People - All

Name

Field of Interest

Humanities Academic Services Center (HAS)

Undergraduate Advisor

has-center@uw.edu

Padelford A-002

Diana Abagyan

Professional Master's Student

dabagyan@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Low-density Languages, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Societal Impacts of Language Technology, Translation and Interpretation

Emily Ahn

PhD Student

eahn@uw.edu

Bilingualism, Computational Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Second Language Acquisition, Speech Processing, Speech Recognition, Typology

Hyunjung Sophie Ahn

PhD

ahnhj@uw.edu

Japanese, Korean, Second Language Acquisition, Syntax

Maurya Anand

Professional Master's Student

anand14@uw.edu

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Sunkulp Ananthanarayan

PhD Student

sunnya1@uw.edu

Amazonian Languages, Computational tools for language work, Documentation workflows, Endangered Languages, Field Research Methods, Grammar, Language Attitudes, Language Documentation, Morphology, Sociolinguistics, Sociophonetics, Typology

Steven Anaya

Professional Master's Student

sranaya@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, Grammar Engineering, Japanese, Machine Learning, Machine Translation, Semantics, Sentence Processing, Syntax, Translation and Interpretation

Mark Bacon

Professional Master's Student

mbacon78@uw.edu

Eli Bales

Professional Master's Student

elibales@uw.edu

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Catherine Ball

Professional Master's Student

catball@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Computer Science

Vipasha Bansal

PhD Student

vipashab@uw.edu

Melody Bechler

Professional Master's Student

mbechler@uw.edu

Matthew D. Benak

Graduate Student

mbenak@uw.edu

Emily M. Bender

Professor

see-my@webpage.edu

Office Hours: Summer: By appointment only

GUG 414C

Computational Linguistics, Endangered Languages, Grammar Engineering, Head Phrase Structure Grammar, Low-density Languages, Semantics, Societal impacts of language technology, Sociolinguistics, Syntax, Typology

Arjun Bhalla

Graduate Student

ab58@uw.edu

Sheng Bi

Professional Master's Student

shengbi@uw.edu

Ryan Scott Bielby

Graduate Student

rbielby@uw.edu

Melanie F. Bolla

Graduate Student

mfbolla@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Dialectology, Language Pedagogy, Sociolinguistics, Speech

Will Bowers

Professional Master's Alumnus

bowerw2@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Phonetics

Clara Brandt

Professional Master's Student

clarasb@uw.edu

Adeline Braverman

PhD Student

abrave@uw.edu

First Language Acquisition, Language and Cognition

Alexandra Cabral

acabral@uw.edu

Catherine Caffey

Professional Master's Student

cacaffey@uw.edu

Stephen Steele Carter

Graduate Student

steele42@uw.edu

Yuan Chai

Teaching Associate

yuanchai@uw.edu / 206-543-9027

Office Hours: Wednesday 10 AM - 12 PM

GUG 407A

Field Research Methods, Language Documentation, Phonetics

Julian Yui-Hin Chan

Graduate Student

jchan3@uw.edu

Anastasia Jing Chang

Professional Master's Student

jing1016@uw.edu

Sophia Chang

Professional Master's Alumna

sophiayu@uw.edu

Zixiao Chang

Professional Masters Student

zichang@uw.edu

Ju-Hui Chen

Professional Master's Student

juhuic@uw.edu / (503)995-5700

Bilingualism, Culture, First Language Acquisition, Language Development, Machine Translation, Phonetics, Phonology, Pragmatics, Psycholinguistics, Speech Recognition

Freddy Cheng

Professional Master's Student

nlp5566@uw.edu

Long Cheng

Professional Master's Student

lcheng97@uw.edu

Qi Cheng

Assistant Professor

qicheng2@uw.edu / 206-221-4031

Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tue 3:30-5:30pm or by appointment

GUG 415H

American Sign Language, Language Development, Neurolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, Sentence Processing

Ceara Chewning

Graduate Student

ceara@uw.edu

Ryan Chon

PhD Student

chonr@uw.edu

Amazonian Languages, Endangered Languages, Etymology, Historical Linguistics, Language Attitudes, Language Documentation, Language Policy, Language Revitalization, lexicography, Morphology, Phonology, Sociolinguistics, Typology, Uralic Languages

