- Department Chair
- Undergraduate Program Director
- Graduate Program Director
- Graduate ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ & Funding Director
Michael Wagner
Department Chair
(he/him)
Office: 1085 Dr. Penfield |Ìýroom #113
Office Hours:ÌýÌýBy appointmentÌý
chael [at] mcgill.ca
Alternative Chair contact in case of COI:Ìý junko.shimoyama [at] mcgill.ca (Junko Shimoyama)
Junko Shimoyama
Undergraduate Program Director
(she/her)
Office: 1085 Dr. Penfield |Ìýroom #219
Office Hours:Ìýby appointment
email:Ìýjunko.shimoyama [at] mcgill.ca (Junko Shimoyama)
Meghan Clayards
Graduate Program Director
(she/her)
Office: 1085 Dr. Penfield |Ìýroom #201
Office Hours:ÌýÌýby appointment
meghan.clayards [at] mcgill.ca
Alternative GPD contact in case of COI: junko.shimoyama [at] mcgill.ca (Junko Shimoyama)
MorganÌýSondereggerÌýÌý
Graduate ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ & Funding DirectorÌýÌý
Office: 1085 Dr. Penfield |Ìýroom #227
Office Hours:ÌýÌýby appointment
morgan.sonderegger [at] mcgill.caÌý
DepartmentÌý
- Administrative Staff
- Professors
- Emeritus Professors
- FacultyÌýLecturer
- Postdoctoral Fellows
- Graduate Students
- Award Recipients
- Alumni
- In Memoriam
Administrative Staff
Andria De Luca
Administrative Student Affairs Coordinator
1085 Dr. Penfield | room #111
(514) 398-1723
andria.de_luca [at] mcgill.ca (E-mail Andria)
Office Hours:Ìý By appointmentÌý
Angela Fotopoulos
Area Manager (Student Affairs)
680 Sherbrooke W. | room #0425
(514) 398-5284
angela.fotopoulos [at] mcgill.ca (E-mail Angela)
Office Hours:Ìý By appointmentÌý
Lina Trivino
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýArea Manager (Finance)
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìýlina.trivino [at] mcgill.ca (E-mail Lina)
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýOffice Hours: By appointment
Victor Mayer
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýAdministrative Coordinator HR & Ops
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý(514) 398-3650 or (514) 399-9441
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìýovidiu.iacobmayer [at] mcgill.ca (E-mail Victor)
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Professors
Name | Specializations |
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Luis Alonso-Ovalle | Semantics, Pragmatics, Spanish |
Charles Boberg | Language Variation and Change, Dialectology, North American English |
Meghan ClayardsÌý(she/her) | Phonetics, Speech Perception |
Jessica CoonÌý(she/her) | Syntax, Morphology, Mayan languages, Field Methodology, Language Documentation |
James A. CrippenÌý(he/him) | Morphology, Syntax, Syntactic Interfaces, Information Structure, Tlingit and Na-Dene (Dene-Eyak-Tlingit) languages, North American Indigenous Languages, Field Methodology, Language Documentation, Research Ethics |
Brendan Gillon |
Semantics: noun phrases and implicit arguments History: Grammar and logic in India |
Heather GoadÌý(she/her) | Phonology, First Language Acquisition, Second Language Acquisition |
Martina Martinović | ÌýSyntax, Morphology, Field Methodology, West African languages |
Timothy O'Donnell | Computational Models of Language Learning and Processing, Mathematical Linguistics, Probabilistic Inference |
Siva Reddy | Linguistically-Informed Deep Learning, Computational Syntax and Semantics, Biases in Deep Learning Models |
Bernhard Schwarz | Semantics, Pragmatics, German |
Junko ShimoyamaÌý(she/her) | Syntax, Syntax/Semantics Interface, East Asian Languages |
Morgan Sonderegger | Phonology, Phonetics, Computational Linguistics, Language Variation and Change, Quantitative Methods |
Francisco Torreira | Phonetics, Intonation, Prosody, Interactional Linguistics |
Michael WagnerÌý(he/him) | Prosody/Syntax, Prosody/Semantics, Phonology, Language Processing |
Emeritus Professors
Name | Specializations |
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Michel Paradis | Bilingualism, Neurolinguistics, Psycholinguistics |
Glyne Piggott | Phonological Theory, Historical Phonology, Morphology, Amerindian (Ojibwa) |
Lisa Travis | Syntax, Morphology, Language Variation and Language Change, Austronesian (Malagasy, Tagalog) |
Lydia White | Generative L2 Acquisition |
Faculty Lecturer
To view the current list of individuals who have , visit the Opportunities & Visitors page.Ìý
Fall/2024 and Winter/2025Ìý
Andrei Munteanu
Office:Ìý1085 Dr. Penfield | room #322
Office Hours:ÌýBy appointment (in person or Zoom)
Email:Ìý andrei.munteanu2 [at] mcgill.ca
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Postdoctoral Fellows
