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We are delighted that Jesse Harris has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure. Best wishes to Jesse for many happy years at UCLA! Also this month, Jessica Rett has…

On behalf of the faculty, Teaching Assistants, and staff at UCLA Linguistics, congratulations to the UCLA Linguistics Class of 2020 for all of your hard work! You put in countless…

Jianjing Kuang (Ph.D 2013) has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure effective July 1 in the Linguistics Department of the University of Pennsylvania. Congratulations, JJ!

Three temporary faculty members of the department are moving on to tenure-track jobs at other universities. Suzy Ahn, who has been our phonetics/phonology lecturer since January 2019, will be an Assistant…

Our great congratulations to Pam Munro, who has been awarded a 2019-20 Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award for her many activities since retirement! Read about Pam and the other…

Congratulations to Richard Stockwell, who has accepted a Junior Research Fellowship at Christ Church, Oxford!

We are delighted to announce that Iara Mantenuto has been offered and accepted a tenure-track position in the English department of California State University, Dominguez Hills! Congratulations, Iara!

Approved changes to five undergraduate majors within the UCLA Department of Linguistics will open new doors for students. Effective Winter 2020, the changes will extend opportunities for research, scholarships, and…

We are delighted to announce that Laurel Perkins (U. Maryland, 2019) has accepted our offer to join our department as an assistant professor. Laurel will begin her appointment after completing…