Linguistics

Mofareh Alhazmi

PhD Student
General Linguistics Program
Linguistics

Melissa Baese-Berk

David M. and Nancy L. Petrone Faculty Scholar; Professor
Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3899
Office: 279 Straub Hall
Office Hours: By appointment only

Emily Baker

Undergraduate/Graduate Coordinator
Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3906
Office: 161 Straub Hall

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

Ramona Louise (Aissa) Canteras

MA Student
Language Teaching Studies
Linguistics

Nadia Clement

PhD Student
General Linguistics Program
Linguistics
Office: 264 Straub Hall

Madison Collins

MA Student
Language Teaching Studies
Linguistics
Office: 372 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Mon 12:30p-2:30p

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 1:30p-3:30p
Research Interests: language change, comparative reconstruction, morphosyntax, Papuan languages, fieldwork

Scott DeLancey

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

Anthony Delsanter

MA Student
Language Teaching Studies
Linguistics

Carissa Diantoro

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

Shiloh Drake

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Linguistics
Office: E383 1600 Millrace

Miranda Dufour

MA Student
Language Teaching Studies
Linguistics

Shayleen EagleSpeaker

PhD Student
General Linguistics Program
Linguistics
Office: 161 Straub Hall

Masaki Eguchi

PhD Student
General Linguistics Program
Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3919
Office: 161 Straub Hall

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

Spike Gildea

Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-0480
Office: 381 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Mon 2:00p-4:00p, Tue 10:00a-11:00a

Thomas Givon

Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Linguistics
Research Interests: Linguisitics and Cognitive Science

Ksenia Gordeeva

PhD Student
General Linguistics Program
Linguistics
Office: 161 Straub Hall

Xuan Guan

PhD Student
General Linguistics Program
Linguistics
Office: 161 Straub Hall

Kaylynn Gunter

PhD Student
General Linguistics Program
Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3906
Office: 161 Straub Hall

Stephen Hallmark

Academic Programs Manager
American English Institute, Human Physiology, Linguistics, Neuroscience, Psychology Department, Swahili
Phone: 541-346-3169
Office: 127 Straub Hall

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

Yueyuan Jin

MA Student
Language Teaching Studies
Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics

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 12:00p-2:00p, 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

Anna Krinitsyna

MA Student
Language Teaching Studies
Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics
Office: 285 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Mon/Wed 12:00p-1:00p

Kris Kyle

Associate Professor
Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3808
Office: 273 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Tue 1:15p-3:15p

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

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

Stephanie Morales Curiel

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

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
American English Institute, Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3945
Office: 220B Agate Hall
Office Hours: Tue & Thu 10:30a-11:30a

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

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: Tue 1:00p-3:00p

Milntra Raksachat

PhD Student
General Linguistics Program
Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3906
Office: 161 Straub Hall
Office Hours: By appt only https://calendly.com/mraks

Melissa (Lisa) Redford

Professor
Department Head
Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3818
Office: 379 Straub Hall
Office Hours: By appointment only
Research Interests: suprasegmental sound patterns; speech planning & production; child language acquisition

Lisa Rihs

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

Erin SanGregory

PhD Student
General Linguistics Program
Linguistics
Office: 262 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Tue 2:00p-3:00p, Wed 9:00a-10:00a

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

Emma Snyder

MA Student
Language Teaching Studies
Linguistics

Cecelia Staggs

PhD Student
General Linguistics Program
Linguistics
Office: 265 Straub Hall

Kaleb Stubbs

MA Student
Language Teaching Studies
Linguistics

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

Allison Taylor-Adams

Research Associate
Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3945
Office: 161 Straub Hall
Research Interests: Language revitalization and language teaching

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

Nicolas Vassilenko

MA Student
Language Teaching Studies
Linguistics

Rachel Weissler

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
incoming Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Fall 2023
Center for Translational Neuroscience, Linguistics, Psychology Department
Office: E383 1600 Millrace

Dakota Whisler

PhD Student
General Linguistics Program
Linguistics
Office: 264 Straub Hall

Ryan Wozniak

MA Student
Language Teaching Studies
Linguistics

Keli Yerian

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: Tues & Thurs 12:00p-1:45p (in-person or Zoom)
Research Interests: language teacher education, pedagogy, curriculum development, program development, gesture studies, interactional discourse analysis