Anna Stacey Successfully Defends MA Thesis on Cross-Lingual Glossing for Northern Interior Languages
We are pleased to announce that MA student Anna Stacey has successfully defended her thesis titled “Automatic Glossing for Northern Interior Languages Featuring Cross-Lingual Enhancements.” Her research was supervised by Dr. Miikka Silfverberg, with committee members Dr. Henry Davis and Dr. Garrett Nicolai. Anna’s project addresses the urgent need for efficient language documentation by exploring […]
Linguistics Faculty Honored at Dean of Arts Reception
At this year’s Dean of Arts annual reception, several members of the Department of Linguistics were recognized for their outstanding achievements in research and teaching. Among the honorees were: Henry Davis, recipient of both the Dean of Arts Award and the King Charles III Coronation Medal Kathleen Hall, recipient of the Killam Teaching Prize (pictured) […]
Congratulations to This Year’s TA Award Recipients
We are pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Departmental Teaching Assistant Awards. Suyuan Liu (Graduate Student) Reed Steiner (Graduate Student) Victor Wong (Undergraduate Student) These awards recognize exceptional contributions to teaching and support in our courses. The announcement was originally shared following the recent QP presentations, and we’re delighted to formally acknowledge their […]
A Retirement Party and Festschrift for Doug Pulleyblank!
On Monday April 28th, the Department threw a surprise retirement party for Doug Pulleyblank, who will be retiring in June 2025 after 34 years as a UBC Linguistics faculty member.
A Q&A with Henry Davis
We asked veteran professor, fieldworker, syntactician and contrarian Henry Davis, who has won multiple awards this year, to reflect on his recent work and experiences.
2025 Alumni Q&A
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Farewell to Dr. Jungyeul Park
In June 2025, the MDS Computational Linguistics program is saying goodbye to our lecturer Dr. Jungyeul Park. Jungyeul joined the MDS-CL program in 2021 with a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the Université Paris Diderot (Paris VII). Over the past four years Jungyeul has played many roles: he taught LING 242: “Computational Tools for Linguistic Analysis”, […]
Kathleen Hall Receives 2024–25 UBC Killam Teaching Prize
We are delighted to share that Dr. Kathleen Hall has been awarded a 2024–25 UBC Killam Teaching Prize! This prestigious award recognizes faculty members who have demonstrated excellence in teaching, as nominated by students, colleagues, and alumni. The Killam Teaching Prize is awarded annually, and recipients are honoured at UBC’s graduation ceremonies. This year, Kathleen […]
Honouring Vi Birdstone: Ktunaxa Elder and Linguistics Collaborator to Receive UBC Doctor of Letters
UBC Linguistics is very excited to share the news that Ktunaxa Elder and longtime friend of the department, Vi Birdstone, will be receiving a UBC Doctor of Letters during spring graduation on May 23, 2025! A Ktunaxa speaker from ʔaq̓am (Cranbrook) BC, Vi has served five times since 2011 as a consultant for our department’s […]
Gloria Mellesmoen successfully defends her dissertation
We are happy to announce that Gloria Mellesmoen successfully defended her dissertation entitled ‘The Grammar of Salish Reduplication’ this morning (Wednesday March 19th). Supervisory Committee: Henry Davis (supervisor), Gunnar Hansson and Lisa Matthewson University Examiners: Stefan Dollinger (English) and Doug Pulleyblank (Linguistics) External Examiner: Peter Svenonius (University of the Arctic, Tromsø, Norway) Congratulations, Dr. […]