Department Committee Membership History
UCLA Linguistics Department
Committee Memberships that were in Effect 2002-2003
Colloquium: Patricia Keating, Shabnam Shademan, Christina Esposito, Lumme Erilt
(Committee to be constituted in Spring Quarter in order to begin plans for the next academic year.)
Duties: Solicit requests for speakers. Contact potential speakers and arrange for their visits. Keep track of invited speaker budget. Circulate quarter lists of Colloquium speakers, updates on Colloquia during the quarter, and announcements for individual Colloquia. Maintain contact with invited speakers in order to solicit abstracts of talks for circulation at the appropriate time and apprise them of time, place, etc. for their talks. Make arrangements for social activities associated with the Colloquium, if appropriate, e.g. lunch or a social hour afterward. [ See Colloquium Guidelines for Student and Faculty Hosts]
Computer Lab: Jami Jesek and the Front Office Coordinator
Duties: Committee Chair orders new machines when we can get them and fields complaints about lack of upkeep. Front Office Coordinator maintains the room (paper, ink, whatever).
Course Scheduling: Dominique Sportiche
(no description of duties on file)
Desk Czar(ina): Jill Gilkerson
The Desk Czar(ina) assigns desk space to students and visitors.
Fellowship Committee: Anoop Mahajan, Susie Curtiss, Hilda Koopman
Duties: rank order applications for DYFs and Mentorships and related instruments
First Year Adviser: Patricia Keating
Duties: Help plan and conduct orientation session, and meet individually with all new graduate students, during Fall Quarter prior to registration. In consultation with relevant faculty, determine deficiencies which might prevent students from taking required courses, and whether courses taken elsewhere can satisfy any UCLA requirements. Advise students on choice of elective courses. Meet with students and sign study lists each quarter. Advise students on meeting requirements in practical phonetics, foreign language, and eligibility to TA. In cooperation with Colloquium Committee, arrange Ling. 411 (continuing orientation) sessions during Fall and Winter quarters.
Graduate Admissions: Carson Schutze, Daniel Buring, Kie Zuraw, and Marcus Smith
Duties: Evaluate applications for admission and allocate support to new and continuing students.
Graduate Linguistics Circle: President: Eric Jackson; Vice-President: Mariame Sy
The Graduate Linguistics Circle is the official organization of graduate students in the UCLA Linguistics Department.
Language Examination: Raimo Anttila
Duties: Inform students of time and place of quarterly language reading examinations. Designate faculty members who will set the reading passages and correct the exams. Supervise the exams themselves. Verify satisfaction of the language requirement by means other than the departmental exams.
For further information on language examinations, go to the page Language Requirement for the Linguistics Graduate Program.
Merit Review: Bruce Hayes, Nina Hyams, Philippe Schlenker (F), Marcus Kracht (W) + Patrick Barjam, Greg Kobele, Dimitrios Ntelitheos, Julia Berger-Morales, Ben Keil, and Mariame Sy
Duties: Evaluate records of candidates for personnel actions that require only Dean's review (these include most merit increase in rank and certain accelerations). Prepare research reports for Chair and make recommendations to full faculty on advancements, requesting full faculty discussion where necessary.
Mini-Courses: Dominique Sportiche, Ed Stabler + Manola Salustri
(no description of duties on file)
Newsletter Committee: Tim Stowell + Tim Sexauer and Katya Pertsova
Get faculty to send in news of note to the Front Office Coordinator so we can put the department newsletter together.
Prospective Students Commitee
Tim Stowell, Daniel Buring + David Schueler, Alex Hurst, and Eleni Christodoulou
Duties: (faculty) organize and schedule meetings with relevant faculty (coordinated with Natasha); (students) logistics: housing, airport shuttle
Psycholinguistics Lab: Nina Hyams, (F), Susie Curtiss (W, S)
(no description of duties on file)
Reading Room: Sun-Ah Jun and Catherine Nelson
Determine RR policy (monitoring, keys, stacks, check-out). Order books and periodicals. Maintain records of orders and acquisitions. Maintain and update card catalog. Make recommendations on linguistics acquisitions to University Research Library.
Student Research Support: Pamela Munro, Carson Schutze
(no description of duties on file)
Teaching Evaluation: Tom Hinnebusch (F), Russ Schuh (W,S), Marcus Kracht (F), Sun-Ah Jun, Colin Wilson, and Patrick Barjam, Greg Kobele, Dimitrios Ntelitheos, Julia Berger-Morales, Ben Keil, and Mariame Sy
Duties: Prepare summary teaching evaluations and present them for personnel discussion at faculty and Merit Review Committee meetings. Maintain computerized course-and-instructor evaluation records. Nominate and document accomplishments of candidates for Distinguished Teaching and Distinguished TA Awards.
