Faculty
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 […]
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, […]
Megha Sundara appointed Bruce Hayes Centennial Professor of Linguistics
Megha Sundara, PhD Megha Sundara, chair of the UCLA Department of Linguistics and director of the Language Acquisition Lab at UCLA, has been appointed the Bruce Hayes Centennial Professor of Linguistics. Sundara’s […]
Michelle Yuan to Join the Department of Linguistics
Please join us in welcoming Michelle Yuan as an Assistant Professor for the Department of Linguistics. She will officially be on campus with us starting in January of 2024!
UCLA @ BUCLD 2025
The 50th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD) took place November 6-9, 2025. The following current and former members of our department presented:
UCLA @ GLOW 48
The 48th Generative Linguistics in the Old World conference (GLOW 48) took place Apr. 21-23, 2026, at the University of Siena. The following current and former members of the department […]
UCLA @ LabPhon 20
LabPhon 20 was held in Montréal, Canada from June 26–28, 2026, hosted by McGill University, Carleton University, and the University of Ottawa. Several current faculty and students from our department […]
UCLA @ Prominence in Language 2026
The 4th International Conference “Prominence in Language” (ICPL IV) took place April 23-24, 2026, hosted by the University of Cologne. The following current and former members of the department presented:
UCLA @ WCCFL 44
The 44th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL 44) took place in Mexico City on May 6–8, 2026, hosted by UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México). The following current […]