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- The 2013 Linguistic Institute has issued a call for course proposals, with a February 17 deadline.
Delegates, Liaisons, and Representatives
The LSA maintains delegates and liaisons to a variety of other organizations. Delegates represent the LSA at the meetings of organizations in which the Society has an abiding interest in having a voice. They file formal reports on the meetings and are eligible for up to $500 per year to reimburse the expenses they incur in attending the meeting of the related society.
Liaisons represent the LSA at the meetings of organizations which have interests overlapping with those of the Society. They are not required to file a formal report, and are asked to serve on a volunteer basis. Liaisons are asked to identify themselves as such at the meeting of the other organization, and should be prepared to answer questions about the LSA and direct interested parties to the LSA web site. They are encouraged to inform the Secretariat of events and activities in the other organization which may be of interest to LSA members, but are not required to file a formal report.
You are encouraged to explore the links below, to volunteer yourself as a Liaison, and to suggest additional organizations to which the LSA might wish to send Liaisons.
I. Organizations to which the LSA has Delegates
American Association for the Advancement of Science
(Section Z: Linguistics and the Language Sciences)
David Lightfoot, National Science Foundation (2013)
(Section J: Psychology)
Karen Emmorey, San Diego State University (2013)American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
Tom Wasow, Stanford University (2013)Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)
Emily Bender, University of WashingtonConsortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA)
David Lightfoot, Georgetown UniversityPermanent International Committee of Linguists (CIPL)
Stephen Anderson, Yale UniversityUnicode
Christopher Little, University of California, Berkeley, Primary (2010)
Russell Nekorchuk, University of Florida, Secondary (2010)II. Organizations to which the LSA has Liaisons
The LSA is currently building its roster of liaisons to other organizations. Below are a few examples of organizations with which we would like to have such a relationship. If you are interested in volunteering as a Liaison to one of these organizations, or if you would like to suggest an organization for inclusion in this list (and volunteer to be a Liaison to it), please contact Alyson Reed, Executive Director of the LSA.
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
Adam Buchwald, New York UniversityAmerican Anthropological Association (AAA)
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
American Psychological Association (APA)
Association for Psychological Science (APS)
Cognitive Science Society (CSS)
International Organization for Standardization Technical Committee 37 (ISO/TC 37)
Mike Maxwell, University of MarylandInternational Phonetic Association (IPA)
Modern Language Association (MLA)
III. Organizations to which the LSA has Representatives
AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition
Michel DeGraff, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alyson Reed, Linguistic Society of AmericaCoalition for the Academic Workforce
Alyson Reed, Linguistic Society of AmericaNational Humanities Alliance
Alyson Reed, Linguistic Society of AmericaThe Joint National Committee on Languages
Alyson Reed, Linguistic Society of America