Temporary Faculty: Ed Stabler, Colin Wilson
(no description on file; serves as search committee for temporary faculty)
Undergraduate Advising: Russ Schuh, Ed Stabler, Pamela Munro (faculty), Natasha Levy (staff)
Duties: All aspects of undergraduate advising, including the following: advise students on courses to take and clarify requirements; complete petitions for change of major, course substitutions, waivers of course requirements, etc.; complete degree check forms for students. Committee Chair does quarterly degree checks for the registrar, informs the registrar as to students who quality for Departmental Honors, and generally coordinates advising.
Visiting Scholars: Hilda Koopman
Duties: the Visiting Scholar Committee answers requests to be a visitor (info sheet from the Front Office Coordinator; circulate request with relevant faculty, answer). Note: there is a web page set up by the Committee to assist applicants.
Web Site Committee: Leston Buell (grad student), Bruce Hayes (faculty), Natasha Levy (staff)
Maintain and improve the departmental Web site. Click here for some reminders on what needs to be updated.
Working Papers: Pamela Munro + Harold Torrence and Rebecca Scarborough
(no description of duties on file)
Committee Memberships that were in Effect 2001-2002
Descriptions of committee duties are taken from the most recent available Chair's statement.
Committee chairs shown in italics.
Click here for an index of all committees.
Colloquium: Patricia Keating, Ivano Caponigro, Brook Lillehaugen, Shabnam Shademan
(Committee to be constituted in Spring Quarter in order to begin plans for the next academic year.)
Duties: Solicit requests for speakers. Contact potential speakers and arrange for their visits. Keep track of invited speaker budget. Circulate quarter lists of Colloquium speakers, updates on Colloquia during the quarter, and announcements for individual Colloquia. Maintain contact with invited speakers in order to solicit abstracts of talks for circulation at the appropriate time and apprise them of time, place, etc. for their talks. Make arrangements for social activities associated with the Colloquium, if appropriate, e.g. lunch or a social hour afterward. [ See Colloquium Guidelines for Student and Faculty Hosts]
Computer Lab: Ed Stabler. Consult also the current Computer Lab RA: Dimitrios Ntelitheos
Duties: Advise Chair on acquisition, disposition, and maintenance of computer equipment. Determine policies on access to department computers. Monitor computer supplies and advise office when purchases are required. Plan computer orientation portion of Linguistics 411 "Research Orientation" for new students.
Computational Linguistics Search Committee
Ed Stabler, Patricia Keating, Dominique Sportiche, and Jason Riggle
Course Scheduling: Dominique Sportiche
(no description of duties on file)
Desk Czar(ina): Shannon Madsen
The Desk Czar(ina) assigns desk space to students and visitors.
Dissertation Series: Tim Stowell
(no description of duties on file)
Fellowship Committee: Hilda Koopman, Nina Hyams
Duties: rank order applications for DYFs and Mentorships and related instruments
First Year Adviser: Patricia Keating
Duties: Help plan and conduct orientation session, and meet individually with all new graduate students, during Fall Quarter prior to registration. In consultation with relevant faculty, determine deficiencies which might prevent students from taking required courses, and whether courses taken elsewhere can satisfy any UCLA requirements. Advise students on choice of elective courses. Meet with students and sign study lists each quarter. Advise students on meeting requirements in practical phonetics, foreign language, and eligibility to TA. In cooperation with Colloquium Committee, arrange Ling. 411 (continuing orientation) sessions during Fall and Winter quarters.
Graduate Admissions: Ed Stabler, Susie Curtiss, Colin Wilson, and Ivano Caponigro
Duties: Evaluate applications for admission and allocate support to new and continuing students.
Graduate Linguistics Circle: President: Harold Torrence; Vice-President: Eric Jackson
The Graduate Linguistics Circle is the official organization of graduate students in the UCLA Linguistics Department.
Language Examination: Nina Hyams (F), Raimo Anttila (W), Donca Steriade (S)
Duties: Inform students of time and place of quarterly language reading examinations. Designate faculty members who will set the reading passages and correct the exams. Supervise the exams themselves. Verify satisfaction of the language requirement by means other than the departmental exams.
For further information on language examinations, go to the page Language Requirement for the Linguistics Graduate Program.
