Linguistics

Seven humanities doctoral students in the College of Arts & Sciences at The University of New Mexico are recipients of the 2017 Bilinski Fellowship. As a recipient, each student will receive dissertation completion fellowships made possible through...

The UNM Departments of Linguistics and English want post-doctorate graduates to know about job opportunities outside of the university setting. “The job market for Ph.D. students is evolving with many new choices outside of academia,” said Jill Morford,...

UNM Linguistics Professor Melissa Axelrod was nationally recognized recently with an award from the Linguistic Society of America for her work studying endangered and extinct languages.

The UNM Departments of American Studies, English, History and Linguistics, along with 28 other colleges and universities have been chosen by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to rethink and transform the training and education for the “next...

A special symposium is being held for Professor of Linguistics, Phyllis Perrin Wilcox, on Sunday, Sept. 13, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in SUB Ballroom A. The event pays tribute to her 44 years of...

The University of New Mexico Signed Language Interpreting (SLI) program was recently notified by the Commission on Collegiate Interpreter Education (CCIE) that they have received a full 10-year accreditation for the Bachelor of Science in SLI. Only 14

Adjunct Professor Ian Maddieson, Department of Linguistics, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as an AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowned upon members by their peers. This year, 388 ...

Sherman Wilcox, center, with two Chinese students, in front of the gates to the Forbidden City.Sherman Wilcox, professor of linguistics, has been asked to deliver a series of 10 lectures, two per day, this week at Beihang University in Beijing, China.The ...

The American Studies Lecture Series presents "Weaponizing Translation: U.S. Counterinsurgency and the Problem of Language," featuring Vicente Rafael, professor of history, University of Washington, on Tuesday, Nov. 29 at 3 p.m. in the Student Union ...

The University of New Mexico Department of Linguistics' Navajo Language Program presents "Where's My Bill?" with Rose Graham Thursday, Nov. 17 from 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. in the Student Union Building, Mirage-Thunderbird room.Graham will discuss the Navajo ...