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LSA Bulletin
June 2005

Changes Ahead

2006 Annual Meeting Info

2006 Annual Meeting Call for Participation

2006 Annual Meeting Preregistration Form (pdf)

Abstract Submittal Form (pdf)

Program Committee Guidelines and Abstract Specifications

Slate of Candidates for 2006

LSA Committee on Ethnic Diversity in Linguistics

Executive Committee Report

Grants

Acknowledgements

Language Documentation:
Theory, Practice, and Values

Linguistics, Language, and the Public Award

Honorary Members

Forthcoming Conferences

Job Opportunities

Bulletin Board

The Ken Hale Chair

Nota Bene

Bulletin Board

Congratulations

The following students were awarded an NSF Graduate Fellowship in
Linguistics or Linguistic Anthropology in 2005:

Anna Babel (U of Michigan)
Leah Bateman (U of Massachusetts-Amherst
Charles Chang (U of California-Berkeley)
Hilaria Cruz (U of Texas-Austin)
Amy Rose Deal (Stanford U)
Kathryn Graber (U of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
Angie Heo (U of California-Berkeley)
Abby Shoun (U of California-Santa Cruz)
Elizabeth Smith (Ohio SU)
Maziar Toosarvandani (U of California-Berkeley)
Adam Wayment (Johns Hopkins U)


The following students received an Honorable Mention:

Cynthia Anderson (U of Texas-Austin)
Eriko Atagi (U of Texas-Austin)
Molly Babel (U of California-Berkeley)
Kara Becker (New York U)
Paula Chesley (SUNY-Buffalo)
Diana Gibraiel (U of British Columbia)
Ivan Hovermale (Ohio SU)
Ruth Kramer (U of California-Santa Cruz)
Gwendolyn Lowes (U of Oregon-Eugene)
Nicole Marcus (U of California-Berkeley)
Frances Marti (U of California-Los Angeles)
Stephen Meiners (U of Texas-Austin)
Carolyn O'Meara (SUNY-Buffalo)
Victoria Philp (U of California-Los Angeles)
Kyle Rawlins (U of California-Santa Cruz)
Laura Robinson (U of Hawaii)
Daniel Roth (U of California-Santa Cruz)
Colin Sprague (U of Chicago)
Nola Stephens (Stanford U)
James Thompson (U of British Columbia)
Holman Tse
Matthew Wagers (U of Maryland)
Benjamin Wing (U of Texas-Austin)

N.b. The deadline for applying for a 2006 NSF Graduate Fellowship is 4
November 2005. Visit https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/grfp/ for more
information.

John Beaver (Stanford U) received a 2005-2006 Mellon Dissertation Year Fellowship.

George Cardona (U Penn) is now Professor Emeritus of Linguistics.

Ashwini Deo (Stanford U) received a 2005-2006 Geballe Dissertation Year Fellowship.

Arnold Zwicky (Stanford U) received a fellowship at the Stanford Humanities Center for academic year 2005-06.

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation: James R. Dow (IA SU) and John A. Lucy (U Chicago) received fellowships in the 2005 competition.

Centre for Cognitive Science (U Polytech Turin) Mind and Brain Prize: Jerry Fodor (Rutgers U) and James McClelland (Carnegie Mellon U) received the Mind and Brain Prize, honoring distinguished researchers in the field of cognitive science, at the 27th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (July 2005).

National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL): Dora Johnson (CAL) was awarded the A. Ronald Walton Award in recognition of a career of distinguished service on behalf of less commonly taught languages.

ASL as a Foreign Language

Following a vote by the faculty of the Boston University College of Arts and Sciences on 16 March 2005, American Sign Language will be accepted for satisfaction of the college foreign language requirements for both undergraduate and graduate students. Details about recent history and the specific policy changes are available from: http://www.bu.edu/asllrp/fl/.

New CASBS Director

The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences announced the appointment of Claude M. Steele as the seventh director of the center, effective 1 September 2005. Dr. Steele is currently the Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences at Stanford and director of Stanford's Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity.

Professional Masters in Computational Linguistics

The University of Washington announces a one-year program designed to give students training in computational linguistics required for positions in the field. The 12 months of full-time study prepare students for a variety of positions including jobs as translation technology specialists and linguistic data specialists. The program also offers an optional internship providing students with hands-on experience, as well as monthly guest lectures. Information on this program is available at: http://www.compling.washington.edu/compling/.

In Memoriam

John B. Carroll (Fairbanks, AK)
William C. Mann (Lancaster, SC)
A. Hood Roberts (Jacksonville, FL)
Timothy Shopen (Australian Ntl U)
Bonifacio Sibayan (Philippines Normal U)
William Staley (Grand Marais, MN)