Merit Review: Tom Hinnebusch, Russ Schuh, Colin Wilson + Robert Bowen, David Schueler, Shabnam Shademan, Julia Berger-Morales, Tim Arbisi-Kelm, and Greg Kobele
Duties: Evaluate records of candidates for personnel actions that require only Dean's review (these include most merit increase in rank and certain accelerations). Prepare research reports for Chair and make recommendations to full faculty on advancements, requesting full faculty discussion where necessary.
Mini-Courses: Daniel Buring, Dominique Sportiche + 1 student
(no description of duties on file)
Hilda Koopman + 2 students
Get faculty to send in news of note to the Front Office Coordinator so we can put the department newsletter together.
Phonology Search Committee
Bruce Hayes, Colin Wilson, Sun-Ah Jun, Alex Hurst, and Jason Riggle
Prospective Students Commitee (new this year)
Tim Stowell, Daniel Buring, Natasha Levy + 3 students to be named later
Duties: (faculty) organize and schedule meetings with relevant faculty (coordinated with Natasha); (students) logistics: housing, airport shuttle
Psycholinguistics Lab: Carson Schutze
(no description of duties on file)
Reading Room: Sun-Ah Jun
Determine RR policy (monitoring, keys, stacks, check-out). Order books and periodicals. Maintain records of orders and acquisitions. Maintain and update card catalog. Make recommendations on linguistics acquisitions to University Research Library.
Daniel Buring, Ed Keenan, Terry Parsons, and students to be named
Student Research Support: Pamela Munro, Carson Schutze
(no description of duties on file)
Teaching Evaluation: Susie Curtiss, Russ Schuh, Tom Hinnebusch and Robert Bowen, David Schueler, Shabnam Shademan, Julia Berger-Morales, Tim Arbisi-Kelm, and Greg Kobele
Duties: Prepare summary teaching evaluations and present them for personnel discussion at faculty and Merit Review Committee meetings. Maintain computerized course-and-instructor evaluation records. Nominate and document accomplishments of candidates for Distinguished Teaching and Distinguished TA Awards.
Temporary Faculty: Donca Steriade, Tim Stowell
(no description on file; serves as search committee for temporary faculty)
Undergraduate Advising: Russ Schuh, Ed Stabler, Pamela Munro (faculty), Natasha Levy (staff)
Duties: All aspects of undergraduate advising, including the following: advise students on courses to take and clarify requirements; complete petitions for change of major, course substitutions, waivers of course requirements, etc.; complete degree check forms for students. Committee Chair does quarterly degree checks for the registrar, informs the registrar as to students who quality for Departmental Honors, and generally coordinates advising.
Visiting Scholars: Hilda Koopman
Duties: the Visiting Scholar Committee answers requests to be a visitor (info sheet from Patrick; circulate request with relevant faculty, answer).
Web Site Committee: Leston Buell (grad student), Bruce Hayes (faculty), Natasha Levy (staff)
Maintain and improve the departmental Web site.
Working Papers: Pamela Munro, Adam Albright and Luca Storto
(no description of duties on file)
Index (click on name to locate committee members and duties)
Colloquium
Course Scheduling
Computational Linguistics Search
Committee
Computer Lab
Desk Czar(ina)
Dissertation Series
Faculty/Student Awards
Fellowship Committee
First Year Adviser
Graduate Linguistics Circle
Graduate Admissions
Language Examination
Merit Review
Mini-Courses
Newsletter
Phonology Search Committee
Prospective Students
Psycholinguistics Lab
Reading Room
Semantics Search Committee
Student Research Support
Teaching Evaluation
Temporary Faculty
Undergraduate Advising
Visiting Scholars
Working Papers
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Committee Memberships that were in Effect 2000-2001
Descriptions of committee duties are taken from the most recent available Chair's statement.
Click here for an index of all committees.
Colloquium: Daniel Buring + Luca Storto, Brook Lillehaugen, Sahyang Kim
(Committee to be constituted in Spring Quarter in order to begin plans for the next academic year.)
Duties: Solicit requests for speakers. Contact potential speakers and arrange for their visits. Keep track of invited speaker budget. Circulate quarter lists of Colloquium speakers, updates on Colloquia during the quarter, and announcements for individual Colloquia. Maintain contact with invited speakers in order to solicit abstracts of talks for circulation at the appropriate time and apprise them of time, place, etc. for their talks. Make arrangements for social activities associated with the Colloquium, if appropriate, e.g. lunch or a social hour afterward. [ See Colloquium Guidelines for Student and Faculty Hosts]
Computer Lab: Ed Stabler
Duties: Advise Chair on acquisition, disposition, and maintenance of computer equipment. Determine policies on access to department computers. Monitor computer supplies and advise office when purchases are required. Plan computer orientation portion of Linguistics 411 "Research Orientation" for new students.
