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Faculty List

Professors

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David I Beaver

Professor

dib@mail.utexas.edu  |  471-9028  |  CAL 414

Education   

PhD, Edinburgh
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Nora C. England

Dallas TACA Centennial Professor in the Humanities

nengland@mail.utexas.edu  |  512.471.9014  |  CAL 504

Education   

Ph.D., University of Florida
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Zenzi M Griffin

Faculty

griffinz@psy.utexas.edu

Education   

PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Ian Hancock

Harold C. and Alice T. Nowlin Regents Professor in Liberal Arts

xulaj@mail.utexas.edu  |  232-7684  |  CAL 420

Education   

Ph.D., London University

Interests

  Romani; Creole; English; Human rights

Hans Kamp

Visiting Professor

hanskamp@austin.utexas.edu  |  471-4880  |  WAG 323

Education   

PhD, University of California at Los Angeles

Interests

  Language and Thought, Philosophy of Language (Propositional Attitudes)

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Richard P Meier

Department Chair and Professor

rmeier@mail.utexas.edu  |  471-9031  |  CAL 507

Education   

Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
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Scott P Myers

Professor

s.myers@mail.utexas.edu  |  471-9032  |  CAL 418

Education   

Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Interests

  Bantu languages

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Gilbert Rappaport

Professor

grapp@mail.utexas.edu  |  512-232-9310  |  CAL 1

Education   

Ph.D., UCLA
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Harvey M Sussman

R. P. Doherty, Sr. Centennial Professorship in Communication

sussman@mail.utexas.edu  |  471-9002  |  CAL 500

Education   

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison)
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Stephen M Wechsler

Professor

wechsler@mail.utexas.edu  |  471-9026  |  CAL 401

Education   

Ph.D., Stanford University
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Anthony C. Woodbury

Professor

acw@mail.utexas.edu  |  512.471.1701  |  CAL 502

Education   

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Associate Professors

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Jason M Baldridge

Associate Professor

jbaldrid@mail.utexas.edu  |  232-7682  |  CAL 510

Education   

Ph.D., University of Edinburgh

Interests

  Computational Linguistics, Syntax, Parsing, Machine Learning

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Hans C Boas

Associate Professor; Director, Texas German Dialect Project

hcb@austin.utexas.edu  |  232-6358  |  BUR 328

Education   

Ph.D., Linguistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Interests

  Syntax, Lexical Semantics, Computational Lexicography, Language Contact & Variation, Contrastive Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics, Pragmatics, Morphology, Endangered Languages, Phonology

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Megan J. Crowhurst

Associate Professor

mcrowhurst@austin.utexas.edu  |  512.471.9027  |  CAL 402

Education   

Ph.D., University of Arizona (Tucson)
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Patience L. Epps

Associate Professor

pepps@mail.utexas.edu  |  512.471.9015  |  CAL 506

Education   

Ph.D., University of Virginia

Assistant Professors

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Colin Bannard

Assistant Professor

bannard@mail.utexas.edu  |  471-9022  |  CAL 514

Education   

Ph.D., University of Edinburgh
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John T Beavers

Assistant Professor

jbeavers@mail.utexas.edu  |  232-7683  |  CAL 403

Education   

Ph.D., Stanford University

Interests

  Syntax, Lexical Semantics

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Katrin E Erk

Assistant Professor

katrin.erk@mail.utexas.edu  |  471-9020  |  CAL 512

Education   

Ph.D., Saarland University, Germany
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David Quinto-Pozos

Assistant Professor

davidqp@mail.utexas.edu  |  471-9030  |  CAL 405

Education   

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
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Rajka Smiljanic

Assistant Professor

rajka@mail.utexas.edu  |  471-9029  |  CAL 407

Education   

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Senior Lecturers

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Perry Connolly

Senior Lecturer

pare@mail.utexas.edu  |  471-1701  |  CAL 509

Education   

MA, California State University at Northridge
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Franky L Ramont

Senior Lecturer

franky-ramont@austin.utexas.edu  |  471-1701  |  CAL 307

Education   

MA, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Carol L Seeger

Senior Lecturer

cseeger@mail.utexas.edu  |  CAL 511

Education   

M.S., McDaniel College (formerly known as Western Maryland College)

Lecturers

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Deborah E White

Lecturer

debbiewhite@sprint.blackberry.net  |  CAL 516A

Education   

MA, Gallaudet University

Professors Emeriti

John Bordie

Professor Emeritus

jgbordie@mail.utexas.edu

Education   

Ph.D., Harvard University
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Robert T Harms

Professor Emeritus

harms@mail.utexas.edu  |  471-1701

Education   

Ph.D., University of Chicago
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Robert King

Audre and Bernard Rapoport Regents Chair Emeritus of Jewish Studies and Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus

rking@mail.utexas.edu  |  CAL 507

Education   

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Interests

  Historical linguistics; DNA and the origins of spoken language; language and politics;language and people issues.

Bjorn E Lindblom

Professor Emeritus

blindblom@mail.utexas.edu  |  471-1701

Education   

Fil dr (= Ph.D.), Lund University

Robert E Wall

Professor Emeritus

rwall@mail.utexas.edu  |  471-1701

Education   

Ph.D., Harvard University

Assistant Instructors

Nicholas L Gaylord

Assistant Instructor

nlgaylord@mail.utexas.edu  |  CAL 438C

Interests

  word meaning, morphosyntactic alternations, psycholinguistics, corpus linguistics, tacos, bbq

Niamh Kelly

Assistant Instructor

n-kelly@mail.utexas.edu  |  CAL 536B

Interests

  Phonology, historical linguistics, typology

Michael Francis Wynne Jr

Assistant Instructor

MWynneJr@mac.com  |  CAL 527B

In Memoriam

Carlota S. Smith

Professor

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