Department of Linguistics

UIUC Alum John Levis Named Distinguished Professor at Iowa State University

We are pleased to announce that Dr. John Levis, who received a MATESL degree as well as a PhD in Educational Psychology from UIUC, has been named Distinguished Professor at Iowa State University. John has led a distinguished career...

Join us for our Year-End Awards Ceremony and Celebration for Peter Lasersohn

We cordially invite you to the Department of Linguistics Year-End Graduation, & Awards Ceremony along with a Retirement Celebration for Professor Peter Lasersohn! This event will take place in the Heritage Room of the ACES Library on Wednesday, May 7, from 4pm - 5:30pm.Join us in...

Cassandra Rosado joins LAS Academy for Educational Excellence

The LAS Academy for Educational Excellence is a new initiative from the College of Liberal Arts & Science, set to launch in Fall 2025.This past January, our own Cassandra Rosado started a new part-time role as the LAS Dean's Fellow for the Academy for Educational Excellence. She...

PhD Candidates Huiying Cai and Joshua Dees awarded 2025 SLCL Dissertation Completion Fellowships

We are pleased to announce that Linguistics PhD candidates Huiying Cai and Joshua Dees are recipients of the 2025 SLCL Dissertation Completion Fellowship. These fellowships provide advanced doctoral students with an academic year of support to complete their dissertations. Joshua Dees...

UIUC Linguistics is Seeking a Instructor/Visiting Assistant Professor in Semantics/Pragmatics

The department of Linguistics is hiring an Instructor/Visiting Assistant Professor in Semantics/Pragmatics for AY 25-26, with possibility of renewal. See position details and how to apply at link below. Application deadline is April 25th, 2025....

Walther Glödstaf: Grad Student Spotlight

My current research focuses on understanding the psycholinguistic foundations of L1-attrition and modeling it in communities via agent-based simulations, to understand the importance of variation within and across speaker groups. I have also done research on Finnish syntax and economical and political analyses of European minority language protection policy, and the sociolinguistics of online study abroad communities.

Martin Lehrer: Alumni Spotlight

During my first year in the program, I was admitted to a PhD program in Germany and offered a lecturer position. After a year of working and researching in Germany, I decided to return to UIUC to pursue my PhD in Curriculum & Instruction.

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Featured Courses Fall 2024

Practical application, research, and theory of second language reading and writing

EIL 445

Learn the computational skills necessary to build, validate, and analyze corpora with the goal of exploring linguistic phenomena and testing linguistic theories.6

Ling 591

Hands-on learning experience to analyze an unfamiliar language and work to build a language archive

Ling 591

These advanced ESL courses for visiting scholars enhance professional writing and oral presentation skills in your chosen academic discipline.

ESL 592 and ESL 593