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
Holly Jacobson, Ph.D., University of Arizona (Tucson) intercultural communication, interactional sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, corpus linguistics,
contrastive rhetoric, second language acquisition, applied linguistics in healthcare, health disparities
Christian Koops, Ph.D., Rice University Sociophonetics, speech perception, language revitalization, Western Cherokee
Erin Mares, B.S., University of New Mexico American Sign Language, signed language interpreting
Jill P. Morford, Ph.D.,
University of Chicago Psycholinguistics, language acquisition, homesign systems and signed
languages
Dawn Myers, M.A., University of New Mexico American Sign Language, signed language interpreting
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
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 [On leave] Functional syntax, discourse analysis, semantics, Hispanic linguistics
Carole
Uentillie, M.Ed., Northern Arizona University Navajo language
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,
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
Paul Edmunds, Ph.D.,
University of New Mexico
Phonetics, English as a second language
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
Sociolinguistics, field linguistics
Daniel R. Sanford, Ph.D.,
University of New Mexico
Corpus Linguistics, Cognitive Linguistics, metaphor, formulaic language
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
Richard File-Muriel,
Ph.D., Indiana University (Spanish and Portuguese) Phonetic and phonological variation and change, Colombian Spanish
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, emerging digital media and computer-assisted language learning, interlanguage pragmatic development