Tristan E. Chong

Graduate Student

tristanc@uw.edu

Tristan E. Chong

Graduate Student

tristanc@uw.edu

Barbara Citko

Professor and Associate Chair of Linguistics

bcitko@uw.edu / 206-543-6502

Office Hours: 2025-2026 academic year: on leave

GUG 415C

Minimalism, Minimalist Theory, Slavic Linguistics, Syntax, Syntax of Polish, Syntax-Semantics Interface

Jose Cols

Professional Master's Student

jcols@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, Grammar Engineering, Machine Learning, Machine Translation, Natural Language Processing

Elizabeth Conrad

PhD Student

ecconrad@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Semantics, Syntax

Kirby Conrod

Alumni

kconrod1@swarthmore.edu

REMOTE

Gender, Minimalist Theory, Pragmatics, Pronouns, Sociolinguistics, Syntax, transgender linguistics

Paula Cortes

Professional Master's Student

mpcortes@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Endangered Languages, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Phonetics, Phonology, Sociolinguistics, Sociophonetics, Speech Processing, Speech Recognition

Ben Parker Cote

Professional Master's Student

bpc23@uw.edu

Carly Crowther

Professional Master's Student

carlyc88@uw.edu

Chris Curtis

Professional Masters Alumnus

cmc3c@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Endangered Languages, Grammar Engineering, Typology

Emily Curtis

Alumna

ecurtis@uw.edu

Bilingualism, Grammar, Korean, Language Pedagogy, Linguistic Awareness, Morphology, Phonology, Pragmatics

Jonathan Davenport

Alumni (Professional Master's Student)

jmeld@uw.edu

Niticon Davis

Professional Master's Student

niticon@uw.edu

African Languages, Cognitive Science, Endangered Languages, Ethics, Low-density Languages, Minimalist Theory, Natural Language Processing, Noam Chomsky, Psycholinguistics, Quantum-Classical Hybrid Neural Networks, Speech Recognition

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Ella De Falco

PhD Student

edefalco@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Language Documentation, Neurolinguistics, Phonetics, Prosody, Psycholinguistics, Speech Perception, Speech Recognition

Amie DeJong

PhD Alumna

acdejong@uw.edu

Dialect Contact, Endangered Languages, Sociolinguistics, Syntax

Gita Dhungana

PhD Student

gitad@uw.edu

Comparative Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Endangered Languages, Grammar Engineering, Head Phrase Structure Grammar, Indo-European Languages, Natural Language Processing, Semantics, Sino-Tibetan Languages, Typology

Kim Dodds

Professional Master's Alumna

kimdodds@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Computer-assisted Language Learning, Grammar, Grammar Engineering, Korean, Language Pedagogy, Natural Language Processing, Second Language Acquisition, Syntax

Edward Dong

Professional Master's Student

exd@uw.edu

Rachel Edwards

Professional Master's Student

rke4@uw.edu

Mohamed Elkamhawy

Professional Master's Student

mohame@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Machine Translation, Natural Language Processing, Responsible AI

David E Ellison

Professional Masters Alumnus

dellison@uw.edu

Ahmad Khamis Elshenawy

Professional Masters Alumnus

aelshen@uw.edu

Betsy Evans

Associate Professor

evansbe@uw.edu / 206-616-4963

GUG 415D

Dialectology, Field Research Methods, Ideology, Linguistic Geography, Perceptual Dialectology, Sociolinguistics, Variationist Theory

Naja Ferjan Ramírez

Associate Professor

naja@uw.edu / 206-543-4503

Office Hours: By appointment

GUG 415B

American Sign Language, Bilingualism, Brain and language, First Language Acquisition, Perception and Cognition, Psycholinguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Speech Perception, Speech Processing

Gallagher Flinn

Alumnus

Richard Forrester

Professional Master's Student

raf2936@uw.edu

Lance Forshay

Teaching Professor and ASL Language Director

lforshay@uw.edu / (206) 452-0085

Office Hours: Spring 2025: 11:00 am-12:00 pm MWF or email for appointment.

