People

Name Job title Role Research interests Email
Marta Abrusan Visiting Scholar (Peter Jenks, faculty sponsor) marta.abrusan@berkeley.edu
Shweta Akolkar PhD student Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Graduate Student, Syntax and Semantics akolkar@berkeley.edu
Martine Alexander Undergraduate Student Advisor Staff lingmajoradvisor@berkeley.edu
Deborah Anderson Associate Research Linguist Historical and Areal Linguistics, Researcher dwanders@berkeley.edu
Rhosean Asmah PhD Student Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Graduate Student, Historical and Areal Linguistics, Language and Cognition, Language and Social Context, Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology
  • Phonetics 
  • Psycholinguistics 
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Historical Linguistics
rhosean@berkeley.edu
David Bamman Associate Professor, School of Information Affiliated Faculty dbamman@berkeley.edu
Patricia Baquedano-López Professor of Education Affiliated Faculty pbl@berkeley.edu
Gašper Beguš Assistant Professor of Linguistics Computational and Experimental Methods, Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology, Faculty begus@berkeley.edu
Christine Beier Assistant Adjunct Professor Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Language Revitalization, Faculty beiercm@berkeley.edu
Anna Björklund PhD Candidate Graduate Student, Language Revitalization, Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology
  • Wintuan Languages (northern California)
  •  Acoustic & Archival phonetics
  • Intonation
  • (sleeping) Language Revitalization
aebjorklund@berkeley.edu
Isaac L. Bleaman Assistant Professor of Linguistics Language and Social Context, Faculty bleaman@berkeley.edu
Madeline Bossi Alumna Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Language Revitalization, Syntax and Semantics madeline_bossi@berkeley.edu
Mel Y. Chen Associate Professor of Gender & Women's Studies; Director, Center for the Study of Sexual Culture Affiliated Faculty melychen@berkeley.edu
Maksymilian Dabkowski PhD Candidate Computational and Experimental Methods, Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Graduate Student, Language Revitalization, Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology, Syntax and Semantics
  • Phonology and its interfaces
  • Morphosyntax
  • Fieldwork
  • Language Documentation
  • Semantics
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Logic
dabkowski@berkeley.edu
Justin Davidson Associate Professor of Spanish and Romance Linguistics Affiliated Faculty justindavidson@berkeley.edu
Amy Rose Deal Associate Professor of Linguistics Syntax and Semantics, Faculty ardeal@berkeley.edu
Jana Dietzel Visiting Student Researcher Visiting Scholar/Student Researcher
  • Cognitive Linguistics
  • Historical Linguistics
  • Variational Linguistics
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Metaphor Research
  • Technical Language
jana.dietzel@berkeley.edu
Wesley dos Santos PhD Candidate Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Graduate Student, Historical and Areal Linguistics wesleynascimento@berkeley.edu
Emily Drummond Alumna Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Historical and Areal Linguistics, Syntax and Semantics emily_drummond@berkeley.edu
Alexander Elias PhD Candidate Graduate Student alexander_elias@berkeley.edu
Susanne Gahl Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science Language and Cognition, Faculty gahl@berkeley.edu
Amber Galvano PhD student Graduate Student, Language and Social Context, Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology amber_galvano@berkeley.edu
Andrew Garrett Professor of Linguistics, Nadine M. Tang and Bruce L. Smith Professor of Cross-Cultural Social Sciences Faculty garrett@berkeley.edu
Karee Garvin karee_garvin@berkeley.edu
Emily Grabowski PhD Candidate Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Graduate Student, Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology emily_grabowski@berkeley.edu
William F. Hanks Distinguished Professor in Linguistic Anthropology Affiliated Faculty wfhanks@berkeley.edu
Kristin Hanson Professor of English Affiliated Faculty khanson@berkeley.edu
Yoko Hasegawa Professor of Japanese Affiliated Faculty hasegawa@berkeley.edu
Dmetri Hayes dmetri@berkeley.edu
Noah Hermalin PhD Candidate Computational and Experimental Methods, Graduate Student, Language and Cognition nmhermalin@berkeley.edu
Sherry Hicks Lecturer in Linguistics Faculty sherry.hicks@berkeley.edu
Leanne Hinton Professor Emerita of Linguistics Emeritus Faculty, Language and Social Context, Language Revitalization lhinton@berkeley.edu
Larry M. Hyman Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School; Director, France-Berkeley Fund Emeritus Faculty hyman@berkeley.edu
Sharon Inkelas Professor of Linguistics; Associate Vice Provost for the Faculty and Special Faculty Advisor to the Chancellor on Sexual Violence/Sexual Harassment Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology, Faculty inkelas@berkeley.edu
Claudia Iron Hawk PhD Student Graduate Student, Language Revitalization, Syntax and Semantics
  • D/Lakota
  • Indigenous Language Revitalization 
  • Semantics
Akil Ismael PhD Student Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Graduate Student, Syntax and Semantics
