Grant Armstrong, Associate Professor in Spanish & Portuguese and Language Sciences, was awarded an H.I. Romnes fellowship starting in 2024-2025. This award recognizes early career tenured faculty for their outstanding research contributions. Congratulations to Professor …
Year: 2024
Student Job Opening: Language Sciences Multimedia Intern
Language Sciences is hiring a student Multimedia Intern. $15/hour, flexible hours, approximately 3-5 hours per week. The job duties would be flexible depending on the skills and interests of the student we hire, but …
Student Job Opening: Irish Language learning module development
An opportunity is available for two students to work on the project Culture Across the Waves: Supporting Global Irish Heritage Learners, funded by an Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment grant. Irish …
Professor Thompson speaks about African Languages on WPR
Professor K.D. Thompson spoke on University of the Air on Wisconsin Public Radio on August 4, 2024 about the importance and diversity of African languages. You can hear the full interview here: https://www.wpr.org/shows/university-air/celebrating-african-languages
Professor Thompson’s innovative Multilanguage Seminar featured
Religious Studies and Language Sciences Professor Katrina Daly Thompson was featured in a recent edition of the Letters & Sciences magazine. The article “Speaking Volumes” by Katie Vaughn highlights Thompson’s creation of the innovative Multilanguage …
PhD Student Jae Weller honored with Graduate Student Service Scholarship
Congratulations to 3rd year Linguistics PhD student Jae Weller who received a well-deserved Graduate Student Service Scholarship this year! This award from the Graduate School recognizes and honors graduate students who volunteer to take on …
Linguistics Undergraduate Accolades
Our undergraduate students are as usual up to lots of good and interesting things! Here are a few note- and applause-worthy updates from undergrads: Evelyn Anton recently received a Hilldale Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Her research …
WiGL 18
Photo credits: David Daum The 18th Workshop in General Linguistics (WiGL) took place at UW-Madison Friday-Saturday 4/12-4/13, and was a great success! (WiGL) is a student conference which has been organized by the Linguistics Student …
Job posting: Research Coordinator for the Sign Language Lab
The Sign Language Lab at the University of Wisconsin is looking for a research coordinator/lab manager! Full job posting: Research Coordinator – Sign Language Lab – Madison, Wisconsin, United States A little bit …
Professor Wanner receives Hilldale award
Congratulations to English/Language Sciences Professor Anja Wanner on being a 2024 recipient of the Hilldale Award! The Hilldale Awards recognize faculty contributions to teaching, research, and service. Professor Wanner is one of four recipients in …