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- The 2013 Linguistic Institute has issued a call for course proposals, with a February 17 deadline.
Student Resources
This area of the site offers information about resources of particular interest to student members.
Links of Interest to Students
The Committee on Student Issues and Concerns (COSIAC) provides an opportunity for students to make their voices heard on issues of particular interest.
The LSA Linguistic Institute, held in odd-numbered summers, provides an intensive program of conferences, workshops, and courses taught by leading scholars from throughout the field. Support is available for the Institute, including the Bloch and other named fellowships.
The LSA provides general guidelines for graduate study, and our Directory of Programs and Departments and Membership Directory allow prospective students to fine-tune their search by area of specialization, region, language, or language family.
The LSA provides resources for job interviewees, including a variety of student-centered activities at the Annual Meeting, a guide to jobs and interviewing in our field, and a job interview service available at no charge to annual meeting registrants.
The LSA provides one year's free membership in the Society to recent recipients of the Ph.D. degree in recognition of this signal scholarly achievement as well as the straitened financial circumstances in which many recent graduates find themselves.
Other links of interest to students
- Fields of Linguistics
- Guidelines for Giving an LSA Paper
- LSA Poster FAQs
- FAQ: Why Major in Linguistics?
- The Benefits of Student Membership (PDF)
- National Research Council 2010 Doctoral Program Rankings
- AAAS Career Development: Mastering Your Ph.D.
- AAAS Career Basics Booklet
- AAAS Careers in Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences - Index of Articles
- Data on linguistics faculty, students, and other key indicators
Additional Links (restricted to current LSA members)
Get Involved
Students are also encouraged to get involved with the LSA by serving on one of many LSA committees. In particular, the Committee on Student Issues and Concerns, chaired by the Bloch Fellow, is intended to be composed primarily of students. View a complete list of the LSA's committees.
If you are interested in nominating yourself to serve on one of these committees, contact David Robinson, Director of Membership and Meetings. Please include the name(s) of the committee(s) for which you would like to be nominated as well as a brief statement indicating for each committee your background, interest, and qualifications