  • Syntax
  • West-Nilotic Languages
  • Shilluk
akil.ismael@berkeley.edu
Richard Ivry Professor of Psychology Affiliated Faculty ivry@berkeley.edu
Rebecca Jarvis PhD Candidate Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Graduate Student, Syntax and Semantics
  • Syntax & Semantics
  • Language Documentation
  • Atchan Langauge
rjarvis@berkeley.edu
Peter Jenks Associate Professor of Linguistics Syntax and Semantics, Faculty jenks@berkeley.edu
Keith Johnson Professor of the Graduate School Emeritus Faculty keithjohnson@berkeley.edu
Aurora Martinez Kane PhD student Graduate Student, Language and Social Context akane@berkeley.edu
Julianne Kapner PhD student Graduate Student, Language and Social Context, Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Phonetics
  • Variation and Change in Minority Languages
  • Social Justice and Community-Engaged Methodologies
julianne_kapner@berkeley.edu
Darya (Даша) Kavitskaya Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and of Linguistics Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology, Faculty dkavitskaya@berkeley.edu
Paul Kay Professor Emeritus of Linguistics Emeritus Faculty paulkay@berkeley.edu
Dacher Keltner Professor of Psychology Affiliated Faculty keltner@berkeley.edu
Richard Kern Professor of French Affiliated Faculty rkern@berkeley.edu
Phuong Khuu Syntax and Semantics phuong.khuu@berkeley.edu
Edwin Ko Alumnus Computational and Experimental Methods, Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Historical and Areal Linguistics, Language and Social Context, Language Revitalization, Syntax and Semantics eddersko@berkeley.edu
George Lakoff Professor Emeritus of Linguistics Emeritus Faculty, Language and Cognition lakoff@berkeley.edu
Robin Lakoff Professor Emerita of Linguistics Emeritus Faculty rlakoff@berkeley.edu
Schuyler Laparle Alumna Language and Cognition, Syntax and Semantics schuyler_laparle@berkeley.edu
Myriam Lapierre myriam.lapierre@berkeley.edu
Raksit Tyler Lau-Preechathammarach Alumnus Computational and Experimental Methods, Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Historical and Areal Linguistics, Language Revitalization, Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology raksit@berkeley.edu
Tyler Lemon PhD Candidate Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Graduate Student, Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology, Syntax and Semantics tylerlemon@berkeley.edu
Samuel Liff liff@berkeley.edu
Kang Franco Liu PhD Student Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Graduate Student, Syntax and Semantics
  • Morphosyntax
  • Language Documentation
kfliu@berkeley.edu
Wendy L. A. López Márquez PhD student Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Graduate Student, Historical and Areal Linguistics, Syntax and Semantics wendy_lopez@berkeley.edu
Susan Luong Department Manager Staff
Tomasz Luszczek Visiting Student Researcher Visiting Scholar/Student Researcher tomek@berkeley.edu
Noah Mahood Macey PhD Student Computational and Experimental Methods, Graduate Student, Language and Cognition, Language and Social Context, Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology
  • Language and Cognition
  • Complexity in Linguistic Systems
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Phonetics
  • Phonology
noah.macey@berkeley.edu
John MacFarlane Professor of Philosophy Affiliated Faculty jgm@berkeley.edu
Anna Macknick PhD Student Graduate Student, Language and Social Context, Language Revitalization, Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology macknick@berkeley.edu
Ian Maddieson Adjunct Professor Emeritus of Linguistics Emeritus Faculty ianm@berkeley.edu
Erik Hans Maier Alumnus Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Language Revitalization, Syntax and Semantics erikhmaier@berkeley.edu
Martine Alexander 2020_grad
James A. Matisoff Professor Emeritus of Linguistics Emeritus Faculty, Historical and Areal Linguistics matisoff@berkeley.edu
Sam Mchombo Associate Professor of African Amerian Studies and African Diaspora Studies Affiliated Faculty mchombo@berkeley.edu
Mairi McLaughlin Associate Professor of French Affiliated Faculty mclaughlin@berkeley.edu
Yevgeniy Melguy Alumnus Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology ymelguy@berkeley.edu
Lev Michael Professor of Linguistics Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Language and Social Context, Faculty levmichael@berkeley.edu
Line Mikkelsen Professor of Linguistics Syntax and Semantics, Faculty mikkelsen@berkeley.edu
Tzintia Montano Ramirez PhD student Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Graduate Student, Language and Social Context, Language Revitalization cynthia.montano@berkeley.edu
Johnny Morales Arellano Graduate Student Services Advisor Staff ling-gsao@berkeley.edu
La Tasha Mulder Administrative Officer Staff
Julia Eileen Nee PhD student jnee@berkeley.edu
Johanna Nichols Professor Emerita of Slavic Languages and Literatures Affiliated Faculty johanna@berkeley.edu
Zachary O'Hagan Manager, California Language Archive Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Historical and Areal Linguistics, Language Revitalization, Syntax and Semantics, Staff zohagan@berkeley.edu
Julia Peck PhD Student Graduate Student, Language Revitalization
