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
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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 …
WiGL 18 schedule and registration info
The Workshop in General Linguistics (WiGL) is a student conference which has been organized by the Linguistics Student Organization (LSO) annually since 2003. WiGL 18 will take place primarily in person this year (with some …
Lang Sci at the LSA 2024!
There was a big crowd of UW-Madison linguists at the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) annual meeting in New York City this January, as well as at the concurrent meeting of the American Dialect Society. …
Congratulations – Linguistics Opportunity Award Recipients for 2024!
This Fall Language Sciences announced a new scholarship program, the Linguistics Opportunity Award. The award uses proceeds from the Linguistics Fund to recognize the academic and service achievements of our amazing undergraduate Linguistics majors! This …