Fellows

Who are LSA Fellows?

Current members of LSA are eligible for election as Fellows if they have at least four years of continuous membership at the time of their nomination* and who have made distinguished contributions to the advancement, generation, promotion, or dissemination of the knowledge of linguistics or the fostering of its practical applications, or who have rendered conspicuous service to the Society, shall be eligible for election as LSA Fellows.

The following items will be considered when reviewing nominations:

Contributions to linguistics as a discipline as evidenced, for example, by publications and presentations, patents, projects, or other significant work in linguistics.
Furthering linguistic knowledge and fostering its practical applications in industry, government or society at large.
Awards received from LSA or closely related societies.
Contributions to the teaching or dissemination of knowledge of linguistics
Leadership activities in other closely related organizations.
Contributions to language communities.
An appropriate level of involvement in LSA. The definition of “appropriate” will depend on the candidate’s circumstances. Participation in Society activities includes but is not limited to things such as publishing in LSA journals, serving as a volunteer leader as a journal Associate Editor, committee or SIG chair, reviewer for LSA publications, presenter or session chair at LSA meetings, mentor through LSA sponsored mentoring programs, or At-large member of the Executive Committee. It might also include teaching at Linguistics Institutes and leading or teaching at CoLang.
A member of the Society who has served as an elected officer (i.e. President or Secretary- Treasurer) or Editor of an LSA journal or as a (co)Director of a Linguistic Institute, shall be nominated for election as a Fellow upon conclusion of service in that office.

*The Bylaws state that “current members are eligible for election if they have at least four years of continuous membership at the time of their nomination.”

Nomination and Selection of Fellows

According to the LSA Constitution and Bylaws, up to eight members may be recognized as Fellows each year by the at-large members of the Executive Committee, who are to select from among eligible individuals nominated by any member of the Society in good standing. Current members are eligible for election if they have at least four years of continuous membership at the time of their nomination. Nominations may be made to the Secretariat, which will issue a call each year and prepare a list of nominees for consideration. The Secretariat will confirm that the nominee is a member in good standing before preparing the ballot.

No member of the Executive Committee will be eligible for election as a Fellow while serving in that office. Members who are Fellows may be nominated to serve as Officers or on the Executive Committee.

Additional guidance was approved by the LSA Executive Committee on February 8, 2019, and amended on July 28, 2021.

When considering nominations of fellows, the at-large members of the Executive Committee shall strive to ensure that the total population of LSA Fellows reflects:

Diversity of subfields;
Demographic diversity;
The highest standards of professional conduct.

Nominations of women and underrepresented ethnic minorities are especially encouraged.

Selection

The at-large members of the Executive Committee shall meet in confidential session to discuss the merits of each nominee prior to voting, consulting with other members of the Executive Committee as deemed appropriate or necessary.

A member of the Society who has served as an Officer of the Society (i.e., President or Secretary-Treasurer), as Editor of an LSA journal, or as (co)Director of a Linguistic Institute, shall be recognized as a Fellow upon conclusion of service in that office. The initial set of Fellows shall include all current members of the Society who have held any of these offices.

From the LSA Constitution (Article II, No. 8) and Bylaws (Pursuant to Article II, No. 4).

LSA Fellows by Year of Induction

2026

John Beavers
Spike Gildea
Kaori Idemaru
Volya Kapatsinski
Laura Wagner
Ronnie Wilbur

2025

Grant Goodall
Sun-Ah Jun
Jeffrey Lidz
Louise McNally
Andrea D. Sims

2024

Ana Arregui
Lisa Lai-Shen Cheng
Kristin Denham
Jeff Good
Gregory R. Guy
Kyle Brian Johnson
Christine Mallinson
Alec Marantz

2023

Michel DeGraff
Ashwini Deo
Lenore Grenoble
Ceil Lucas
William O'Grady
Eric Potsdam
Arthur Spears
William S-Y Wang

2022

Robert Bayley
Diane Brentari
Anne H. Charity Hudley
Elizabeth Hume
Pauline Jacobson
Laura Michaelis
Natalie Schilling

