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10/08/2026

And in the afternoon, CoLA and Social Work held a Research Interest Day, highlighted by Speech Sounds Research by Dr. Ivy Hauser and doctoral students Erica Dagar and Danielle Quaye. Great job, Linguists!

10/08/2026

Lots of great networking going on at the Career Expo today, hosted by Modern Languages and Linguistics and TESOL!

09/26/2026

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09/25/2026

Congrats to undergraduate Bailyn Wood who last week presented his research on prosodic transfer in second language acquisition at the McNair Scholars Research Conference at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County!

And shout out to his mentor, syntactician Dr. Joseph Sabbagh, and to Ricardo Garza, and Kearra Greer at UTA’s McNair Scholar program!

09/04/2026

Next month UTA's Department of Modern Languages and Department of Linguistics and TESOL are joining together for a Career Expo to give students the opportunity to meet DFW-area employers and community organizations, learn about different career paths, and explore professional opportunities connected to their studies and interests. Save the date!

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09/03/2026

Thanks to our newest Lingua officers and to everyone who came out for the first Lingua social on Wednesday!

08/26/2026

Settling in to the new semester? Lingua: The Linguistics Circle is having its first social of the semester next week we'd love for you to join us. Come meet people in the department and learn about what Lingua has to offer in a relaxed setting. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided. Bringing a snack to share is also encouraged but not required.

08/15/2026

Exciting news about alumna Dr. Katie Welch (PhD Linguistics, 2009). She starts on Monday as the Executive Director of Literacy Texas, the statewide literacy coalition that supports adult and family literacy programs. An excellent match. Congratulations, Katie!
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It's official! We are absolutely overjoyed to announce that Katie Welch, Ph.D., is the new Literacy Texas Executive Director. She starts Monday and we could not be more delighted.

Read our full statement: https://www.literacytexas.org/ -Katie

08/12/2026

Linguistics & TESOL Fall 2026 Graduate Student Orientation!

08/09/2026

One more week till classes begin!
How will you use your remaining free time?

One last novel 📖
Sunbathing 😎
Sleeping in 💤
Reading ahead for classes 💪

---Add your plan in the comments!
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