Governance
The Linguistics program is administered by the Executive Officer, assisted by the Deputy Executive Officer and the Executive Committee, which is composed of elected students and faculty representatives. The Executive Officer and Deputy Executive Officer serve on all the committees in the Program. The Executive Officer serves ex officio and the Deputy Executive Officer is a non-voting member. The Executive Officer chairs all standing committees, except the Admissions and Awards Committee, which is chaired by the Deputy Executive Officer. Membership in all committees is restricted to tenured or tenure-track faculty and matriculated students.
The bylaws of the Linguistics program and Graduate School Governance require at least one yearly meeting/town hall of the Program membership at which the Program committees report on their activities. This meeting/town hall will be at the end of the academic year. In addition, such meetings may be held at any other time at the request of the Executive Officer or the members of the Executive Committee.
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Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 committee members:
Executive Committee
Students: Faculty:
Selin Alkan Jason Kandybowicz (2y)
Ilaria Porru Jon Nissenbaum (2yr)
Aidan Malanoski Kyle Gorman (F23) Juliette Blevins (Sp24)
Daniela Castillo Irina Sekerina (F23) Sam Al Khatib (Sp24)
alternate: Amal Aissaoui alternate: Jose Delvalle (F23) Kyle Gorman (Sp24)
alternate: Zhilang Liu alternate: William Sakas (F23) Virginia Valian (Sp24)
Admissions and Awards Committee
Students: Faculty:
Olivia Mignone Rivka Levitan
Arundhati Sengupta Kyle Gorman
Chen Zhou Jon Nissenbaum
Meredith Hilliard Sam Al Khatib Jason Kandybowicz (DEO, Chairperson)
Curriculum and Exam Committee
Students: Faculty:
Maggie Matte Irina Sekerina
Naparat Meechanyakul Kyle Gorman
Amal Aissaoui Jon Nissenbaum
Sandeep Prasada
Faculty membership Committee
Students: Faculty:
Zainab Akande Jason Kandybowicz
Natasha Tyulina Bill Haddican
Tysean Bucknor Valerie Shafer
Graduate Council (*2-yr term)
Student: Faculty:
Natasha Tyulina Matt Garley (F23), Juliette Blevins (Sp24)
Election Committee
Students: Faculty:
Hyewon Joo Rivka Levitan
Nick Uva Virginia Valian
Cass Lowry Jason Kandybowicz
Student Association
Nishtha Trivedi
Yukun Zhang
alternate: Daniel Yakubov
Colloquium Committee
Shane Quinn, Armando Tapia, Anne Nguyen, Vicki Li