Linguistics

Mogan Allen

ASU4 Office Generalist
Human Physiology, Linguistics, Psychology
Phone: 541-346-2499

B Mokaya Bosire

Senior Instructor
African Studies, Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3916
Office: 377 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Mon/Wed 3:30p-4:30p or by appt.
Research Interests: Swahili, Sheng, African languages & Urban vernaculars

Nadia Clement

PhD Student
General Linguistics Program
Linguistics
Office: 264 Straub Hall

Madison Collins

Graduate Program Assistant
Linguistics
Office: 161 A Straub Hall
Office Hours: 8am-5pm

Carla Consolini

PhD Student
General Linguistics Program
Linguistics
Office: 265 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Tue/Thu 12:30p-1:30p

Don Daniels

Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Linguistics
Office: 275 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Tue 9:30-10:30, 1:30p-3:30p
Research Interests: language change, comparative reconstruction, morphosyntax, Papuan languages, fieldwork

Jeff Davis

ASU4 Undergraduate Coordinator
Human Physiology, Linguistics, Psychology
Phone: 541-346-4952
Office: 139A Straub Hall

Scott DeLancey

Professor Emeritus
Asian Studies, Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3901
Office: 370 Straub Hall

Carissa Diantoro

PhD Student
General Linguistics Program
Linguistics
Office: 161 Straub
Office Hours: Thu 11:00a-1:00p

Shayleen EagleSpeaker

PhD Student
General Linguistics Program
Linguistics
Office: 161 Straub Hall

Bushra Elfandi

MA Student
Language Teaching Studies
Linguistics

Anni Elling

ASU4 Associate Director
Human Physiology, Linguistics, Neuroscience, Psychology, Swahili
Phone: 541-346-4284
Office: 179 Esslinger Hall
Office Hours: 7:00am-3:30pm

DeAndre Espree-Conaway

PhD Student
General Linguistics Program
Linguistics
Phone: (832) 640-1730
Office: 161 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Mon 5:00p-6:00p (Zoom only), Fri 2:00p-3:00p (In-Person or Zoom) and by Appointment
Research Interests: Historical Linguistics, Language Documentation & Conservation, Morphology & Syntax, Evolution of Language, Neurolinguistics, Austronesian & Papuan Languages

Kurtis Foster

PhD Student
General Linguistics Program
Linguistics
Office: 161 Straub Hall

A. Gaw

MA Student
Language Teaching Studies
Linguistics

Amira Ghazy

MA Student
Language Teaching Studies
Linguistics

Spike Gildea

Professor
Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3906
Office: 381 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Currently on sabbatical

Thomas Givon

Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Linguistics
Research Interests: Linguisitics and Cognitive Science

Xuan Guan

PhD Student
General Linguistics Program
Linguistics
Office: 161 Straub Hall

Bibi Halima

MA Student
Language Teaching Studies
Linguistics

Andy Halvorsen

Senior Instructor
American English Institute, Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3945
Office: 202A Agate Hall

Laura G. Holland

Senior Instructor/ Faculty Mentor/ GE Supervisor, retired
American English Institute, Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3945
Office: 220A Agate Hall

Sierra Jager

ASU4 Operations/Faculty Support
Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-1731
Office: 163 Straub Hall

Wesley Jones

PhD Student
General Linguistics Program
Linguistics
Office: 161 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Thu 1:00p-3:00p
Research Interests: language documentation, historical linguistics, Turkic languages, Papuan languages

Vsevolod Kapatsinski

Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3923
Office: 367 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Mon & Wed 2:00p-3:30p, in person or Zoom
Research Interests: computational learning theory, constituency, unitization, frequency effects, probabilistic morphophonology, inferential statistics, usage-based linguistic theory, mechanisms of language change

Tyler Kendall

Professor
Linguistics, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-3199
Office: 373 Straub Hall

Artie Kotov

MA Student and Graduate Employee
Language Teaching Studies
Linguistics
Office: 368 Straub Hall
Office Hours: MW 10-11 am or Zoom by appointment
Research Interests: Intercultural Communication, Sociolinguistics, Historical Linguistics, Newspeak in Russian; Gender in Russian, Gender in English, Occasional Words, Teaching English to Refugees and Displaced Persons

Kris Kyle

Associate Professor
Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3808
Office: 273 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Tue 1:30p-2:30p

Yi-yi Lai

MA Student
Language Teaching Studies
Linguistics

Nadege Lejeune

Comparative Literature Graduate Student/GE
MA Student Language Teaching Studies
Comparative Literature, Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-0937
Office: 261 PLC

Tamaya Levy

PhD Student
Linguistics

Ezdahi Lopez Pineda

MA Student
Language Teaching Studies
Linguistics

Florian Matter

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Linguistics
Office: 280 Straub Hall
Research Interests: digital linguistics, language description, Cariban languages, corpus linguistics

Emma Mazzuchi

PhD Student
General Linguistics Program
Linguistics
Office: 161 Straub Hall

Mary Kate McBride

MA Student
Language Teaching Studies
Linguistics

Stephanie Morales Curiel

PhD Student
General Linguistics Program
Linguistics
Office: 161 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Mon/Wed 12:00p-1:00p

