UCLA Department of Linguistics

Department Committees

UCLA Linguistics Department
Calendar Year 2005

This is the password-protected portion of the Committees Page, containing membership of the Graduate Admissions and Temporary Faculty committees. For convenience, all the other committees appear here as well.

Admissions: Kie Zuraw (Chair), Patricia Keating, Pamela Munro, Ed Stabler. Ex officio: Chair, DGS

Duties: Evaluate applications for admission and allocate support to new and continuing students.

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Colloquium: Carson Schutze, students

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]

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Conferences (SALT, AFLA): Daniel Buring, Edward Keenan, Philippe Schlenker, Kie Zuraw

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Course Scheduling: Dominique Sportiche

(no description of duties on file)

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Desk Assignment: Carson Schutze, Dominique Sportiche

The Desk Assignment Committee assigns desk space to students and visitors.

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Fellowships: Nina Hyams (chair), Ed Stabler, Kie Zuraw. Ex officio: DGS

Duties: rank order applications for DYFs and Mentorships and related instruments

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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.

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Language Examination: Raimo Anttila (chair), Philippe Schlenker

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.

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Merit Review: Edward Keenan, Philippe Schlenker, Sun-Ah Jun

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.

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Mini-Courses: Colin Wilson (chair), Hilda Koopman

(no description of duties on file)

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Newsletter Committee: Bruce Hayes (chair), Daniel Buring

Get faculty to send in news of note to the Front Office Coordinator so we can put the department newsletter together.

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Recruitment: Nina Hyams, Daniel Buring (Chair)

Duties: (faculty) organize and schedule meetings with relevant faculty (coordinated with SAO); (students) logistics: housing, airport shuttle

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Psycholinguistics Lab: Nina Hyams, (F), Susie Curtiss (W, S)

(no description of duties on file)

Reading Room: Philippe Schlenker (chair), 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.

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Special Events: Susie Curtiss, Patricia Keating

(No description on file.)

Student Research Support: Pamela Munro, Carson Schutze

(travel, Human Subjects)

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Teaching Evaluation: Susie Curtiss (chair), Colin Wilson, Kie Zuraw, students

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.

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Temporary Faculty: organized on an ad hoc basis for each available position

Serves as search committee for temporary faculty.

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Undergraduate Advising: Nina Hyams, Ed Stabler, Pamela Munro, Russell Schuh (faculty), Student Affairs Officer (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.

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Visiting Scholars: not currently staffed

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.

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Web Site and Publications: Ed Stabler (chair), Bruce Hayes

Maintain and improve the departmental Web site/research archives/working papers. Some institutional memory for the committee.

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Index (click on name to locate committee members and duties)

Colloquium
Computer Lab
Course Scheduling
Desk Czar(ina)
Fellowship Committee
First Year Adviser
Graduate Linguistics Circle
Graduate Admissions
Language Examination
Merit Review
Mini-Courses
Newsletter
Prospective Students
Psycholinguistics Lab
Reading Room
Special Events
Student Research Support
Teaching Evaluation
Temporary Faculty
Undergraduate Advising
Visiting Scholars
Web Site Committee
Working Papers