UNM Department of Linguistics

Interim Chair

William Croft
MSC03 2130, Department of Linguistics
Humanities 526
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131

505-277-6353 (voice/TTY)
505-277-6355 (fax)

Staff

Nancy Montoya, Linguistics Department Administrator
Jessica Slocum, Administrative Assistant
Yumi Watanabe, Interpreting Program Administrative Assistant

For information please contact linguist@unm.edu

Department Faculty

Melissa Axelrod, Ph.D., University of Colorado (Boulder)
Native American languages, morphosyntax, semantics, morphology, sociolinguistics

William Croft, Ph.D., Stanford University
Typology and universals, construction grammar, semantics, cognitive linguistics, language change

Larry P. Gorbet, Ph.D., University of California (San Diego)
Cognitive linguistics, syntax and semantics, Native American languages of the Southwest

Jill P. Morford, Ph.D., University of Chicago
Psycholinguistics, language acquisition, homesign systems and signed languages

Karen Naughton, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Signed languages, semantics, gesture

Paul R. Platero, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Navajo linguistics

Bonnie J. Rudy, M.A., California State University Northridge
Signed languages, deaf culture and history, ASL literature

Josephine Santiago, B.A., University of New Mexico
signed language interpreting, multimedia production for the classroom>

Barbara Shaffer, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Signed language linguistics, modality, language acquisition and interpreting theory

Caroline L. Smith, Ph.D., Yale University
Phonetics, phonology, dynamics of speech production, French linguistics

Catherine Travis, Ph.D., La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Functional syntax, discourse analysis, semantics, Hispanic linguistics

Phyllis Perrin Wilcox, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
American Sign Language (ASL), metaphor, interpreting theory and practice

Sherman Wilcox, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Signed language linguistics, language and gesture, language evolution, cognitive iconicity, interpreting theory,

Roseann S. Willink, M.A., University of New Mexico
Navajo language

Professors Emeriti

Garland D. Bills, Ph.D., University of Texas (Austin)
Sociolinguistics, Southwest Spanish-English bilingualism, Spanish linguistics, Quechua

Joan L. Bybee, Ph.D., University of California (Los Angeles)
Phonology, morphology, typology and universals, language change, grammaticization

Eduardo Hernández Chávez, Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Bilingualism and language maintenance, Chicano Spanish, phonology

Alan J. Hudson,Ph.D., Yeshiva University
Societal multilingualism, variation theory, Irish and Welsh

Vera P. John-Steiner, Ph.D., University of Chicago
Psycholinguistics, cognitive psychology, bilingualism, productive and creative thinking, cross-cultural education, women's issues

Adjunct Faculty

Ian Maddieson, Ph.D., University of California (Los Angeles)
phonetic and phonological universals, articulatory and acoustic phonetics

David Margolin, Ph.D., University of New Mexico

Associated Faculty in Other Departments

Lynn Beene, Ph.D., University of Kansas (English)
Language theory, professional writing, contemporary fiction

Philip Dale, Ph.D., University of Michigan (Speech and Hearing Sciences)
Child language development and disorders

Tania Ivanova-Sullivan, Ph.D., Ohio State University (Foreign Languages and Literatures)
Semantics, pragmatics, Russian, Bulgarian

George Luger, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania (Computer Science)
Computational linguistics, cognitive science, artificial intelligence

Janet Patterson, Ph.D., University of Michigan (Speech and Hearing Sciences)
Child language development and disorders

Julie Sykes, Ph.D., University of Minnesota (Spanish and Portuguese)
Second language acquisition, immerging digital media and computer-assisted language learning, interlanguage pragmatic development

Rena Torres Cacoullos, Ph.D., University of New Mexico (Spanish and Portuguese)
Language variation and change, grammaticalization, language contact, sociolinguistics