GUG 417

American Sign Language, Cultural Competency, Deaf Studies, Deafhood, Language Attitudes, Privileges and Oppressions in Deaf Community (Audsim).

Raymond Gagné

PhD Student

gagner2@uw.edu

Historical Linguistics, Japanese, Minimalist Theory, Morphology, Polish, Semantics, Slavic Languages, Syntax

Robert Gale

rcgale@uw.edu

Cady Gansen

Professional Master's Alumna

clgansen@uw.edu

Kexin Gao

Professional Master's Student

kexing66@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Grammar Engineering, Machine Learning, Machine Translation, Natural Language Processing, Spanish

Nora Garrity

Professional Master's Student

ngarri3@uw.edu

Ryan Georgi

Lecturer

rgeorgi@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics

Ryan Georgi

Lecturer

rgeorgi@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics

Allison Germain

PhD Alumna

agermain@uw.edu

Office Hours: Abroad in Lithuania Autumn 2016 - Spring 2017

Semantics, Syntax

Ty Gill-Saucier

PhD Student

ztgill@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Dialect Contact, Historical Linguistics, Language Attitudes, Linguistic Geography, Perceptual Dialectology, Pidgins and Creoles, Romance Languages, Sociolinguistics

Clara L. Gordon

Alumna

cgordon1@uw.edu

Brandon Graves

CLMS System Administrator

bmgraves@uw.edu / 206-616-1979

Padelford B-5-G

Yuqing Guo

Professional Master's Student

yu922@uw.edu

Christopher Haberland

PhD Student

haberc@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Constructed Languages, Endangered Languages, Language and Cognition, Language Revitalization, Language science, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Societal Impacts of Language Technology

Christopher Haberland

PhD Student

haberc@uw.edu

Michael Haeger

Professional Masters Alumnus

mhaeger@uw.edu

Karl Haraldsson

Professional Master's Student

kharalds@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Morphology, Natural Language Processing, Pragmatics, Software

Sharon Hargus

Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator

sharon@uw.edu / (206) 685-4263

Office Hours: Tues 2:45-4:45 (Apr 1-June 3). Finals week: by appointment only

GUG 415J

American Indian/Native American, Endangered Languages, Field Research Methods, Grammar, Historical Linguistics, Language Development, lexicography, Morphology, Phonetics, Phonology, texts

Laurel E. Hart

Alumna

hart1a@uw.edu

Haotian He

Alumnus

haotianh@uw.edu

First Language Acquisition, Optimality Theory, Phonology, Prosody, Speech Perception, Speech Processing, Speech Recognition

Andrew Hedding

Assistant Professor

ahedding@uw.edu / 206-616-8034

Office Hours: Summer 2025: By Appointment

GUG 418D

Endangered Languages, Field Research Methods, Language Documentation, Syntax

Abimael Hernandez

Professional Master's Student

abimaelh@uw.edu

Anthony Hevia

Professional Master's Student

hevia@uw.edu

Biomedical NLP, Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, Human-computer Interaction, Knowledge Graphs, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Programming, Societal Impacts of Language Technology, Software

Jeongyeob Hong

Professional Master's Student

yeob@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing, Semantics

Alena Hrynkevich

alenah@uw.edu

Machine Translation

Chen-Chieh Hsu

cjhsu@uw.edu

Annie Huang

Professional Master's Student

annie0@uw.edu

Claire Huber

Professional Master's Student

clhuber@uw.edu

Cognitive Science, Computational Linguistics, Human-computer Interaction, Language and Cognition, Language Development, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Phonetics, Social Networks, Speech Processing

Florian Humbert

PhD Student

floh@uw.edu

Culture, Dialectology, English, Language Attitudes, Language Regard, Perceptual Dialectology, Social Networks, Sociolinguistics, Sociophonetics, Variationist Theory

Maria L Ivenskaya

marliven@uw.edu

Wendy Kempsell Jacinto

PhD

kempsell@uw.edu

Bilingualism, Ideology, Language Attitudes, Phonetics, Sociolinguistics, Sociophonetics

