The following graduate students received LSO Winter-Spring Conference Awards to present their research in the 2019-2020 academic year. Congratulations! Ping-Lin Chuang, presenting ‘Validating the diagnostic potential of a profile-based writing scale: Examination of argument structure and quality’ at 2021 American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Virtual Conference Adetutu Fabusoro, presenting ‘Linguistics Landscape’ at Illinois TESOL/BE […]
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Wig and Wine
The LSO’s first get-together of this academic year (Wig and Wine event) was organized over Zoom in a low key setting last week, Saturday October 24th, 2020. Everyone had an enjoyable time getting to know each other, exchanging stories and experiences. Please stay tuned for the next event! wigandwineevent
January 2018 Social at the Blind Pig on Neil
Just a reminder that our January LSO Social will be tonight (1/23) at 7:00 at the Blind Pig. We will grab a table and be there for a couple of hours, feel free to stop by whenever you can. Hope to see you there! LSO Board
November 2017 Social at the Blind Pig on Neil
Just a reminder that our November LSO Social will be tomorrow (11/29) night at 7:00 at the Blind Pig. We will grab a table and be there for a couple of hours, feel free to stop by whenever you can. Hope to see you there! LSO Board
Beginning Researchers Discussion Group
If you are interested in getting started with doing research, you should check out the Beginning Researchers Discussion Group. It’s all about everything you need to get started with original research! http://publish.illinois.edu/djross3/teaching/research-group/
How do I get a job in academia? Part 1
This article is the result of a presentation given by Professor Darren Tanner on October 17, 2014. The fact that you are in graduate school, getting a degree in Linguistics, indicates that you are likely looking for a job in academia post-graduation. This isn’t to say that you won’t look for some other job, but […]
Reporting Wireless Problems
If by chance you happen to have any problems with the wireless internet, either in a classroom or in your office, you may report the issue to: consult@illinois.edu With the following in the email: Your name and contact info What the complaint is, room number where you experienced it, and a narrow time frame of when it […]
Fall BBQ
We had a great opportunity to get together as an LSO along with some faculty and families this past Saturday. It was great to play games, get to know each other a bit more, and just hang out. Good food – good people – good times.
Updating your personal profile
How to edit your profile on the Linguistics Department website written by Prof. Peter Lasersohn Profiles are generated from information in the LAS “CVStorage” database. This database allows you to enter a lot of information, but only some of it is used in generating your profile. (But if you are affiliated with another department that generates […]
Need help on your research?
Written by: Amelia Kimball Ever wanted some help with simple research tasks? Ever wanted to mentor a new linguist? Consider getting an undergraduate research assistant! If you are working on a research project supervised by a faculty member AND you and the faculty member agree that there is part of your project that an undergrad could do […]