Updates from around campus
In the Child Phonology Lab at Stores Road Annex, PhD candidate Sijia Zhang models a stylish vintage nasometer, this year’s must-have accessory for measuring nasal vs. oral airflow during phonetics/phonology dissertation research.
In December 2024, the students in Chris Hammerly’s LING431 Field Methods class presented their ongoing research on Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe), with data from consultant Ogimaawigwanebiik (Nancy Jones) from Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation, at Koerner library
In November 2024, SALSA organized their annual Labs of Ling event – this year with record attendance! — where many of the department’s Research Labs showcased their research opportunities for undergrads.
From L-R: Michael David Schwan (PhD candidate), Jeannie Harris and Barbara Sennott; Gitksan language elicitation session at Totem Field Studios, April 2025
UBC linguists out in the world
Oksana Tkachman (PhD, 2022) and Emily Sadlier-Brown (PhD candidate), both presenters at the IMPRS 2024 conference in Nijmegen, the Netherlands
UBC students and faculty at Sinn and Bedeutung29, C.U.M.O., Noto, Sicily, September 2024. From L-R: Ana Arrieta-Zamudio; Ryan Bochnak; Starr Sandoval; Daniel Reisinger
From L-R: Dr. Ron Ignace (member of the Secwépemc (Shuswap) Nation and chief of the Skeetchestn Band); Michelle Kamigaki-Baron (PhD student); Dr. Larry Kimura (grandfather of the Hawaiian revitalization movement, and Professor, Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani, College of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo); Jessica Arnouse (Secwépemc Language Authority Representative). At the International Conference on Language Documentation and Revitalization, March 2025
