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!***