News

Redd up your Pittsburghese - an Interview with Scott Kiesling

Yinz be sure to check it aht! A radio interview with Scott Kiesling on the origins and evolving nature of Pittsburghese.

A great...

Lillian B. Lawler Fellowship Award

PhD student Virginia Terán has been awarded the Lillian B. Lawler Fellowship for the new academic year 2017-2018. This Fellowship is...

Staff Member Anthony Verardi Visits Lebanon

Arabic Instructor Anthony Verardi, who also works at the English Language Institute, visited Lebanon this summer along with Dr. Amani...

Alicia in the Ling Lab
Ssh! Check out the Whisper Rooms!

The Department now boasts of three Whisper Rooms in our 28th floor lab. These booths are fitted with eye-tracking devices that allow for...

Welcome Benjamin Naismith, Mellon Fellow

Ben Naismith is an experienced EFL teacher and teacher educator who has worked since 2002 in a range of contexts, most notably in Costa...

Welcome Dominique "Domi" Corley, Irvis Fellow

Domi joins the Department in the fall as a Ph.D. student. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Cornell University in 2014 with double...

Welcome Dr. Vibha Shetiya, Instructor of Hindi

The Less-Commonly-Taught-Languages Center is pleased to announce that Dr. Vibha Shetiya will be joining us as Visiting Assistant...

Silvia receiving a TA award
PhD Student Wins a Teaching Award

PhD student Silvia Pisabarro Sarrió received the "Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant" to acknowledge her dedication and enthusiasm...

Journal Publication by a PhD Student

PhD student Héctor Ramírez-Cruz has published as first coauthor the article "'¡Uy!, ¿quién pidió pollo?' A qualitative analysis of the...

LCTL Faculty in the News

Kenny DeHaan, an ASL instructor at our Less-Commonly Taught Languages center, was featured in ...

Faculty and Former Students at TESOL International Conference

Current members of the Department of Linguistics, English Language Institute (...