Claire Jaja

cjaja@uw.edu

Natural Language Processing

Jessa Jeter

PhD Student

jeterj@uw.edu

Amazonian Languages, Endangered Languages, First Language Acquisition, Language Documentation

Jonathan Jiang

Professional Master's Student

jjiang85@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Human-computer Interaction, Natural Language Processing, Pragmatics, Semantics, Sino-Tibetan Languages, Societal Impacts of Language Technology, Sociolinguistics

Saiya Karamali

PhD Student

karamali@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Phonology, Sociolinguistics, South Asian Languages, Written Language

Madhav Kashyap

Professional Master's Student

madhavmk@uw.edu

Joseph M. Kaufmann

Graduate Student

jmk45@uw.edu

Crystal Kendrick

Professional Master's Student

crystken@uw.edu

Sehyun Kim

Professional Master's Student

sehkim@uw.edu

Katy King

katybeth@uw.edu

First Language Acquisition, Nominal phrases, Sociolinguistics, Syntax

Allison Ko

Professional Master's Student

koallis@uw.edu

Nina Koh

Professional Master's Student

nbkoh@uw.edu

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Karoliina Kuisma

Administrator

kuisma@uw.edu / (206) 685-7467

Office Hours: Anytime my door is open, Teams chat when showing as "available", or by appointment

GUG 414A

Kirk LaBuda

Professional Master's Alumnus

kwlabuda@uw.edu

Danielle Langford

Professional Master's Student

danilang@uw.edu

Myriam Lapierre

Assistant Professor

mylapier@uw.edu

Office Hours: by appointment

GUG 415F

Amazonian languages, Historical phonology, Language documentation, Linguistic Fieldwork, Phonetics, Phonology, Typology

Gina-Anne Levow

Associate Professor

levow@uw.edu / 206-616-5728

Office Hours: On leave

GUG 418B

Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, Low-density Languages, Natural Language Processing, Pragmatics, Prosody, Speech Processing

Chenxi Li

PhD Student

cl91@uw.edu / 2064096043

Computational Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition

Yin Li

Graduate Student

liyin@uw.edu

Syntax

Siyu Liang

PhD Student

liangsy@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Field Research Methods, Historical Linguistics, Language Documentation, Natural Language Processing, Phonetics, Sino-Tibetan Languages, Southeast Asian Languages, Speech Recognition, Turkic Languages

Ian Lim

Professional Master's Student

ianclim9@uw.edu

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Katie Lindekugel

PhD Student

kl17@uw.edu

American Sign Language, Applied Linguistics, First Language Acquisition, Japanese, Language Attitudes, Second Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics, Teaching Linguistics

Chenxin Liu

Professional Master's Student

chenxinl@uw.edu

Tom Liu

Professional Master's Student

ltxom@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, Grammar Engineering, Head Phrase Structure Grammar, Japanese, Machine Learning, Machine Translation, Natural Language Processing, Speech Recognition, Translation and Interpretation

Mimi Louie

Alumni (Professional Master's Student)

amlouie@uw.edu

Rachel Lowy

Graduate Student

rlowy@uw.edu

Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC), Machine Learning, Machine Translation, Natural Language Processing, Pragmatics, Second Language Acquisition, Speech Processing, Speech Recognition

Emily Luedke

Professional Master's Student

eluedke@uw.edu

Jessica Luo

PhD Student

jluo316@uw.edu

Alonso Ma

Alumni (Professional Master's Student)

amatake@uw.edu

Julia Mainzinger

Professional Master's Student

jmainz@uw.edu

American Indian/Native American, Endangered Languages, Language Documentation, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Sino-Tibetan Languages, Software, Speech, Speech Recognition

Matej Malesevic

Professional Master's Student

matejmal@uw.edu

Dan Mandeville

Linguistics Librarian

dcman@uw.edu

working from home in Tacoma, WA

American Indian/Native American, Finnish, Minority Languages, Scandinavian Languages

Katie Manlove (Langr)

Alumni (PhD)

kt.manlove@gmail.com

Degree Inversion, DP Structure, Ellipsis, Second Language Acquisition, Semantics, Syntax

