2025-09-12
- As the new semester starts, we are excited to welcome back so many wonderful reading groups related to Linguistics!If you are considering joining a new reading group, please take a look at the groups below, or learn more on our Reading and Discussion Groups page. Fall 2025 Calendar...
2025-09-08 - We are pleased to announce that Associate Professor Jonathan Dunn has been selected to join the 2025–26 Emerging Research Leaders Academy. The Emerging Research Leaders Academy (ERLA) considers the unique needs of mid-career faculty at Illinois to achieve research success. This program...
2025-09-01 - We would like to welcome new faculty members who are joining our department for the first time or taking on a new role in the department for 2025. Let's meet these new additions to the department! Take a look below to find out more about these exciting faculty members: Lydia Newkirk (new Visiting Assistant Professor) My research focuses on the formal...
2025-08-27 - The Department of Linguistics is pleased to announce that several professors were honored at the LAS Faculty Promotion Ceremony on August 26. Honored professors were Dr. Xun Yan (Professor), Dr. Yan Tang (Associate Professor with tenure), Dr. Eman Saadah (Teaching Professor), and Dr. Suzanne Franks, (Teaching Associate...
2025-08-25 - As we start the new year, the UIUC Department of Linguistics is pleased to announce new leadership for the upcoming term. Dr. Tania Ionin will serve as the Department Head, succeeding Dr. James Yoon, who served as Department Head for the past fifteen years. The department is pleased to announce that Dr. Silvina Montrul will take on the...
2025-08-15 - The Department of Linguistics invites you to join us to celebrate the new academic year and meet new faculty and students.The reception will take place Wednesday August 27, at 4pm in the Lucy Ellis Lounge (1080 LCLB).We hope to see you all there!
2025-05-16 - This past weekend, UIUC hosted the workshop Nominals and Nominalizations in Korean and Beyond. This conference took place in the LCLB and attracted over 40 registered attendees. This conference showcased research that addresses currently debated issues in the morphology, syntax, and semantics-pragmatics of nominals and...
2025-05-13 - On Wednesday May 7th, 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!AwardsPrestigious Non- Departmental Awards SLCL dissertation completion fellowship (...
2025-05-01 - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign each year presents Campus Awards for Excellence in Instruction to exceptional faculty and staff members, graduate teaching assistants and advisors campuswide. This year’s recipients are being honored at a ceremony on April 15. Awardees are cited for sustained excellence and innovation in undergraduate and graduate teaching,...
2025-05-01 - A professor in the Department of Linguistics has been selected for not only the 2025 LAS Award for in Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, but also for the campus level award: the 2025 Campus Award for...
2025-04-29 - On May 9th and 10th, the Nominals and Nominalizations in Korean and Beyond Workshop will be held in the LCLB. This workshop will showcase research that address currently debated issues in the morphology, syntax, and semantics-pragmatics of nominals and nominalizations in Korean and other languages. The workshop will feature both invited speakers and UIUC linguists addressing topics in...
2025-04-21 - We are pleased to announce that Dr. John Levis, who received a MATESL degree as well as a PhD in Educational Psychology from UIUC, has been named Distinguished Professor at Iowa State University. John has led a distinguished career since receiving his PhD in 1996. In his current work as a Professor of Applied Linguistics and TESL,...
2025-04-17 - We cordially invite you to the Department of Linguistics Year-End Graduation, & Awards Ceremony along with a Retirement Celebration for Professor Peter Lasersohn! This event will take place in the Heritage Room of the ACES Library on Wednesday, May 7, from 4pm - 5:30pm.Join us in celebration of an excellent year's work from our wonderful students and to celebrate the career and impact...
2025-04-16 - The LAS Academy for Educational Excellence is a new initiative from the College of Liberal Arts & Science, set to launch in Fall 2025.This past January, our own Cassandra Rosado started a new part-time role as the LAS Dean's Fellow for the Academy for Educational Excellence. She states that she is grateful to be able to continue in her role as Assistant Director of the ESL Program...
2025-04-10 - We are pleased to announce that Linguistics PhD candidates Huiying Cai and Joshua Dees are recipients of the 2025 SLCL Dissertation Completion Fellowship. These fellowships provide advanced doctoral students with an academic year of support to complete their dissertations. Joshua Dees has received this award for his dissertation research on "A Study of (D)efiniteness and (T)emporality...