Postdoctoral research offers recent Doctoral Degree recipients the chance to further their professional development, build on their research, and effectively transition from life as a student to that of an independent scholar. At ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ, postdoctoral candidates have the opportunity toÌýcollaborateÌýwith some of the world’s foremost professors and researchers, and to work in an environment that supports and celebrates excellence. For more information, visit the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies website.Ìý
The Linguistics Department's current Postdoctoral Fellows are listed below:
2024-2025
Name | General InterestsÌý | Contact |
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Ìý | Ìý | Ìý |
Graduate Students
Masters
Name | General Interests | Contact |
---|---|---|
Brandon Chaperon | Syntax, Semantics, Syntax-Semantics Interface, Fieldwork, Niger-Congo languages |
brandon.chaperon [at] mail.mcgill.ca (e-mail) |
CasandraÌýJones | Syntax, Syntax-semantic interface, and Prosody | casandra.jones [at] mail.mcgill.ca (e-mailÌý) |
Simon LiVolsiÌý | Phonological theory, Laboratory Phonology, Prosody, Syntax, and Optimality Theory | simon.livolsi [at] mail.mcgill.ca (e-mailÌý) |
Jackson Mundie (he/him) | Language variation and change, dialectology, sociolinguistics, and quantitative methods | jackson.mundie [at] mail.mcgill.ca (e-mail) |
Zlata Odribets (she/her) | Syntax, Morphology, and Field Methodology | zlata.odribets [at] mail.mcgill.ca (e-mail) |
Sama'a Salama | Ìý | samaa.salama [at] mail.mcgill.ca (e-mail) |
Clara Tran | Ìý | chau.t.tran [at] mail.mcgill.ca (e-mail) |
Sabrina Wang | Syntax, Semantics, Prosody, East Asian Languages, and Computational Linguistics | yingxuan.wang [at] mail.mcgill.ca (e-mail) |
PhD
Name | General Interests | Contact |
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Laurestine Bradford (she/her) | Semantics, Computational Linguistics, Fieldwork | laurestine.bradford [at] mail.mcgill.ca (e-mail) |
George BennettÌý | Syntax, Morphology, Prosody, Information Structure, and Scandinavian languages | george.bennett [at] mail.mcgill.ca (e-mail)Ìý |
Jeanne Brown |
Sociolinguistics, Language variation and change, Phonetics and Laboratory Phonology |
jeanne.brown [at] mail.mcgill.ca (e-mail) |
Xuanda Chen | Speech Prosody, Sound Change, Prosody and Pragmatics Interface and Computational Linguistics | xuanda.chen [at] mail.mcgill.ca (e-mail) |
Amanda Doucette | Phonology, Phonetics, Computational Linguistics, Cognitive Modeling |
amanda.doucette [at] mail.mcgill.ca (e-mail) |
Terrance Gatchalian | Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics, Language Documentation and Revitalization, and Fieldwork |
terrance.gatchalian [at] mail.mcgill.ca (e-mail) |
Gaurav Kamath | Semantics, NLP, Computational Linguistics, Expressive LanguageÌý |
gaurav.kamath [at] mail.mcgill.ca (e-mail) |
Austin Kraft | Syntax, Semantics, Computational Linguistics, and Language Documentation and Revitalization |
austin.kraft [at] mail.mcgill.ca (e-mail) |
Kuilin Li | Phonetics, Speech Production and Perception, Speech Imitation and Acquisition, Computational Linguistics | kuilin.li [at] mail.mcgill.ca (e-mail)Ìý |
Massimo Lipari | Corpus Phonetics, Language Variation and Change, Phonetics-Phonology Interface, Quebec French | massimo.lipari [at] mail.mcgill.ca (e-mail) |
Katya Morgunova | Syntax, Syntax-Semantics Interface, Fieldwork | ekaterina.morgunova [at] mail.mcgill.ca (e-mail) |
Willie Myers (he/him) | Fieldwork, Syntax, Semantics, Morphology, Language Documentation and Revitalization |
willie.myers [at] mail.mcgill.ca (e-mail) |
Jonathan Palucci | Semantics, Pragmatics, Mathematical Linguistics and Logic, Syntax | jonathan.palucci [at] mail.mcgill.ca (e-mail) |
Nicolas Poisson | Ìý | nicolas.poisson [at] mail.mcgill.ca (e-mail) |
Cheman Baira A Sangma | Phonology, Phonetics, Syntax-Phonology Interface, Phonetics-Phonology Interface, Phonological Acquisition | cheman.asangma [at] mail.mcgill.ca (e-mail) |
Irene Smith | Phonetics, variation, corpus linguistics, quantitative methods | irene.smith [at] mail.mcgill.ca (email) |
Connie Ting |
Phonetics, Phonology, Speech Perception and Production, Language Acquisition |
connie.ting [at] mail.mcgill.ca (e-mail) |
Weiyi Zhai | Speech Perception, Second Language Acquisition, Phonetics, Phonology, East Asian languages | weiyi.zhai [at] mail.mcgill.ca (e-mail) |
Award Recipients
On behalf of the Department of Linguistics, we are pleased to announce the recipients for: the In-House Undergraduate Student Awards, the Cremona Memorial Prize in Linguistics and the Lara Riente Memorial Prize in Linguistics. Visit the UndergraduateÌýand Graduate pages for more details.
