Linguistics

Jill Morford, Chairperson
Humanities Bldg. 526
MSC03 2130, Linguistics
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
(505) 277-6353 FAX (505) 277-6355
e-mail: linguist@unm.edu
Web site: http://ling.unm.edu/

Professors
Melissa Axelrod, Ph.D., University of Colorado (Boulder)
William Croft, Ph.D., Stanford University
Jill P. Morford, Ph.D., University of Chicago
Phyllis Perrin Wilcox, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Sherman E. Wilcox, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Mary Ann Willie, Ph.D., University of Arizona

Associate Professors
Holly Jacobson, Ph.D., University of Arizona
Barbara J. Shaffer, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Caroline L. Smith, Ph.D., Yale University

Assistant Professors
J. Christian Koops, Ph.D., Rice University
Naomi Lapidus Shin, Ph.D., The Graduate Center at the City University of New York
Rosa Vallejos Yopán, Ph.D., University of Oregon

Lecturers
Michael Barrett, M.A., Gallaudet University
Dawn Myers, M.S., University of New Mexico
Carole Gomez Uentillie, M.A., The University of Arizona

Professors Emeriti
Garland D. Bills, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Joan L. Bybee, Ph.D., University of California (Los Angeles)
Eduardo Hernández Chávez, Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Alan J. Hudson, Ph.D., Yeshiva University
Vera P. John-Steiner, Ph.D., University of Chicago

Adjunct Faculty
Evan Ashworth, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Paul Edmunds, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Ian Maddieson, Ph.D., University of California (Los Angeles)
David Margolin, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Dawn Nordquist, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Daniel Sanford, Ph.D., University of New Mexico

Associated Faculty in Other Departments
LynnDianne Beene, Ph.D., University of Kansas (English)
Philip S. Dale, Ph.D., University of Michigan (Speech and Hearing Sciences)
Richard File-Muriel, Ph.D., Indiana University at Bloomington (Spanish and Portuguese)
Tania Ivanova-Sullivan, Ph.D., Ohio State University (Foreign Languages and Literatures)
George F. Luger, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania (Computer Science)
Janet L. Patterson, Ph.D., University of New Mexico (Speech and Hearing Sciences)
Julie Sykes, Ph.D., University of Minnesota (Spanish and Portuguese)
Damián Vergara Wilson, Ph.D., University of New Mexico (Spanish and Portuguese)

Introduction

The Department of Linguistics offers a B.A. major and minor in Linguistics; a B.S. major in Signed Language Interpreting; a minor in Navajo Language and Linguistics; an M.A. and Ph.D. in Linguistics; and contributes to linguistics-related degree programs in other departments and colleges. The Department offers a range of courses in the core areas of phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics, and discourse as well as in the interdisciplinary fields of applied linguistics, psycholinguistics, and sociolinguistics. The Department has a theoretical orientation based in functional and cognitive approaches and has teaching and research strengths in the areas of Signed Language Studies, typology, language evolution, sociocultural and interactional studies, Native American Languages, discourse analysis, and experimental inquiry. In addition the Department offers programs of study in linguistics with concentrations in Speech and Hearing Sciences, and Native American Languages of the Southwest. The faculty also participates in the Ph.D. program in Educational Linguistics, sponsored jointly by the Department of Linguistics and the College of Education’s Department of Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies. The program in Educational Linguistics focuses on issues in bilingual and multicultural education and in second language learning and pedagogy.