Vanesa Marar

Professional Master's Student

vanmarar@uw.edu

Alex Maris

Professional Master's Student

alexmar@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing, Semantics

Dan Mathis

ASL Assistant Teaching Professor

dvmasl@uw.edu

Office Hours: (*please email to make an online chat appointment)

GUG 417

American Sign Language, American Sign Language, Bilingualism, Culture, Deaf Communities, Deaf Culture, First Language Acquisition, Language Attitudes, Language Pedagogy, Language Policy, Second Language Acquisition

Cassie Maz

PhD Student

cassam5@uw.edu

American Sign Language, Computational Linguistics, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Pragmatics, Second Language Acquisition, Semantics, Sociolinguistics

Juliana McCausland

Professional Master's Student

jumc1469@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, Emergence, Machine Learning

Dan McCloy

Alumni (PhD)

drmccloy@uw.edu

Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, Phonetics, Phonology, Speech Perception, Typology

John McCranie

Alumni (Professional Master's Student)

jtm37@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Endangered Languages, Second Language Acquisition

Laura McGarrity

Associate Teaching Professor

lauramcg@uw.edu / (206) 685-3549

Guggenheim Hall (GUG) 418C

First Language Acquisition, Optimality Theory, Phonology, Prosody, Taboo Language

David M.S. McHugh

Professional Master's Student

dsmchugh@uw.edu

Emma McKibbin

Alumni (Professional Master's Student)

echm@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Machine Learning, Second Language Acquisition, Societal Impacts of Language Technology, Sociolinguistics, Speech Processing, Speech Recognition

Libby Merchant

Professional Master's Student

emercha@uw.edu

EdTech, Figurative language, Responsible AI, Societal Impacts of Language Technology, Toxicity & hate speech

Jackson Mills

Professional Master's Student

jcksn@uw.edu

Anna Moroz

Alumni

akmoroz@uw.edu

Heather Morrison

Professional Master's Student

hmorri83@uw.edu

Martin Nash

Professional Master's Student

mjnash@uw.edu

Xiaolin Niu

PhD Student

xlniu@uw.edu

Chinese Linguistics, Pragmatics, Semantics, Syntax-Semantics Interface

Joseph Nollette

Alumni (Professional Master's Student)

nollejos@uw.edu

Toshiyuki Ogihara

Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator

ogihara@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

GUG 415G

Formal Semantics, Japanese, Japanese Linguistics, Philosophy of Language, Pragmatics, Semantics, Syntax

Yoojin Oh

PhD Student

ohyoojin@uw.edu

Bilingualism, Korean, Language and Cognition, Neurolinguistics, Psycholinguistics

Shu Ou

Professional Master's Student

sjou@uw.edu

Priyanka Pai

Professional Master's Student

pai95@uw.edu

Laura Panfili

Alumni (Doctoral Candidate)

lpanfili@uw.edu

GUG 407

Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, Computational Linguistics, Machine Learning, Phonation, Phonetics, Sociophonetics, Speech Recognition, Typology, Variationist Theory

Dwija Parikh

Professional Master's Student

dwija@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Natural Language Processing

Jonggun Park

Alumni (Graduate Student)

Computational Linguistics

Joyce Parvi

Alumni (MA)

Amandalynne Paullada

Acting Assistant Professor

paullada@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

GUG 418B

Computational Linguistics, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing

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Yadi Peng

PhD Student

rpen9@uw.edu

American Sign Language, Dialectology, Language Attitudes, Language Policy, Phonetics, Phonology, Sociolinguistics, Sociophonetics

Zachary Phelps

Senior Computer Specialist

zelp@uw.edu

Jade Phoreman

Professional Master's Student

jphore@uw.edu

Michael Pollack

Professional Master's Student

uwmpp@uw.edu

Benjamin Pong

Professional Master's Student

benpong@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Computational Semantics, Formal Linguistics, Grammar Engineering, Head Phrase Structure Grammar, Natural Language Processing, Typology

