Student Conference in Linguistics & TESOL
The keynote speaker for the 20th annual UT Arlington Student Conference in Linguistics & TESOL is Dr. Robert Fiorentino. More details on the 20th UTASCILT 2013 page.
LINGUA
LINGUA is a student-run linguistics organization at The University of Texas at Arlington. Lingua organizes departmental get-togethers and also puts together the annual student linguistics conference at UT Arlington (UTASCILT) with linguistic scholars from around the world.
Lingua has encouraged, supported, and fostered the study of lesser-studied languages of the world, such as Akposso, Kam, Kadai, Kurdish, Thai, Hausa, Bai, Bulgarian, Vietnamese, Mixe-Zoque, Tamil, Panjabi, Sinhala, Sanskrit, Greek, Hebrew, Angas, Yi, Taiwanese, Korean, Japanese, Mandarin, Jarai, and Albanian. Lingua's past and current members have conducted research in Albania, Cambodia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Liberia, India, Pakistan, Australia, Mexico, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan, China, Korea, Japan, Russia and all corners of the globe!
Membership
A regular Lingua membership may be held by anyone who is enrolled with the registrar at UT Arlington as taking a University course for credit. An associate membership may be held by anyone else. Contact Lingua at lingua@uta.edu for more information.
Lingua's 2013-2014 officers
- President: Jessica Rohr
- Vice President: Darcey Browning
- Secretary: Daniel Amy
- Treasurer: Ehsan Shafiee Zargar
Lingua's 2012-2013 officers
- President: Iya Khelm
- Vice President: Monica Nesbitt
- Secretary: Justin Fuller
- Treasurer: Samantha Cornelius
