As part of the UW College of Arts and Sciences' Second Annual "Big Read", join Linguistics Professor Dr. Emily M. Bender for a conversation with Dr. Joy Buolamwini, author of Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What is Human in a World of Machines (Penguin Random House, 2023) and founder of the Algorithmic Justice League.
The event will take place on Tuesday, February 20th 2024, at 1:00pm, in the Husky Union Building (HUB) South Ballroom.… Read more
Dr. Kirby Conrod started their linguistics journey via a double major in Linguistics and Literature for their BA at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where they discovered a deep love of syntax. After spending time teaching English in Taiwan, they then moved to Seattle, Washington to pursue their PhD in Linguistics at the University of Washington, where they specialized in syntax and sociolinguistics, advised by Professors Citko and Wassink. Their 2019 dissertation, … Read more
A number of department members (both graduate students and faculty) attended and the 2024 LSA conference in New York! Everyone had a great time presenting their research, meeting linguists, and learning about research from other institutions, as well as doing some exploring in NYC!
Here are some talks and sessions from the conference which involved department members:
LSA Organized Session. "The historical role of professional organizations in the emergence of the scientific community of… Read more
Congratulations to Angelina McMillan-Major, Naomi Shapiro , and Ted Kye, who have all successfully defended their PhDs!
On July 18th , Angelina successfully defended her dissertation titled “Language Dataset Documentation Design: Learning from Deaf and Indigenous Communities”.
On October 31st, Naomi successfully defended her dissertation titled “On the Diverse Language Experiences of Humans and Machines”.
On November 14th, Ted successfully defended his dissertation titled “A… Read more
Yuan Chai joined the Department of Linguistics as a teaching associate this year with a 2022 PhD from the University of California San Diego. As a phonetician and fieldworker, Chai's research is centered on the acoustic and articulatory characteristics of various phonation types, including creaky, breathy, and falsetto voices. Her fieldwork includes documenting the Yateé Zapotec language, indigenous to Oaxaca, Mexico, and also spoken by diaspora communities in Los Angeles. She focuses on… Read more
We are pleased to introduce 6 new PhD students who joined the department in Fall 2023. They each have unique backgrounds and research interests, and we are excited to see what they accomplish over the next few years!
Xiaolin Niu: Before joining UW, Xiaolin completed her undergraduate and master's in Chinese Language and Literature at two universities in China. Her research interests involve semantics, semantic-syntax interface, and Chinese linguistics. Beyond research, she enjoys detective… Read more
Additional Stories:
- ASL Professors Dan Mathis and Kristi Winter Featured in an Article on ESPN
- Emily Bender Speaks with Ted Chiang: Wishful Thinking and AI
- NACLO 2024 at the University of Washington
- Professors Bender and Choi make Time's list of the world's most influential people in artificial intelligence
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