Academic Leadership Award
2024 |ÌýAlex ItoÌý
2022Ìý| Tallis Clark
2021 | Clara SalibaÌý
2020 | Avleen Mokha
2019 | Megan Deegan
2018 |ÌýOscar Costa
2017 |ÌýLydia Felice
2016 |ÌýDaniel Biggs
2015 |ÌýSeptember Cowley
2014 |ÌýLauren Garfinkle
2013 |ÌýOlivia Ait-Bella
2012 |ÌýHannah Pinsky
2010 |ÌýJonathan Abramsohn
2009 |ÌýKatherine Anne McCurdy
Cremona Memorial Prize
2024 |ÌýChase BolesÌý
2024 |ÌýWilliam Zumchak
2023 |ÌýJasper Jian
2022 |ÌýAmelia Clayton
2021 | Aliza Ellner
2020 | Emma Gibson
2019 | Beini Wang
2018 |ÌýGabriel Daitzschman
2017 |ÌýVincent Rouillard
2016 |ÌýMichaela Socolof
2015 |ÌýLouisa Bielig
2014 |ÌýMisha Schwartz
2013 |ÌýMadeleine Leto Revill
2012 |ÌýElise McClay
2012 |ÌýErin Olson
2011 |ÌýAron Zachary Hirsch
2009 |ÌýEdwin Howard
2008 |ÌýMarc Garellek
2007 |ÌýMegan Sabsay Tylee
2006 |ÌýBronwyn Bjorkman
2005 |ÌýMargaret Ann Grant
2004 |ÌýJanet Nielsen
2003 |ÌýAnicka Ruth Fast
Department Citizenship Award
2024 |ÌýYanran Mou
2023 |ÌýJasper Jian
2022| Ray Marks
2021| Sarah Denomy
2020 | Benjamin Foster
2019 | Hayley Ostrega
2018 |ÌýMaya Keshav
2017 |ÌýJacob Schermer
2016 |ÌýChristopher Burnett
2015 |ÌýMarjorie Labelle
2014 |ÌýAndrew MacLachlan
2013 |ÌýRoseanne Lau
2012 |ÌýMadeleine Revill
2011 |ÌýMaude Poirier-Caron
2010 |ÌýDavid Max Fromstein
2009 |ÌýLaura Kalin
2008 |ÌýBlakey Larsen
2007 |ÌýMichelle St-Amour
Excellence in Research Award
2024 |ÌýYanran Mou
2023 |ÌýChase Boles
2022 | Benjamin Lebrun
2021 | Sijia Zhang
2020| Emily Baylor
2019 | Michael Goodale
2018 |ÌýYunxiao (Vera) Xia
2017 |ÌýSarah Mihuc
2016 |ÌýCora Lesure
2015 |ÌýLiam Bassford
2014 |ÌýLouisa Bielig
2013 |ÌýThomas Kettig
2012 |ÌýErica J. Yoon
2011 |ÌýTingchun Chen
2010 |ÌýSteffani Maartje Scheer
2009 |ÌýAnna Howell
2008 |ÌýMeaghan Fowlie
2007 |ÌýGwen Gillingham
Lara Riente Memorial Prize
2024 |ÌýWei Zhang
2023 | Michaela Socolof
2022 | Mathieu Paillé
2021 | Justin Royer
2020 | James Tanner
2019 | Juric Bozic
2018 |ÌýDonghyun Kim
2017 |ÌýGuilherme Duarte Garcia
2016 |ÌýHye-Young Bang
2015 |ÌýDaniel Goodhue
2014 |ÌýMichael Hamilton and Oriana Kilbourn-Ceron
2013 |ÌýBrian Buccola
2012 |ÌýAlexandra Simonenko and Jozina Vander Klok
2011 |ÌýWalter Andrew Pedersen
2010 |ÌýÖner Özçelik
2009 |ÌýEva Dobler
2008 |ÌýAlyona Belikova
2007 |ÌýTobin Skinner
2006 |ÌýNaoko Tomioka
2005 |ÌýHeather Sarah Newell
2004 |ÌýTheres Grüter
2003 |ÌýJosée Poirier
U2 Academic Achievement Award
2024 |ÌýSophia Flaim
2023 |ÌýMaya Cornwall
2022 |ÌýKevin Fan
2021 | Amanda Alicandro
2021 | Emily Mayes
2020 | David Shanks
2019 | Aliza Ellner
2018 |ÌýBeini Wang
2017 |ÌýFiona Higgins
2016 |ÌýEva Portelance
2015 |ÌýMichaela Socolof
2014 |ÌýElena Russo
2013 |ÌýJessica Lilly Cooper
2012 |ÌýDouglas Herrick
2011 |ÌýClaire Rebecca St George
2010 |ÌýDavid Adam Simons
2009 |ÌýJonathan Abramsohn
2009 |ÌýTingchun Chen
2008 |ÌýLaura Kalin
2007 |ÌýMeredith Tamminga
Alumni
In Memoriam
Irena Findeisen-Bellert (1919-2017)
Hiroko Hagiwara (1955-2015)
Nicole Domingue (1932-2011)