. University of Illinois). Psycholinguistics, bilingualism, World English.
Professor, Department of Asian and Asian-American Studies. (Ph.D. University of Illinois). Psycholinguistics, bilingualism, World English.
