2026-09-15 - We sat down with Assistant Professor Anna Mendoza and Ph.D. student Elif Varlik to discuss a project that provides English and foundational literacy instruction for refugee women with limited prior formal education. Led by the Refugee Center in partnership with the University of Illinois Department...
2026-09-15 - This is our third annual departmental newsletter. The goal of the newsletter is to celebrate significant milestones among our students, faculty and staff during the past academic year, welcome new members to the department, and share exciting plans for the coming academic year. Congratulations...
2026-09-09 - We are excited to welcome back so many of our long-standing groups this semester! This semester, we have a total of ten reading and discussion groups. If you are considering joining a new reading group, please take a look at the groups below, or...
2026-09-01 - This fall, we are excited to share that a number of our graduate students have received prestigious honors and grants, both from within the university and externally. PhD Candidate Mingyue Huo has received the Graduate College Dissertation Completion...
2026-08-28 - We would like to welcome all of the new students and faculty in the department, and to welcome back our continuing students and faculty for the 2026-2027 academic year. The 2026 Linguistics Welcome Ceremony was held on Wednesday August 26th in the ACES Library. We welcomed 43 new...
2026-08-25 - We are pleased to announce that our own Dr. Jonathan Dunn has been named a Conrad Professorial Scholar!The Conrad Professorial Scholar awards are funded through a gift from the late Arlys Conrad. This three-year designation is to recognize exceptionally promising associate professors within the...
2026-08-20 - We would like to welcome new faculty members who are joining our department in a faculty role for 2026. Let's meet these new additions to the department! Anastasia Tsilia - Assistant Professor My research lies at the intersection of formal semantics, pragmatics...
2026-08-12 - Earlier this month, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign hosted the 33rd Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference (JK 33). The conference took place from August 6th -August 9th, and was attended...
2026-06-09 - We are excited to welcome you to the 33rd Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference, here at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign! The conference will showcase various aspects of Japanese and Korean linguistics, and will take place from August 7 to August 9, with a pre-conference...
2026-05-11 - This semester, many students from the UIUC Linguistics department presented their research at conferences near and far. Let’s take the time to congratulate each of them for their dedication to their work and their excellent representation of our department!The new year kicked off with...
2026-05-08 - Our outstanding UIUC Arabic program has once again been featured in the Daily Illini! Check out the article to learn about how our students are expanding their cultural knowledge and reach through the Arabic language.The link to the article can be found here:...
2026-05-07 - On Wednesday May 6th, our department gathered for its annual Year-End Graduation and Awards Celebration. It was a wonderful time to reflect on the past year, and to recognize our amazing students. Congratulations to our awardees! We wish you continued growth and success!Awards...
2026-05-01 - The capstone of UIUC's Undergraduate Research Week, the Undergraduate Research Symposium is an annual event showcasing the breadth and scope of student research at UIUC. The Symposium features multiple sessions of...
2026-04-24 - This past weekend, UIUC had a strong representation at the 18th Meeting of Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (GASLA-18). GASLA is a biennial conference where linguists present theoretically informed research on second language...
2026-04-24 - We are delighted to announce that Linguistics office manager Natalia Sakhartova has received the Marita Romine Distinguished Service Award from the School of Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics.The...