  • Language Revitalization and Reclamation
  • Language Contact
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Jewish Endangered Languages (especially Judeo-Spanish)
  • Galician
  • Community-Centric Methodologies
julia.peck@berkeley.edu
Alexandra Pfiffner Lecturer in Linguistics Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology, Faculty apfiffner@berkeley.edu
Alice Shen (Ph.D.) Thesis Title: Costs and cues in the auditory comprehension of code-switching. Faculty Advisers: Keith Johnson, Susanne Gahl 2020_grad
Steven Piantadosi Assistant Professor of Psychology Affiliated Faculty stp@berkeley.edu
Beth Piatote Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and English Affiliated Faculty piatote@berkeley.edu
Terry Regier Chair of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science Computational and Experimental Methods, Faculty
Emily Remirez PhD Candidate Computational and Experimental Methods, Graduate Student, Language and Cognition, Language and Social Context, Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology eremirez@berkeley.edu
Richard A. Rhodes Professor Emeritus of Linguistics Emeritus Faculty, Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Historical and Areal Linguistics rrhodes@berkeley.edu
Abby Roberts PhD Student Graduate Student
  • Semantics & Pragmatics 
  • Language Revitalization
asroberts@berkeley.edu
Allegra Robertson PhD Candidate Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Graduate Student, Language and Social Context, Language Revitalization, Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology
  • Language Documentation and Revitalization
  • The Phonetics-Phonology Interface
  • Amazonian Languages
  • Languages of Italy
allegra_robertson@berkeley.edu
Dakota Robinson PhD student Graduate Student, Language and Cognition, Language and Social Context, Language Revitalization dakota_robinson@berkeley.edu
Ronald Sprouse 2020_grad
Justin Royer Postdoctoral Scholar Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Postdoctoral Scholar, Syntax and Semantics justinroyer@berkeley.edu
Katherine Russell PhD Candidate Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Graduate Student, Historical and Areal Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology katherine.russell@berkeley.edu
Hannah Sande Assistant Professor of Linguistics Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology, Faculty hsande@berkeley.edu
Måsi Santos PhD Student Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Graduate Student, Language Revitalization, Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology
  • Chamoru & Austronesian Linguistics
  • Language Change & Variation
  • Dialect Variation, Language Reclamation
  • Language Revitalization
  • Fieldwork & Documentation
  • Phonetics & Phonology
Kai Schenck PhD Student Computational and Experimental Methods, Graduate Student, Language and Cognition, Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology
  • Deep Learning Models in Phonology
  • Learnability of Phonological Processes
  • Syntax-Phonology Interface 
  • Tone
kai_schenck@berkeley.edu
Martha Schwarz PhD Candidate Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Graduate Student, Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology martha_schwarz@berkeley.edu
Tessa Scott Alumna Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Syntax and Semantics tessa_scott@berkeley.edu
Thomas Shannon Professor of Germanic Linguistics and Dutch Studies Affiliated Faculty tshannon@berkeley.edu
Godiya Simon Fieldwork and Language Documentation
Dan Slobin Professor Emeritus of Psychology Affiliated Faculty slobin@berkeley.edu
Ronald Sprouse Information Systems Analyst Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology, Staff ronald@berkeley.edu
Mahesh Srinivasan Associate Professor of Psychology Affiliated Faculty srinivasan@berkeley.edu
Madeleine Strait PhD Student Graduate Student, Historical and Areal Linguistics, Language Revitalization
  • Historical Linguistics
  • Language and Heritage 
  • Lanuage Revitalization
  • Museum Anthropology and Reparation
Eve Sweetser Professor Emerita of Linguistics Emeritus Faculty sweetser@berkeley.edu
Frederic Theunissen Professor of Psychology Affiliated Faculty theunissen@berkeley.edu
Alan Timberlake Professor Emeritus of Slavic Languages and Literatures; Director, Institute of East Central Europe, Columbia University Affiliated Faculty at2205@columbia.edu
Marilyn Vihman Research Linguist Researcher m.vihman@berkeley.edu
William S-Y. Wang Professor Emeritus of Linguistics; Chair Professor of Language and Cognitive Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Emeritus Faculty shiyuan.w.wang@polyu.edu.hk
E. Elisabeth Wehling Visiting Scholar (Eve Sweetser, faculty sponsor) elisabethwehling@berkeley.edu
Zach Wellstood Fieldwork and Language Documentation, Language Revitalization, Syntax and Semantics wellstood@berkeley.edu
Eric Wilbanks Alumnus wilbanks_eric@berkeley.edu
Seth Yalcin Professor of Philosophy Affiliated Faculty yalcin@berkeley.edu
Mingyu Yuan PhD Candidate Graduate Student, Language and Cognition, Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology
  • Probabilistic Modelling of Language
  • Bilingual Language Processing
  • Tone
mingyu@berkeley.edu