Amanda Popadich

PhD Student

popadich@uw.edu

Santichai Pornavalai

Professional Master's Student

santipo@uw.edu

Laurel Preston

Alumni (PhD)

laurelpr@uw.edu

Jingnong Qu

PhD Student

Computational Linguistics, Semantics

Ritika Ravichandra

Professional Master's Student

ritzjwa@uw.edu

Timothy Ressler

Professional Master's Student

resslert@uw.edu

Amelie Reymond

Professional Master's Student

attr@uw.edu

Cognitive Science, Computational Linguistics, Language and Cognition, Machine Learning, Machine Translation, Natural Language Processing, Philosophy of Language, Semantics, Societal Impacts of Language Technology

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Juliette Rike

Professional Master's Student

juliri@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Phonetics, Societal Impacts of Language Technology

Ron Ro

Professional Master's Student

r0ron@uw.edu

Ethan Roday

Alumni (MS)

erroday@uw.edu

David Roesler

Professional Master's Student

droesl@uw.edu

Kyle Rogers

Professional Master's Student

kyleroge@uw.edu

Leanne E. Rolston

Lecturer

rolston@uw.edu / 425-518-0684

Office Hours: Monday 1-3

Computational Linguistics, Grammatical and Lexical indicators of Stance, Human-computer Interaction, Natural Language Processing, Phonetics, Programming, Taboo Language

Leanne E. Rolston

Lecturer

rolston@uw.edu / 425-518-0684

Office Hours: Monday 1-3

Computational Linguistics, Grammatical and Lexical indicators of Stance, Human-computer Interaction, Natural Language Processing, Phonetics, Programming, Taboo Language

Lorna Rozelle

Lecturer

rozelle@uw.edu

Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:00-1:00

GUG 418C

American Sign Language, Linguistics of Signed Languages, Morphology, Phonology, Typology

Keren Ruditsky

Professional Master's Student

krudit@uw.edu

Helen Salgi

Professional Master's Student

hvs278@uw.edu

Kevin Sanders

Professional Master's Student

kevsan@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Endangered Languages, Natural Language Processing, Phonetics, Phonology, Speech Processing

Michael Scanlon

Graduate Student

ms27@uw.edu

African American, Dialect Contact, English, Phonetics, Sociophonetics

Natasha Schimka

Professional Master's Student

nschim2@uw.edu

Anna Schnell

Program Coordinator

linguw@uw.edu / (206) 543-2046

GUG 414

Michael Scott

Professional Master's Student

mkscott@uw.edu

African American, Human-computer Interaction, Machine Translation, Prosody, Semantics, Sentence Processing, Sociolinguistics, Speech Processing

Chris Shaeffer

Graduate Program Manager

phoneme@uw.edu / (206) 685-4846

Office Hours: ZOOM DROP-IN: Mon 11-12 and Wed 3-4. ⬛ OFFICE or ZOOM DROP-IN: Tue 11-12 and Thu 3-4 ⬛ Email to set up appointments at other times.

PDL B-5-L

Marina Shah

Graduate Student

msshah2@uw.edu

Ibrahim Sharaf

Professional Master's Student

ibshar@uw.edu

Divy Sharma

Professional Master's Student

divy@uw.edu

Sanjana Sharma

Professional Master's Student

ss2803@uw.edu

Kaveri Sheth

PhD Student

ksheth2@uw.edu

Zoe Shuai

Professional Master's Student

zoeshuai@uw.edu

Anita Silva

Professional Master's Student

silvaa5@uw.edu

Erica J Sim

Graduate Student

ejsim@uw.edu

Scott Simpson

Graduate Student

sksca@uw.edu

Manisha Singh

Professional Master's Student

manishas@uw.edu

Sunny Singh

Professional Master's Student

sunnyss1@uw.edu

Bilingualism, Computational Linguistics, Machine Learning, Machine Translation, Natural Language Processing, Speech Recognition, Syntax

Lindsay Skinner

Alumni (Professional Master's Student)

skinnel@uw.edu

Christina Smith

Professional Master's Student

csmith79@uw.edu

Alex Spivey

Graduate Student

axspivey@uw.edu

Shane Steinert-Threlkeld

Associate Professor

shanest@uw.edu / (206) 616-0997

Office Hours: Summer: appointment only. Fall '25: on sabbatical.

