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Richard P. Meier, Chair CLA 4.304, Mailcode B5100, Austin, TX 78712 • 512-471-1701

Faculty List

Professors

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David I Beaver

Professor

dib@utexas.edu  |  471-9028  |  CLA 4.708

Education   

PhD, Edinburgh
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Hans C Boas

Professor; Director, Linguistics Research Center; 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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Nora C. England

Dallas TACA Centennial Professor in the Humanities

nengland@mail.utexas.edu  |  512.471.9014  |  CLA 4.732

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  |  CLA 4.704

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  |  CLA 4.720

Education   

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

Professor

s.myers@mail.utexas.edu  |  471-9032  |  CLA 4.726

Education   

Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Interests

  Bantu languages

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Gilbert Rappaport

Professor

grapp@austin.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@austin.utexas.edu  |  471-9002  |  CLA 4.730

Education   

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

Professor

wechsler@austin.utexas.edu  |  471-9026  |  CLA 4.702

Education   

Ph.D., Stanford University
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Anthony C. Woodbury

Professor

woodbury@austin.utexas.edu  |  512.471.1701  |  CLA 4.728

Education   

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Associate Professors

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Jason M Baldridge

Associate Professor

jbaldrid@mail.utexas.edu  |  232-7682  |  CLA 4.738

Education   

Ph.D., University of Edinburgh

Interests

  Computational Linguistics, Syntax, Parsing, Machine Learning

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Megan J. Crowhurst

Associate Professor

mcrowhurst@austin.utexas.edu  |  512.471.9027  |  CLA 4.712

Education   

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

Associate Professor

pattieepps@austin.utexas.edu  |  512.471.9015  |  CLA 4.736

Education   

Ph.D., University of Virginia
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Katrin E Erk

Faculty

katrin.erk@mail.utexas.edu  |  471-9020  |  CLA 4.734

Education   

Ph.D., Saarland University, Germany

Assistant Professors

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Colin Bannard

Assistant Professor

bannard@utexas.edu  |  471-9022  |  CLA 4.426

Education   

Ph.D., University of Edinburgh
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John T Beavers

Assistant Professor

jbeavers@utexas.edu  |  232-7683  |  CLA 4.706

Education   

Ph.D., Stanford University

Interests

  Syntax, Lexical Semantics

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David Quinto-Pozos

Assistant Professor

davidqp@mail.utexas.edu  |  471-9030  |  CLA 4.714

Education   

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

Assistant Professor

rajka@austin.utexas.edu  |  471-9029  |  CLA 4.724

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  |  CLA 4.618

Education   

MA, California State University at Northridge
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Franky L Schussel

Senior Lecturer

franky-ramont@austin.utexas.edu  |  471-1701  |  CLA 4.622

Education   

MA, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Carol L Seeger

Senior Lecturer

cseeger@austin.utexas.edu  |  CLA 4.624

Education   

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

Lecturers

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Deborah E White

Lecturer

debbiewhite@sprint.blackberry.net  |  CLA 4.620

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

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

Leah Geer

Assistant Instructor

leah.geer@utexas.edu  |  CLA 4.400M

Education   

MA, Gallaudet University

Interests

  second language acquisition, phonetics/phonology of signed languages

Aimee Lawrence

Teaching Assistant

a_meelynn@yahoo.com  |  CLA 4.700

Justin D McIntosh

Assistant Instructor

Justindmcintosh@utexas.edu  |  CAL 525A

Lauren Terzenbach

Assistant Instructor

CAL 530

Michael Francis Wynne Jr

Assistant Instructor

MWynneJr@mac.com  |  CAL 527B

In Memoriam

Carlota S. Smith

Professor

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