2026-2027 Director and Committee Chairs
Director of Language Sciences: Thomas Purnell
Events Committee Chair:
Degree Programs Committee Chair: Rebecca Shields
Jacqueline Brixey
Email:
brixey
Human-computer interaction, AI, American Indigenous languages
Wesley dos Santos
Email:
wesley.dossantos
Syntax, Language Documentation, Amazonian Languages
Ryan Henke
Email:
rehenke
American Indian Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Documentation, and Revitalization
Laura Horton
Email:
lahorton3
Sign Language Linguistics, Language Emergence, Socialization, and Development
Monica Macaulay
Email:
mmacaula
Morphology, American Indian Linguistics, Language Revitalization
Thomas Purnell
Email:
langscidir
Director of Language Sciences; Phonetics, Phonology, Sociolinguistics, Dialectology
Joe Salmons
Email:
jsalmons
Historical Linguistics, Phonology, Language Variation, Germanic Linguistics
K.D. Thompson
Email:
kd.thompson
African Sociolinguistics, Discourse Studies, Linguistic Anthropology
Kelly Wright
Email:
kewright4
Experimental Sociolinguistics, Lexicography, Historical Sociolinguistics, Linguistic Justice, Public Scholarship