2021

Mark Baker
David Beaver
Megan Crowhurst
Colleen Fitzgerald
Sonja Lanehart
Richard Larson
Anne Lobeck
Ricardo Otheguy
Graham Thurgood

2020

Raul Aranovich
Juliette Blevins
Claire Bowern
Mary Bucholtz
Ives Goddard
Nina Hyams
Sharon Inkelas
Monica Macaulay
Miriam Meyerhoff
Rena Torres Cacoullos
Georgia Zellou

2019

Karen Emmorey
Heidi Harley
Dan Jurafsky

2018

Rusty Barrett
Patrice Beddor
Patrick Farrell
Andrew Hippisley
Salikoko S. Mufwene
Colin Phillips
Joe Salmons
Gillian Sankoff

2017

Marlyse Baptista
Greg Carlson
Nora C. England (D)
Gregory Stump
Sali Tagliamonte
Anthony C. Woodbury

2016

Karlos Arregi
Robert Blust
Jonathan Bobaljik
Eve V. Clark
William Croft
Kai von Fintel
Lisa Green
Sabine Iatridou
Maria Polinsky
Alan Yu

2015

John Baugh
Lyle Campbell
Andries Coetzee
C.-T. James Huang
Ellen Kaisse
Patricia Keating
Donna Jo Napoli
Robin Queen
Bernard Spolsky (D)
Donca Steriade
Thomas Wasow

2014

Hagit Borer
Wallace Chafe (D)
Gennaro Chierchia
Lyn Frazier
Adele Goldberg
Beth Levin
Philip Rubin
Don Winford

2013

Edwin Battistella
Ellen Broselow
Hans Henrich Hock
Jane Hill (D)
Johanna Nichols
David Pesetsky
Dennis Preston
Thomas Roeper
Deborah Tannen

2012

Penelope Eckert
Louis Goldstein
Jorge Hankamer
Alice Harris
Irene Heim
Angelika Kratzer
John J McCarthy
Richard Meier
Janet Pierrehumbert
Elisabeth Selkirk

2011

Joseph E. Aoun
Mary Beckman
B Elan Dresher
Anthony Kroch (D)
William Ladusaw
Diane Lillo-Martin
James McCloskey
Carol A Padden

2010

Peter Culicover
Stanley Peters
Susan Goldin-Meadow
Mark Liberman
John Rickford
John J Ohala (D)
Brian D. Joseph
Ellen Prince (D)

2009

Stephen Anderson
Sheila Blumstein
Andrew Garrett
Bruce Hayes
Edward L Keenan
Michael E Krauss (D)
Joan Maling
Shana Poplack
Keren Rice
Roger Shuy
Dan Slobin
Gregory Ward

2008

Judith Aissen
Paul Chapin (D)
John Goldsmith
Jay H. Jasanoff
Richard Kayne
Howard Lasnik
Sally McConnell-Ginet
Marianne Mithun
Geoffrey K. Pullum
Jerrold Sadock
Ivan Sag (D)

2007

Mark Aronoff
Avram Noam Chomsky
Sandra Chung
Bernard Comrie
Laurence Horn
Larry M. Hyman
Paul Kiparsky
David Lightfoot
Lise Menn
Steven Pinker
Sandra A Thompson

2006

Arthur S Abramson (D)
Emmon Bach (D)
Joan Bresnan
William Bright (D)
Joan L Bybee
Charles John Fillmore (D)
Janet Dean Fodor (D)
Lila R Gleitman (D)
Morris Halle (D)
Eric P Hamp (D)
Dell H Hymes (D)
Ray Jackendoff
William Labov
D Terence Langendoen
Ilse Lehiste (D)
Winfred P. Lehmann (D)
Frederick J Newmeyer
Eugene A Nida (D)
Barbara H Partee
David Perlmutter
Sarah Thomason
Elizabeth C Traugott
Calvert Watkins (D)
Walt Wolfram
Arnold Zwicky