Course Scheduling: Dominique Sportiche
(no description of duties on file)
Desk Czar(ina): Robin Huffstutter
The Desk Czar(ina) assigns desk space to students and visitors.
Dissertation Series: Tim Stowell
(no description of duties on file)
Faculty/Student Awards: Tom Hinnebusch
(no description of duties on file)
Fellowship Committee: Anoop Mahajan (ex officio, Director of Graduate Studies), Carson Schutze, Dominique Sportiche
Duties: rank order applications for DYFs and Mentorships and related instruments
First Year Advisor: Patricia Keating
Duties: Advise all new graduate students during Fall Quarter priori to registration. All students will be required to take 200A, 200B, and 411 during their first quarter. The Graduate Adviser will determine deficiencies which might prevent new students from taking 200A and/or 200B and advise on appropriate courses to make up any deficiencies. The Graduate Adviser will assess proficiency in practical phonetics and logic and will advise on preparation for completing these requirements and the language requirement. For students with no course deficiencies, the Graduate Adviser will recommend a third graduate course in addition to 200A and 200B to fill out the course schedule.
Graduate Admissions: Tim Stowell, Nina Hyams, Donca Steriade, Adam Albright
Duties: Evaluate applications for admission and allocate support to new and continuing students.
Graduate Linguistics Circle: President: Harold Torrence; Vice-President: Eric Jackson
The Graduate Linguistics Circle is the official organization of graduate students in the UCLA Linguistics Department.
Language Examination: Hilda Koopman (F), Raimo Anttila (W), Nina Hyams (S)
Duties: Inform students of time and place of quarterly language reading examinations. Designate faculty members who will set the reading passages and correct the exams. Supervise the exams themselves. Verify satisfaction of the language requirement by means other than the departmental exams.
For further information on language examinations, go to the page Language Requirement for the Linguistics Graduate Program.
Merit Review: Bruce Hayes, Hilda Koopman, Daniel Buring + students
Duties: Evaluate records of candidates for personnel actions that require only Dean's review (these include most merit increase in rank and certain accelerations). Prepare research reports for Chair and make recommendations to full faculty on advancements, requesting full faculty discussion where necessary.
Mini-Courses: Donca Steriade, Dominique Sportiche
(no description of duties on file)
Psycholinguistics Lab: Susie Curtiss/Colin Wilson (F), Colin Wilson/Carson Schutze(W), Carson Schutze (S)
(no description of duties on file)
(no description of duties on file)
Reading Room: Sun-Ah Jun
Determine RR policy (monitoring, keys, stacks, check-out). Order books and periodicals. Maintain records of orders and acquisitions. Maintain and update card catalog. Make recommendations on linguistics acquisitions to University Research Library.
Student Research Support: Pamela Munro, Carson Schutze
(no description of duties on file)
Teaching Evaluation: Susie Curtiss, Russ Schuh, Tom Hinnebusch, Jill Gilkerson, Jason Riggle, Rebecca Brown, Christina Foreman
Duties: Prepare summary teaching evaluations and present them for personnel discussion at faculty and Merit Review Committee meetings. Maintain computerized course-and-instructor evaluation records. Nominate and document accomplishments of candidates for Distinguished Teaching and Distinguished TA Awards.
Temporary Faculty: Donca Steriade, Susie Curtiss, Terry Parsons, Dominique Sportiche + one student
(no description on file; serves as search committee for temporary faculty)
Undergraduate Advising: Natasha Levy (staff), Russ Schuh, Ed Stabler, Pamela Munro (faculty)
Duties: All aspects of undergraduate advising, including the following: advise students on courses to take and clarify requirements; complete petitions for change of major, course substitutions, waivers of course requirements, etc.; complete degree check forms for students. Committee Chair does quarterly degree checks for the registrar, informs the registrar as to students who quality for Departmental Honors, and generally coordinates advising.
Visiting Scholars: Hilda Koopman
Duties: the Visiting Scholar Committee answers requests to be a visitor (info sheet from Patrick; circulate request with relevant faculty, answer).
Web Site Committee: Leston Buell (grad student), Bruce Hayes (faculty), Natasha Levy (staff)
Maintain and improve the departmental Web site.
Working Papers: Pamela Munro, Ivano Caponigro
(no description of duties on file)
Index (click
on name to locate committee members and duties)
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