Faculty

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Image	Dr. Rebekha Abbuhl Graduate advisor Second language acquisition; second language writing; research methods; statistics for linguistic research Office Location: Zoom
Image	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
Image	Dr. Anna Bax Sociocultural linguistics, language ideologies, Tu’un Savi (Mixtec) language, language maintenance and shift Office Location: PSY-403 / Zoom
Image	Dr. Michael Fender First and second language literacy acquisition Office Location: PSY-405
Image	Dr. Malcolm Finney Interim Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs Language acquisition; bilingualism; Pidgin & Creole studies
Image	Dr. Nancy Hall Department chair Phonetics; phonology; corpus linguistics; Semitic languages Office Location: PSY-118
Image	Dr. Sarvenaz Hatami TESOL; second language acquisition; second language teacher education Office Location: PSY-415 / Zoom
Image	Dr. Wendy Klein Language and culture; sociolinguistics; linguistic and cultural anthropology; ethnography of communication; Japanese Office Location: PSY-407 / Zoom
Image	Dr. Rezenet Moges-Riedel Office Location: PSY-433 / Zoom
Image	Dr. Barbara LeMaster Founder, ASLD program Deaf sign languages; language and gender
Image	Dr. Wanette Reynolds Bimodal bilingual language development; sign language acquisition; referent cohesion in sign languages; narrative development; heritage signers Office Location: PSY-413
Image	Dr. Itxaso Rodriguez Sociolinguistics; Language Acquisition; Lab Phonetics; Bilingualism; Language and Social Justice; Spanish in the U.S. Office Location: PSY-411 / Zoom
Image	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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Image	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
Image	Ranida Delarosa Language acquisition; Southeast Asian dialects Office Location: F05-231 Email: Ranida.Delarosa@csulb.edu
Image	Dr. Joseph Galasso Syntactic processing; Language acquisition Office Location: Zoom Email: Joseph.Galasso@csun.edu
Image	Kelicia Galvin TESOL multiskills, ESL grammar, and ESL writing Email: Kelicia.Galvin@csulb.edu
Image	Dr. Petra Lott Psycholinguistics; Aphasia; Linguistic effects of depression; German Office Location: FO5-231 Phone: (562) 985-4835 Email: Petra.Lott@csulb.edu
Image	Dr. Melissa Maceyko Office Location: FO3-318 Phone: (562) 985-5170 Email: Melissa.Maceyko@csulb.edu
Image	Dr. Thomas Motter Indo-European linguistics, syntax, semantics Office Location: PSY-438E/p> Email: Thomas.Motter@csulb.edu Website: https://tcmotter.wordpress.com/
Image	Sergio Sandoval Sanchez Phonology; Modern English Grammar Office Location: PSY-438G / Zoom Email: Sergio.SandovalSanchez@csulb.edu

Emeritus Faculty

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	Dr. John Attinasi
	Dr. Robert Hertz
	Dr. Lorraine Kumpf Lorraine.Kumpf@csulb.edu Discourse and grammar; functional syntax; formulaicity; African languages
	Dr. Xiaoping Liang Xiaoping.Liang@csulb.edu
	Dr. Carol Lord Carol.Lord@csulb.edu Language structures and historical change; language proficiency and assessments; literacy

In Memoriam

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Image	Dr. Alexandra Jaffe Linguistic anthropology; sociolinguistics; Corsica; minority languages; education; media
	Dr. Pamela Bunte
Image	Dr. Stephen Ross
	Dr. Sara Smith