02/05/2024 - We would like to welcome new faculty members for whom Spring is their first semester. Let's meet these new additions to the department! Jonathan Dunn (Associate Professor) Tell us a little...
News
02/05/2024 - Congratulations to Xun Yan for being named LAS Alumni Distinguished Professorial Scholar! This is a recognition given to scholars with a particularly outstanding record for their contributions in...
01/19/2024 - The 2024 (Centennial) Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America took place January 4- January 7 in New...
12/05/2023 - PhD student Allison Casar has been picked to receive the inaugural COGEL Travel Award to attend the upcoming meeting of the Linguistics Society of America in New York City this January. The COGEL (...
12/01/2023 - 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...
11/15/2023 - Congratulations to Britni Moore for receiving two prestigious fellowships for work on her dissertation: Police Recruits and the Discursive Construction of Rape in Sexual Assault Training...
11/13/2023 - Martine Gallardo, a PhD student in the Linguistics Department, was recently invited to the University of Chicago to give a talk in the class Bilingualism and Heritage Languages, which was co-taught...
11/09/2023 - Dr. Eman Saadah was featured in Al-Jazeera news, speaking about her role on the committee for this year's U.S Arabic Debate competition. In this article, she discusses how debating opportunities can...
11/09/2023 - Congratulations to the UIUC Arabic Debate Team for their amazing performance at Qatar Debates' US Debate Championship! This team scored Fourth Place at the national level with team members Shireen...
01/12/2024 - A hearty congratulations to Silvina Montrul, whose book...
11/03/2023 - Congratulations to Dr. Xun Yan, on becoming co-editor of the journal Language Testing. This journal is the premier...
11/02/2023 - International Education Week is an annual event that aims to celebrate global education, cultural exchange, and scholarship as well as to raise awareness about the breadth of international education...
10/30/2023 - Silvina Montrul was featured in a recent article with Illinois Public Media: "More than half of non-Spanish-speaking U.S. Latinos have been shamed". Dr. Montrul gives her commentary on the results of...
10/15/2023 - Ph.D. Candidate Sarah Clark was recognized at the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society this October, where she won the IUS Graduate Student Paper Award with her paper ‘The Veteran...
10/12/2023 - We are excited to announce that the 16th Illinois Language and Linguistics Society conference will take place March 1-2, 2024, at the I-Hotel & Illinois Conference Center! This year's theme is "...
