LSA Bulletin
October 2004
Bulletin Board
LSA Committee on Ethnic Diversity in Linguistics
Minority Scholar Survey
CEDL is conducting a survey of minority scholars in the field to determine how the recruitment and retention of minority linguists might be improved. We are, therefore, asking undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty members in linguistics who are members of minority groups in the US to participate in this survey. For the purposes of this survey, the term 'minority' refers to "members of racial and ethnic groups in the US that have been historically disenfranchised in the US and are traditionally underrepresented in higher education in general, and in linguistics in particular". This includes, but is not limited to, African Americans, Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Native Americans. To download the survey, please visit the CEDL website at: http://www.lsadc.org/committees/index.php?aaa=ethnic.htm. The completed survey may be returned by email to: mreynolds@lsadc.org or snail mail to: Margaret Reynolds, LSA, 1325 18 St, NW, Suite 211, Washington, DC 20036-6501. The deadline for receipt of responses is 1 December 2004. If you have any questions regarding the survey itself, please contact Tracey Weldon, the 2004 CEDL chair (weldont@gwm.sc.edu).
Mentoring Program
CEDL is organizing a mentoring system for minorities in linguistics. If you would like to be a mentor, please contact Ana Celia Zentella at: azentella@ucsd.edu. If you would like to receive mentoring, please check the CEDL website (http://www.lsadc.org/committees/index.php?aaa=ethnic.htm) for more details.
New Interdisciplinary PhD Program
Michigan State University has established an interdisciplinary PhD Program in Second Language Studies. The program is designed to prepare students to conduct research in the field of second/foreign language learning and teaching. The first students will be admitted for fall 2005. Further information is available at: http://www.msu.edu/user/sls.
NSF Director Nominated
On 15 September 2004, the President nominated Arden L. Bement, Jr., to be the next Director of NSF. Dr. Bement currently serves as the Acting Director of NSF.
In Memoriam
James R. Frith (Bentonville, VA)