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The Department of LinguisticsCongratulations to Ann Ali for successfully defending her dissertation prospectus. She is the first person this academic year to do so. Ann’s work focuses on the intonation of Basque/Spanish bilinguals when code-switching. …
Read MoreThis year we have a number of new students joining the department. Below is a mini-bio for each one: Luke West Coming from University of Toronto Research interests: phonetics (lexical…
Read MoreThis week marks the beginning of the school year here at UCLA, which means there will soon be many more updates coming. Expect posts soon about what has happened over the…
Read MoreIn some delayed news, Jun Yashima (Ph.D. 2015) recently took up a full-time lectureship (Assistant Prof.) at Senshu University in Tokyo. Jun commenced this position in April. Congratulations Jun!
Read MorePat Keating has been elected the next president of the International Phonetic Association; she will take office in August at the International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, and will serve until…
Read MoreDepartment alumna, Rebecca Scarborough (Ph.D. 2005), who is currently an Assistant Professor in the Linguistics Department at U. Colorado, Boulder, has recently been awarded tenure! Congratulations Rebecca!
Read MoreDepartment chair, Bruce Hayes, writes: An intensive search has yielded a new Undergraduate Adviser (a.k.a. SAO, Student Affairs Officer) for our department. This is none other than our own Alejandra…
Read MoreWe recently bid farewell to two of our department staff members, Jessika Herrera (undergraduate advisor) and Anya Mancillas (Lab Manager). Jessika will be taking up a similar position in Comparative…
Read MoreDustin Bowers has accepted a post-doctoral position at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton. He will be working under Antti Arppe under the grant Alberta Language Technology Lab in the Department…
Read MoreThis past Wednesday was the premiere public performance of the Bulgarian folk music group comprised of UCLA’s Russ Schuh (clarinet) and Vrinda Chidambaram (vocals), along with fellow bandmates Aaron Bittel (accordion) and Jerry…
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