Graduate Faculty in Linguistics and TESOL

Megumi Hamada, Assistant Professor: Linguistics

Graduate Courses: Second Language Acquisition

Carolyn McKay, Professor (PhD, University of Texas): Mesoamerican languages (Totonac and Tepehua), Romance languages (Veneto, Italian, Spanish) sociolinguistics, language and culture, historical linguistics, field methods, research methods

Graduate Courses: Sociolinguistics, Language & Culture, Research Methods in Linguistics, Bilingualism and Social Contact

Elizabeth Riddle, Professor (PhD, University of Illinois): Pragmatics, functional syntax, semantics, TESOL, linguistic analysis of metaphor, tense/aspect, structure of English, structure of Hmong, teaching of Southeast Asian languages, language and society

Graduate Courses: Linguistics and the Study of English, Approaches to Modern English Grammar, Contrastive Analysis, Topics in English Grammar

Mary Theresa Seig, Associate Professor (PhD, Oklahoma State University): Discourse analysis, TESOL, English for specific purposes, materials and curriculum development

Graduate Courses: Discourse Analysis, Second Language Acquisition, Proseminar in Linguistics (English for Specific Purposes, Special Needs Assessment)

Lynne Stallings, Assistant Professor: Psycholinguistics, language production; Second language writing methods and assessment; The relationship between linguistic environment and language acquisition

Graduate Courses: TESOL methods, materials, and assessment

Frank Trechsel, Associate Professor (PhD, University of Texas): Theoretical syntax, formal semantics, phonetics, phonology, Native American languages (Totonac, Tepehua, K'iche, Tzotzil, Jakaltek, Southern Tiwa)

Graduate Courses: Introduction to Linguistics, Phonology, Syntax, Topics in Phonological Theory, Grammatical Theory

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