In April, 2019, the UA Linguistics Department hosted the Garden Path Series, a speaker series focused on possible career paths for individuals with linguistics degrees. This series was supported by a Graduate College Seed Grant for Maximizing Resources to Improve Time-to-degree of PhD students at the University of Arizona.
Invited speakers were UA alumni who work as linguists in various industries. During each event, there was a short presentation from the speakers, focusing on how they got into their current careers, followed by a moderated discussion and Q&A.
Speakers Erin O'Bryan and Lionel Mathieu joined us for the first of two such events on April 12th; Megan Schildmier and Alina Newland joined us for the second of two such events on April 26th.
Here is more information about the speakers:
Lionel Mathieu:
Year of graduation: 2014
Major: phonology
Minor: SLAT
Additional Training: none
Current position: Lecturer in French (Boston University)
Erin O’Bryan:
Year of graduation: 2003
Major: Syntax / Psycholinguistics
Minor: Cognitive Science
Additional Training: Masters in Speech, Language,
and Hearing Sciences, Clinical Fellowship
Current position: Medical Speech Language Pathologist
Megan Schildmier:
Year of graduation: 2016
Major: syntax
Minor: morphology
Additional Training: none
Current position: Member of the Technical Staff, Cycorp
Alina Newland:
Year of graduation: 2003
Major: phonology
Additional Training: Program Management Professional (PMP)
Current Position: Director of Language Research at JTG, inc.
***ANOTHER PAIR OF SPEAKERS WILL BE SCHEDULED TO PRESENT SOMETIME DURING THE 2019-20 ACADEMIC YEAR (IN THE FRIDAY, 3 PM COLLOQUIUM SLOT). WATCH FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT!***