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: 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 […]

Faculty Spotlight – Dr. Eric Potsdam

Dr. Eric Potsdam took over as the Linguistics department chair in 2017. This summer will mark the end of his chairship, so we sat down with him to review his time in the position. The people in the Linguistics department are Dr. Potsdam’s favorite part of the job. He says of his colleagues, “They’re all […]

Alumni Spotlight – Taylor Novak

Taylor Novak is now a social worker back in Gainesville, advocating for the marginalized and working as a clinical mental health counselor.

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 […]

Graduate Student Spotlight: Joey Radice

This semester, we are doing a spotlight series highlighting the accomplishments of our faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and alumni. For our next graduate student spotlight, we are highlighting PhD candidate Joey Radice. Joey grew up on a Japanese koi farm in Miami, Florida. Their interest in language and communication started early due to the fact that […]

Linguistics Career Pop-Ups Next Week!

The Career Connections Center will be hosting two Linguistics Career Pop-Up events next week on Tuesday (March 2nd) and Thursday (March 4). Tuesday’s pop-up will focus on creating effective resumes, while Thursday’s will focus on career options in Linguistics. Times and links for each pop-up are below. Tuesday, March 2 (2:30-3:30). Zoom link: http://bit.ly/3nDDuvM Thursday, March […]

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