Celebrations

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Alumna Iara Mantenuto has been granted early tenure at CSU Dominguez Hills.

Alumna Iara Mantenuto has been granted early tenure at CSU Dominguez Hills. Congratulations, Iara!

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Beth Sturman secures position at thrv

Congratulations to Beth Sturman who filed her dissertation in September 2022 and started a position as a Growth Strategist at thrv.com, a market research firm. She says she does qualitative […]

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Blake Lehman accepts position at Mississippi State University

Soon-to-be PhD Blake Lehman has accepted a tenure-track position in the Department of English at Mississippi State University. Congratulations, Blake! You can learn about Blake’s dissertation research on Avatime phonology at his upcoming colloquium.

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

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 […]

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Eleanor Glewwe accepts position at Grinnell College

PhD graduate Dr. Eleanor Glewwe has accepted a tenure-track position in the Linguistics Concentration at Grinnell College, where she has been teaching phonetics, phonology, morphology, and field methods, among other subjects. Congratulations, Eleanor!!

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ENROLL NOW – LING SUMMER COURSES 2025!

The UCLA Linguistics Department is offering online and in-person summer courses for UCLA and non-UCLA students. Summer Session 2025 enrollment starts on February 1, 2025 for UCLA students and on […]

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Hironori Katsuda accepts position at the University of Kansas

Hironori Katsuda has accepted a 2-year position as Visiting Professor of Phonology at University of Kansas. Congratulations Hiro!

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Huilei Wang to Göttingen

Huilei Wang has accepted a postdoc position (Humboldt Research Fellowship) in Göttingen, starting May 2025. She will be working with Hedde Zeijlstra on a syntax-semantics interface project. Many congratulations, Huilei!

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Jeremy Steffman to join University of Edinburgh faculty

Jeremy Steffman (PhD, 2020) has accepted an offer as Lecturer in Phonetics (equivalent to Assistant Professor in the US) in the Department of Linguistics and English Language, the University of […]

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Jessica Rett appointed inaugural Thomas Bye and David Bohne Professor of Linguistics

Sean Brenner/UCLA Humanities Jessica Rett uses logical frameworks to model how people understand meaning in real time. Jessica Rett, whose research combines formal semantics, pragmatics and the philosophy of language, […]

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Katie Cunningham, linguistics and English major, selected to perform at 2025 commencement

Katie Cunningham, linguistics and English major, selected to perform at 2025 commencement “Katie Cunningham, who will graduate with honors with a degree in linguistics and English, was selected from among […]

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Linguistics Ph.D. alum Hironori Katsuda accepts postdoctoral position

Our 2023 Ph.D. Hironori Katsuda has accepted a postdoctoral position at a prestigious laboratory, the New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour, under the direction of Prof. Jen Hay. […]