Lori Olsen

ASU4 Graduate Coordinator
Human Physiology, Linguistics, Psychology
Phone: 541-346-5060
Office: 137 Straub Hall

Lo Owens

ASU4 Faculty Support
Human Physiology, Linguistics, Psychology
Office: 936 PLC

Brittany Parham

PhD Student
General Linguistics Program
Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-0730
Office: 1629 Moss St., Rm 106
Office Hours: Thu 1:00p-3:00p

Trish Pashby

Senior Instructor II
American English Institute, Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3906
Office: 279 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Mon & Wed 2:00p-3:00p

Rebecca Paterson

Research Associate
Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-0796
Office: 147 Esslinger Hall
Office Hours: In person Fri 1:00p-2:00p, virtual appts. avail Tue & Thu 9:00-9:45am (must schedule 24hrs in advance)

Doris Payne

Professor Emerita
African Studies, Arabic Studies, Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3894
Office: 271 Straub Hall
Office Hours: By appointment only, please email to set up appt.

Tom Payne

Research Associate
Linguistics
Research Interests: Typological morphology and syntax. Mother-tongue based multi-lingual education. Philippine languages and Manchu languages.

Eric Pederson

Associate Professor, Retired
Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3900
Office: 375 Straub Hall
Research Interests: Semantic typology, gesture, psycholinguistics, Dravidian linguistics

Gabriela Pérez Báez

Associate Professor
Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics
Office: 263 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Mon and Wed 4:15pm to 5:15pm

Melissa (Lisa) Redford

Professor
Department Head
Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3818
Office: 379 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Wednesdays 12-2pm on Zoom, otherwise by appointment
Research Interests: suprasegmental sound patterns; speech planning & production; child language acquisition

Lisa Rihs

ASU4 Operations Manager
American English Institute, Human Physiology, Linguistics, Neuroscience, Psychology, Swahili
Phone: 541-346-4265
Office: 163 Straub Hall

Erin SanGregory

PhD Student
General Linguistics Program
Linguistics
Office: 262 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Mon & Thu 1:30pm-2:30pm

Holly Shao

MA Student
Language Teaching Studies
Linguistics

Narayan Sharma

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3914
Office: 281 Straub Hall
Research Interests: Language documentation and description; endangered and minority Tibeto-Burman languages; morphology and syntax; linguistic typology, and field linguistics

Nathaniel Sims

Assistant Professor
Linguistics
Office: 371 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Tue 8:00am-10:00am
Research Interests: language documentation and revitalization, historical linguistics, Trans-Himalayan languages

Nereida Solórzano

Graduate Student MA Spanish
Language Teaching Studies
Linguistics, Spanish
Research Interests: Bilingual education, Transborder students, Spanish, Heritage language instruction,

Cecelia Staggs

PhD Student
General Linguistics Program
Linguistics
Office: 161 Straub Hall

Britany Stagnoli

MA Student
Language Teaching Studies
Linguistics

Ash Stewart

ASU4 Faculty Support
Human Physiology, Linguistics, Psychology
Phone: 541-346-1690
Office: 125 Straub Hall

Hakyung Sung

PhD Student
General Linguistics Program
Linguistics
Office: 270 Straub Hall

Julie Sykes

Professor
Director of Center for Applied Second Language Studies
Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-5699
Office: 1600 Millrace Dr., Ste 201
Office Hours: By appointment only

Allison Taylor-Adams

Research Associate
Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3945
Office: 161 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Mon 10:00a-12:00p or by appt. (email for appt)
Research Interests: Language revitalization and language teaching

Cameron Teubner-Keller

MA Student
Language Teaching Studies
Linguistics

Russell Tomlin

Professor Emeritus
In memoriam
Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3909
Office: 370 Straub Hall

Janne Underriner

Director, Northwest Indian Language Institute, retired
Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics, Native American Studies
Phone: 541-346-0722
Office: 1629 Moss St Rm 102

Cynthia Vakareliyska

Professor Emerita
Linguistics, Medieval Studies, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Phone: 541-346-5922
Office: 275 Straub Hall

Alejandra Vidal

Courtesy Research Associate
Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-0259
Office: 261 Straub Hall
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: Language Teaching Studies, Language Documentation & Description

Rachel Weissler

Assistant Professor
Black Studies, Linguistics
Office: Straub Hall 375
Office Hours: Wed 11:00a-1:00p and by appt NOTE: Dr. Weissler will be on leave Spring 2024
Research Interests: sociolinguistics, emotion perception, neurolinguistics, language and social justice

Dakota Whisler

PhD Student
General Linguistics Program
Linguistics
Office: 264 Straub Hall

Keli Yerian

Distinguished Teaching Professor, Senior Lecturer II
Director, Language Teaching Studies MA Program, Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Certificate
Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-4302
Office: 167 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Tue & Thu 2:00p-3:15p (in-person Straub 167 or Zoom)
Research Interests: language teacher education, pedagogy, curriculum development, program development, gesture studies, interactional discourse analysis