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Dr. Jon Forrest joins the UGA Department of Linguistics

We are very happy to announce the appointment of Dr. Jon Forrest as Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics. Dr. Forrest received his B.A. in English with a World Literature & Japanese minor, M.A. in English with a sociolinguistics concentration, and Ph.D.

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Dr. Pilar Chamorro teaches course at University of Santiago de Compostela

Assistant Professor of Linguistics Professor, Dr. Pilar Chamorro, taught a course titled: "Linguistic Fieldwork and Amazonian Languages" at University of Santiago de Compostela May 20 - 21, 2019.

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Rachel Olsen presents in the 2019 3MT™ Competition

Linguistics Ph.D. Candidate, Rachel Olsen, presented "It's All in How You Say It: The Prosody of Emotion" in the 2019 3MT™ Competition April 10th, 2019.

The event is a research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland.

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Kyle Vanderniet presents talk at Emory University

Linguistics graduate student, Kyle Vanderniet, will present a talk about his work at Emory University May 20th, at 3pm in Modern Languages, Room 201.

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Dr. Vera Lee-Schoenfeld receives 2019 Richard B. Russell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

Congratulations to Dr. Vera Lee-Schoenfeld, Associate Professor of Linguistics and Adjunct faculty in Germanic and Slavic Studies, for receiving the university's highest early career teaching honor!