GUG 415K

Cognitive Science, Cognitive Science, Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Philosophy of Language, Pragmatics, Semantics, Typology

Keaton Strawn

Alumni (Professional Master's Student)

kstrawn@uw.edu

Dongqi Su

Professional Master's Student

sudongqi@uw.edu

Computer Science, Language Representation

Sabrina Sun

Professional Master's Student

sabris5@uw.edu

Cognitive Science, Computational Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Speech Processing

Nikitas Tampakis

Professional Master's Student

tampakis@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Human-computer Interaction, Machine Translation, Natural Language Processing, Phonology, Prosody

Gregory Tanaka

Professional Master's Student

greytana@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Field Research Methods, Low-density Languages, Optimality Theory, Phonetics, Phonology, Second Language Acquisition, Speech Perception, Speech Processing, Speech Recognition

Shivin Thukral

Professional Master's Student

shivin7@uw.edu

Yuanhe Tian

PhD Student

yhtian@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing

Thomas James Trimble

Alumni (Graduate Student)

trimblet@uw.edu

American Indian/Native American, Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, Endangered Languages, Grammar Engineering, Head Phrase Structure Grammar, Low-density Languages, Morphology, Natural Language Processing, Speech, Syntax

Ross Tripi

Professional Master's Student

rtripi@uw.edu

Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Pragmatics, Programming, Semantics, Sentence Processing

Allan Tsai

Professional Master's Student

yltsai@uw.edu

Tashi Tsering

Professional Master's Student

tashi0@uw.edu

Yaa-Lirng Tu

Professional Master's Student

lingtu@uw.edu / (908)698-2730

Bilingualism, Computational Linguistics, Korean, Low-density Languages, Machine Learning, Machine Translation, Natural Language Processing, Pragmatics

Trent Ukasick

PhD Student

tukasick@uw.edu

Melody Vahadi

Professional Master's Student

mvahadi@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, Endangered Languages, Machine Learning, Machine Translation, Natural Language Processing, Semantics, Societal Impacts of Language Technology, Speech Processing, Speech Recognition

Alyssa Vecht

Professional Master's Student

avecht@uw.edu

Katherine Vedder

Alumni (Graduate Student)

kvedder@uw.edu

Amina Venton

Alumni (Professional Master's Student)

aventon@uw.edu

Andrew Wang

Alumni (Professional Master's Student)

andrewzw@uw.edu

Bilingualism, Computational Linguistics, Human-computer Interaction, Language and Cognition, Machine Translation, Natural Language Processing, Perception and Cognition, Philosophy of Language, Psycholinguistics, Speech Processing

Catherine Wang

Alumni (Professional Master's Student)

qywang@uw.edu

Jessica Chu Mei Wang

Professional Master's Student

Leroy Wang

Professional Master's Student

lryw@uw.edu

Lexie Wang

Professional Master's Student

lexwang@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Machine Translation, Natural Language Processing, Programming, Semantics

Qingyang Wang

Professional Master's Student

qwangs@uw.edu

Sam Wang

Professional Master's Student

sgwang@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Computer Science

Xilong Wang

Alumni (Professional Master's Student)

xilonw@uw.edu

Josh Warzecha

Professional Master's Student

jmwar73@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Indo-European Languages, Machine Learning, Machine Translation, Semitic Languages, Translation and Interpretation

Alicia Beckford Wassink

Professor

wassink@uw.edu

Office Hours: F 12ː30-1ː30 and By appointment (in-person or online)

GUG 415 E

Bias in Automatic Speech Recognition, Dialect Contact, Field Research Methods, Jamaican Creole, Phonetics, Pidgins and Creoles, Social Networks, Sociolinguistics, Sociophonetics, Variationist Theory

Yi-Shu Wei

Graduate Student

yishuwei@uw.edu

James P. White

Alumni (MS)

jimwhite@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics

Jane Willborn

Professional Master's Student

iamjane@uw.edu

Me at the Rembrandt memorial in Amsterdam

Clevis Willrich

Professional Master's Student

willrich@uw.edu

Grammar Engineering, Japanese, Korean, Morphology, Natural Language Processing, Pragmatics, Second Language Acquisition, Syntax

Jenny Wilson

Professional Master's Student

jenwils@uw.edu

Kristi Winter

Associate Teaching Professor

kwinter2@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment. Please email me to receive the Zoom link.

