james.garner@ufl.edu, Author at Department of Linguistics

Two Linguistics Majors Named 2021-2022 Fulbright Finalists

Congratulations to recent Linguistics graduates Rosana Gutierrez and Alexandra St. Tellien, who were named Fulbright Finalists for the 2021-2022 academic year. Rosana was granted an English Teaching Assistant award in Argentina, while Alexandra was granted an English Teaching Assistant award in Côte d’Ivoire. In addition, TESL Certificate students Zariah Brown and Camille Armada were also named Fulbright […]

Ratree Wayland and Kevin Tang Receive UF Research Seed Fund

Congratulations to Ratree Wayland, Kevin Tang, and their collaborators Karen Hegland and Yonghee Oh (College of Public Health and Health Professions), who were recently awarded a UF Research Opportunity Seed Fund for their project entitled, “Demystifying perceptual evaluations of parkinsonism sub-categorizations using machine learning”. The abstract for their project is below. Parkinsonism refers to multiple […]

Aaron Broadwell and Collaborators Receive LASA Award

George Aaron Broadwell and his collaborators were honored by the Latin American Studies Association for their volume of open access, pedagogical resources centered on Valley Zapotec-language materials created during the Mexican Colonial period. Dr Broadwell collaborates with Zapotec speakers from Oaxaca, Mexico and diasporic communities throughout North America, other linguists, and digital scholarship experts who […]

Dr. Tang and Co-Authors Awarded NEH Award

Congratulations to Dr. Kevin Tang and his co-authors, who were awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resource Award. More on the award is below: The Department of Linguistics, the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program and the George A. Smathers Libraries has been awarded $349,990 from the National Endowment for […]

Graduate Spotlight: Ryan Cheves

With graduation approaching, we are spotlighting our amazing graduating Linguistics majors each day. For our next spotlight, we are highlighting Ryan Cheves. Ryan is from Jacksonville, Florida and has been in the Linguistics department since Fall of 2019. Continue reading below to learn more about him and his experiences in our department. 1. What’s next […]

Graduate Spotlight: Becca Jaeger

With graduation slowly approaching, we are spotlighting our amazing graduating Linguistics majors each day. For our next spotlight, we are highlighting Rebecca (Becca) Jaeger. Becca is from Jacksonville, Florida, and has been in the Linguistics department since her freshman year. She entered UF as a linguistics major after deciding to study Linguistics in her junior year […]

Graduate Spotlight: Madelyn Kloske

With graduation slowly approaching, we are spotlighting our amazing graduating Linguistics majors each day. For our next spotlight, we are highlighting Madelyn Kloske. Madelyn is from Huntsville, Alabama and has been in the Linguistics department since her sophomore year in 2019, adding it to her Spanish major. Continue reading below to learn more about her […]

Graduate Spotlight: Nathan Campbell

With graduation slowly approaching, we are spotlighting our amazing graduating Linguistics majors each day. For our first spotlight, we are highlighting Nathan Campbell. Nathan is from Jacksonville, Florida and has been in the Linguistics department since his first semester at UF in Fall of 2018. Continue reading below to learn more about him and his […]

Faculty Spotlight: Eleonora Rossi

This semester, we are starting a new spotlight series highlighting the accomplishments of our faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and alumni. For our next faculty spotlight, we are highlighting Assistant Professor Dr. Eleonora Rossi. Dr. Rossi joined our department in the Spring of 2019 and is one of the directors of our Brain, Language and […]

New Co-Authored Paper by Crystal Marull and Nathan Campbell Published

Congratulations to our own Dr. Crystal Marull and undergraduate student Nathan Campbell, whose recent co-authored paper, titled, “The Effect of Perceptions: Instructor–Student Dynamics in the Spanish Heritage Classroom” was recently published in the latest issue of Languages. Link to the article is here and abstract is below. The rising population of heritage speakers (HS) in university […]

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