Our Faculty

Linguistics courses are taught by 7 full-time faculty members. We also have graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) who teach introductory linguistics courses and/or assist with grading.

Professors & Instructors:

  • Prisca Augustyn
    • Semiotics, ecolinguistics, introductory & general linguistics courses
    • Coordinator of the German Program
  • Geraldine Blattner
    • Applied linguistics & TESOL, sociolinguistics, French linguistics, introductory & general linguistics courses
    • Coordinator of the French Basic Language Program
  • Michael Hamilton
    • Morphology & syntax, semantics, field methods, introductory & general linguistics courses
    • Program Head for Linguistics & Director of the ESL Studies Certificate
  • Viktor Kharlamov
    • Phonetics & phonology, psycholinguistics, research methods, introductory & general linguistics courses
  • Martha Mendoza
    • Semantics & pragmatics, cognitive linguistics, grammaticalization, endangered languages, Spanish linguistics
  • Romain Rivaux
    • Translation, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, research methods, French linguistics, introductory & general linguistics courses
    • Director of the Continuing Education Language Program
  • Justin White
    • Second language acquisition, bilingualism, forensic linguistics, Spanish linguistics
    • Coordinator of the Spanish Basic Language Program