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Dr. Rebekha Abbuhl profile, smiling facing forward

Dr. Rebekha Abbuhl

Graduate advisor

Second language acquisition; second language writing; research methods; statistics for linguistic research

Office Location: Zoom

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Michael Ahland profile

Dr. Michael Ahland
 

Undergraduate advisor

Syntax; typology; historical linguistics; evolution of grammar; language documentation; Omotic, Ethiopian-Semitic, and Uto-Aztecan languages

Office Location: PSY-409 / Zoom

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Anna Bax profile

Dr. Anna Bax

Sociocultural linguistics, language ideologies, Tu’un Savi (Mixtec) language, language maintenance and shift

Office Location: PSY-403 / Zoom

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Dr. Michael Fender profile

Dr. Michael Fender

First and second language literacy acquisition

Office Location: PSY-405

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Malcom Finney profile

Dr. Malcolm Finney

Interim Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs

Language acquisition; bilingualism; Pidgin & Creole studies

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Dr. Nancy Hall

Department chair

Phonetics; phonology; corpus linguistics; Semitic languages

Office Location: PSY-118

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Dr. Sarvenaz Hatami profile

Dr. Sarvenaz Hatami

TESOL; second language acquisition; second language teacher education

Office Location: PSY-415 / Zoom

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Wendy Klein profile

Dr. Wendy Klein

Language and culture; sociolinguistics; linguistic and cultural anthropology; ethnography of communication; Japanese

Office Location: PSY-407 / Zoom

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Rezenet Moges-Riedel profile

Dr. Rezenet Moges-Riedel

Office Location: PSY-433 / Zoom

 

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Dr. Barbara LeMaster

Founder, ASLD program

Deaf sign languages; language and gender

 

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Wanette Reynolds profile

Dr. Wanette Reynolds

Bimodal bilingual language development; sign language acquisition; referent cohesion in sign languages; narrative development; heritage signers

Office Location: PSY-413

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Itxaso Rodriguez profile

Dr. Itxaso Rodriguez

Sociolinguistics; Language Acquisition; Lab Phonetics; Bilingualism; Language and Social Justice; Spanish in the U.S.

Office Location: PSY-411 / Zoom

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Dr. Amir Sharifi

Literacy socialization; Persian orthographic tradition; language and education; Kurdish as a heritage language.

Office Location: PSY-438F / Zoom

 

Lecturers

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Colleen Ahland profile

Dr. Colleen Ahland

Nilo-Saharan languages; historical-comparative linguistics; syntax; semantics; language documentation; endangered languages; typology; descriptive linguistics; linguistic fieldwork; Ethiopian languages

Office Location: Zoom

Email: Colleen.Ahland@csulb.edu

 

 

Dr. Matthew Davidson

Language documentation; Language typology; Historical linguistics; Wakashan languages

Office Location: Zoom

Phone: (562) 985-5051

Email: Matthew.Davidson@csulb.edu

 

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Ranida Delarosa

Language acquisition; Southeast Asian dialects

Office Location: F05-231

Email: Ranida.Delarosa@csulb.edu

 

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Dr. Joseph Galasso

Syntactic processing; Language acquisition

Office Location: Zoom

Email: Joseph.Galasso@csun.edu

 

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Kelicia Galvin profile

Kelicia Galvin

TESOL multiskills, ESL grammar, and ESL writing

Email: Kelicia.Galvin@csulb.edu

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Petra Lott profile

Dr. Petra Lott

Psycholinguistics; Aphasia; Linguistic effects of depression; German

Office Location: FO5-231

Phone: (562) 985-4835

Email: Petra.Lott@csulb.edu

 

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Melissa Maceyko profile

Dr. Melissa Maceyko

Office Location: FO3-318

Phone: (562) 985-5170

Email: Melissa.Maceyko@csulb.edu

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Thomas Motter profile

Dr. Thomas Motter

Indo-European linguistics, syntax, semantics

Office Location: PSY-438E/p>

Email: Thomas.Motter@csulb.edu

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Sergio Sandoval Sanchez profile

Sergio Sandoval Sanchez

Phonology; Modern English Grammar

Office Location: PSY-438G / Zoom

Email: Sergio.SandovalSanchez@csulb.edu

 

 

Emeritus Faculty

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John AttinasiDr. John Attinasi
Robert HertzDr. Robert Hertz
Lorraine Kumpf

Dr. Lorraine Kumpf

Lorraine.Kumpf@csulb.edu

Discourse and grammar; functional syntax; formulaicity; African languages

Xiaoping Liang

Dr. Xiaoping Liang

Xiaoping.Liang@csulb.edu

Carol Lord

Dr. Carol Lord

Carol.Lord@csulb.edu

Language structures and historical change; language proficiency and assessments; literacy

 

In Memoriam

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Alexandra Jaffe profile

Dr. Alexandra Jaffe
 

Linguistic anthropology; sociolinguistics; Corsica; minority languages; education; media

Pamela BunteDr. Pamela Bunte
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Dr. Stephen Ross
Sara SmithDr. Sara Smith