Current committee assignments
Description of committees
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Committee Memberships

2011-2012

• President of the Graduate Linguistics Circle:  Laura Kalin
• Vice-President of GLC:  Kaeli Ward
• Secretary of GLC:  Dustin Bowers
• Student Representative (GLC):  David Wemhaner
• Desk Assignment:  Natasha Abner

• Admissions Initial Screening Committee: N. Hyams and A. Mahajan   (Co-Chairs)
• Admissions: B. Hayes, T. Stowell, Yael Sharvit and Megha Sundara (Chair)
• Grad Student Funding Committee: N. Hyams (Chair), A. Mahajan, SAO
• Colloquium--Faculty Advisor D. Sportiche,  student members:  Jamie White, Melanie Bervoets, Dustin Bowers, Lauren Winans
• First Year Advising :                      P. Keating
• Fellowships and Awards :               Sun-Ah Jun (Chair), R. Daland, C. Schutze
• Language Exams :                       C. Melchert (Chair), D. Sportiche
• Merit Review Committee               (membership not posted)
• Open House Committee                Laura Kalin, Kaeli Ward, Michael Lefkowitz, Lauren Winans, Adam Chong
• Reading Room                             Meaghan Fowlie
• Scheduling :                                S-A. Jun
• Student Research Funding :           M. Sundara, H. Koopman (Chair), P. Munro
• Teaching Evaluation:                     R. Schuh, K. Zuraw (Chair), H. Koopman
• Undergraduate Advising:               R. Schuh (Chair), E. Stabler, P. Munro
• Visiting Students and Scholars Committee:  J. Rett (Chair), C. Schutze
• Website and Publications :            B. Hayes (Chair), R. Daland, Melanie Levin, Jael Cosico, Matt Swanson, Byron Ahn
• Humanities Residential College:    J. Rett, T. Stowell (Co-chairs)

Description of Committees

Colloquium

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.

Course Scheduling

(no description of duties on file)

Desk Assignment

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

Fellowships

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

First Year Adviser

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.

Language Examination

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

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.

Prospective students/student recruitment

Duties: (faculty) organize and schedule meetings with relevant faculty (coordinated with the Student Affairs Officer); (students) logistics: housing, airport shuttle

Student Research Support

(travel, Human Subjects)

Teaching Evaluation

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: organized on an ad hoc basis for each available position

Serves as search committee for temporary faculty.

Undergraduate Advising

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 Students and Scholars

Duties: the Visiting Scholar Committee answers requests to be a visitor (info sheet from the Department Coordinator); circulate request with relevant faculty, answer). Note: there is a web page set up by the Committee to assist applicants.

Web Site and Publications

Maintain and improve the departmental Web site/research archives/working papers. 

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