GUG 417

American Sign Language, First Language Acquisition, Phonology, Second Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics

Michel Wong

Professional Master's Student

michelw@uw.edu

Richard Wright

Professor and Department Chair
Adjunct Professor Speech and Hearing Sciences

rawright@uw.edu / (206) 616-2426

Office Hours: Thursday 10:00 - 12:00 and by appointment https://washington.zoom.us/j/98377770922

GUG 414B

Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, Austronesian, Endangered Languages, Field Research Methods, Neurolinguistics, Perception and Cognition, Phonetics, Prosody, Speech, Speech Perception

Ruotong Wu

Professional Master's Student

ruw@uw.edu / (202)361-3116

Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, Grammar Engineering, Human-computer Interaction, Machine Learning, Machine Translation, Natural Language Processing, Programming, Software, Speech Processing

Tara Wueger

Professional Master's Student

taraw28@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Endangered Languages, Grammar, Grammar Engineering, Head Phrase Structure Grammar, Low-density Languages, Machine Translation, Natural Language Processing, Societal Impacts of Language Technology, Syntax

Fei Xia

Professor

fxia@uw.edu / (206) 543-9764

Office Hours: The office hours of ling570/572 or by appointments

GUG 418A

Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing

Vicky Xiang

Professional Master's Student

xinyix7@uw.edu

Chenxi Yang

Professional Master's Student

yangcx@uw.edu

Shuying Ye

Professional Master's Student

yemulin@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing, Semantics, Syntax

Meheresh Sai Yeditha

Professional Master's Student

myeditha@uw.edu

Computer Science, Historical Linguistics, Human-computer Interaction, Language Policy, Machine Learning, Machine Translation, Natural Language Processing, Philosophy of Language, Sociolinguistics, Speech Perception

Yulha Yi

Alumni (Professional Master's Student)

yulha@uw.edu

Endangered Languages, Human-computer Interaction, Language Documentation, Language Revitalization, Low-density Languages, Natural Language Processing, Sino-Tibetan Languages, Sociolinguistics, Speech, Translation and Interpretation

Chak Lam Colum Yip

Alumni (PhD)

columyip@uw.edu

Bilingualism, Historical Linguistics, Minimalist Theory, Second Language Acquisition, Syntax

Carrie Yuan

Alumi (Professional Master's Student)

jiayiy9@uw.edu

Yulia Zaborna

Professional Master's Student

izabor@uw.edu

Tony Zavala

Professional Master's Student

tonyzav@uw.edu

Lizzie Zhang

Alumni (Professional Master's Student)

ruiru@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing

Yuting Zhang

PhD Student

yutingzh@uw.edu

Christine Zhao

Professional Master's Student

czhao028@uw.edu

Jianqiao Zhao

Professional Master's Student

zhaojq@uw.edu

Haotian Zhu

PhD Student

haz060@uw.edu

Computational Linguistics, Machine Learning, Machine Translation, Natural Language Processing, Statistics & Probability

Emeriti Faculty

Heles Contreras

Professor Emeritus

helesc@uw.edu

Julia Herschensohn

Professor Emerita

herschen@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

Bilingualism, First Language Acquisition, Historical Linguistics, Minimalist Theory, Morphology, Psycholinguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Sentence Processing, Syntax

Ellen Kaisse

Professor Emerita

kaisse@uw.edu / no phone

Dialectology, Historical Linguistics, Morphology, Optimality Theory, Phonetics, Phonology, Prosody

Jurgen Klausenburger

Professor Emeritus

jklaus@uw.edu

Frederick Newmeyer

Professor Emeritus

fjn@uw.edu

History of Linguistics, Syntax, Typology

Marina Tarlinskaya

Research Professor Emerita

marinat@uw.edu

Karen Zagona

Professor Emerita

zagona@uw.edu / (206) 685-0979

Office Hours: WTR 2020: Tues 1-3pm and by appointment

GUG 415-K

functional categories and features, Grammar, Romance linguistics, Syntax, Syntax of Spanish, syntax of tense