- The Executive Committee of the LSA will be holding its Spring meeting on 9-10 May, 2008, in Washington, DC. For further information, contact Katha Kissman.
- Nominations for the Leonard Bloomfield Book Award are due 1 June, 2008.
- Nominations for the LSA's "Linguistics, Language and the Public" Award will be accepted until 1 June, 2008.
Student Issues and Concerns (COSIAC)
2008
Background
Established in 2007.
Responsibilities
To address issues and concerns of student members; to review services currently provided to student members (e.g., the Student Mixer at the Annual Meeting), with an eye to expanding and improving them; and to make recommendations to the Executive Committee on ways to increase student participation and involvement in LSA activities. It is expected that this Committee will be composed primarily of student members.
Membership
Composed primarily of students. At least 6 members, serving staggered three-year terms plus the Bloch Fellow ex officio.
Committee Members
Michael Frank (student member), Chair, MIT (2009)
Daniel Altshuler (student member), Rutgers University (2008)
Masayuki Gibson (student member), Cornell University (2009)
Meredith Larson (student member), Northwestern University (2010)
Yaron McNabb (student member), University of Chicago (2010)
Denis Paperno (student member) (2008)
Tyler Schnoebelen (student member), Stanford University (2009)
