Department Directory

	Miguel Acosta Email: mracosta@email.arizona.edu First Year MA Student, Native American Languages and Linguistics [more information]
	Mohammed Al-Sammak Email: sammak@email.arizona.edu 4th Year PhD Student. Arabic syntax. I work mostly on unaccusative and unergative verbs in Arabic and how cognate objects interact with them. For my minor in Language, Reading and Culture, I work on social justice in education. [more information]
	Maria Alexeeva RA in the School of Information Email: alexeeva@email.arizona.edu PhD student (2019-...) with interest in NLP [more information]
	Ahmed Alkuraydis [more information]
	Elham Almotairy [more information]
	Mohammed Alshakhori [more information]
	Othman Alshehri [more information]
	Diana Archangeli Professor, Director of Graduate Studies Email: dba@email.arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-2184 Office: Communication 114A Archangeli’s research explores both the fundamental concepts of how phonological systems are organized and the concrete ways in which sounds are used and produced in language. Her conceptual research, Emergent Phonology (or Minimalist Phonology), asks the question of how much does phonological... [more information]
	Shashi Armstrong [more information]
	Ibrahim Ahmed Asiri Email: ibrahimasiri@email.arizona.edu [more information]
	Robert Autry [more information]
	Rosalia Badhorse Email: rbadhorse@email.arizona.edu Peveešeeva! Me’eoo’e naheševehe. Natsehestahe naa So’tao’o. Good day! My name is Rosalia Badhorse, and I am from the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana. I am currently in the Master’s program for Native American Languages and Linguistics, and also pursuing a College Teaching Certificate. [more information]
	Oliver Barraza NAMA student and Research Assistant Email: oliverbarraza@email.arizona.edu I am a MA student with a focus on language documentation and revitalization, especially in the interests of decolonizing linguistics. My current focus includes evaluating the development of documentation technology as it applies in the field, while assisting as a lexicographer for native languages. [more information]
	Gabriela Benavides [more information]
	Thomas G. Bever Regents' Professor Email: tgb@email.arizona.edu I regularly work with undergraduates and graduate students in Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, Psychology, Neuroscience and Education, always on topics of interest to them, eventually of interest to me. My own research and teaching is inclues the current revival of “... [more information]
	Shawna Birnbaum First-year student, Master of Science, Human Language Technology [more information]
	Mosiah Bluecloud Native American Languages Advocate I eat sleep breath and pray in my native american languages. Revitalization and Reclamation are life. [more information]
	Nathan Brock [more information]
	Emily Bunce [more information]
	Andrew Carnie Vice Provost for Graduate Education, Dean of the Graduate College and Professor in Linguistics Email: carnie@email.arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-2802 Office: Communication 302 I am a Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics and have appointments in the Cognitive Science Program, the Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching and the Joint Program in Linguistics and Anthropology. My research revolves around various... [more information]
	Lisa Casarez [more information]
	Andrew Charles [more information]
	Noam Chomsky Laureate Professor of Linguistics, Agnese Nelms Haury Chair Email: noamchomsky@email.arizona.edu Considered the founder of modern linguistics, Noam Chomsky is one of the most cited scholars in modern history. Among his groundbreaking books are “Syntactic Structures”, “Language and Mind,” “Aspects of the Theory of Syntax,” and “The Minimalist Program,” each of which has made distinct... [more information]
	Riah Coulter [more information]
	Andrea Cunningham [more information]
	Gabriela De la Cruz-Sánchez Teaching Assistant Email: gabrieladelacruz@email.arizona.edu I have a BA in Languages with a major in teaching, a MA in Applied linguistics and currently doing a PhD in Linguistics with a major in language documentation and phonology. My research focuses on SLAT, semantics at the NP level, sociolinguistics, phonology and toponyms. I have done a bit of... [more information]
	Wilson de Lima Silva Assistant Professor Email: wdelimasilva@email.arizona.edu I'm an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics. I direct the M.A. Program in Native American Languages & Linguistics (also known as NAMA). I'm a field linguist with formal training in theoretical linguistics and language documentation & revitalization. I conduct research in the... [more information]
	Richard A. Demers Distinguished Professor, Emeritus Email: demers@email.arizona.edu Dr. Demers has always had a special interest in natural science, and his interest in linguistics is a special case of this interest. His undergraduate degree is in physics and he has continued to follow developments in all of the sciences by undertaking broad readings. Within the field of... [more information]
	Timothy Dentry [more information]
	stanley donahoo Email: stanleydonahoo@email.arizona.edu PhD Candidate--research interests in psycho- and neurolinguistics, as well as experimental pragmatics. [more information]