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Christine Prechtel accepts job at the Marcus Autism Center at Emory University

Published: April 2, 2024

We are excited to announce that Christine Prechtel (PhD alumna) has accepted a job as a Research Administrative Coordinator in the Spoken Communication Lab at the Marcus Autism Center at…

Category: Celebrations

Yang Wang accepts position at the University of Utah

Published: April 1, 2024

Congratulations to fifth-year grad student Yang Wang, who has accepted an offer to begin as an assistant professor at the University of Utah, starting Fall 2024!

Category: General

Congratulations to Daria Bahtina and Giusi Silvestri on getting a grant to organize a Spring workshop titled Rethinking Bilingualism: Applied Approaches

Published: March 21, 2024

Congratulations to Daria Bahtina and Giusi Silvestri on getting a grant to organize a Spring workshop titled Rethinking Bilingualism: Applied Approaches. The workshop will be held at UCLA on May…

Category: Graduate Students

Katya Khlystova makes it to the final round of Grad Slam

Published: March 19, 2024

Congratulations to Katya Khlystova for advancing to the finals rounds in UCLA’s Grad Slam competition! Katya is one of 10 graduate students across all of UCLA who has been selected…

Category: Awards

Winning of New Trust Building Space

Published: March 18, 2024

“UCLA Linguistics is among a group of 31 research groups on campus who has won research and work space at the historic Trust Building located in downtown Los Angeles. Researchers…

Category: Alumni

Maura O’Leary to join tenure-track in the Western Washington University Linguistics Department

Published: March 18, 2024

2021 PhD alum Maura O’Leary, currently of Swarthmore College, has just accepted a tenure-track offer in the Western Washington University Linguistics Department. Dr. O’Leary works on the syntax/semantics interface, especially…

Category: Jobs

Postdoctoral Position in Iranian Linguistics

Published: March 11, 2024

APPLICATION WINDOW Open date: March 9, 2024 Next review date: Tuesday, Apr 30, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee. Final date: Wednesday, May…

Category: Alumni

UCLA Alum Natasha Abner in Science and Popular Science!

Published: February 12, 2024

UCLA Alum Natasha Abner in Science and Popular Science on the use of computational phylogenetics to understand sign language origins! You can read the original research here and the article in Popular Science here.

Category: Jobs

NOW HIRING Language Acquisition Research Coordinator At UCLA

Published: February 9, 2024

The UCLA Department of Linguistics is recruiting a curious, dynamic, and organized candidate to work as the full-time Lab Coordinator for the language acquisition research lab. Responsibilities include organizing and…

Category: General

Five Minute Linguist Contest at LSA

Published: February 5, 2024

The 2024 Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America included its traditional Five Minute Linguist event, where linguists make brief presentations of their research intended to be engaging for…

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Christine Prechtel accepts job at the Marcus Autism Center at Emory University

Yang Wang accepts position at the University of Utah

Congratulations to Daria Bahtina and Giusi Silvestri on getting a grant to organize a Spring workshop titled Rethinking Bilingualism: Applied Approaches

Katya Khlystova makes it to the final round of Grad Slam

Winning of New Trust Building Space

Maura O’Leary to join tenure-track in the Western Washington University Linguistics Department

Postdoctoral Position in Iranian Linguistics

UCLA Alum Natasha Abner in Science and Popular Science!

NOW HIRING Language Acquisition Research Coordinator At UCLA

Five Minute Linguist Contest at LSA

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