July 17, 2016

Goodbyes and hellos for 2016-17

The 2016-17 academic year is nearly upon us, and there is quite a bit of coming-and-going happening!

Farewell to:
  • Elaine Gold (faculty), who has decided to retire to dedicate her time to the Canadian Language Museum!
  • Meg Grant (faculty), who is finishing an 18-month contract-limited term appointment in our department and starting a postdoctoral position at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
  • Jill Given-King (staff), our unflappable administrative assistant, who has been keeping the department running smoothly for the last five years. Jill is retiring at the end of July 2016.
  • Ailís Cournane (Ph.D. 2015, now at Universität Mannheim), who is taking up a tenure-track position at New York University.
  • Marisa Brook (Ph.D.), who is beginning a one-year faculty position at Michigan State University.
  • ...and those about to complete our MA program. Four of our current MA students are staying on for our Ph.D. program, but we bid farewell to the others!
Welcome back to:
  • Susana Béjar (faculty), moving into a full-time position as an Assistant Professor.
  • Jessamyn Schertz (faculty), completing a postdoctoral fellowship and joining our Mississauga campus as an Assistant Professor (tenure-track).
  • Nicholas Welch (faculty), completing a postdoctoral fellowship and joining our St. George campus as an Assistant Professor (contract-limited).
  • Daphna Heller (faculty), returning from an 18-month leave.
Welcome to:
  • Blair Armstrong (faculty), our new psycholinguist at the Scarborough campus.
  • Ryan DeCaire (faculty), a new Assistant Professor co-appointed by the Department of Linguistics and the Centre for Aboriginal Initiatives.
  • Amos Key (faculty), a new Assistant Professor co-appointed by the Department of Linguistics and the Centre for Aboriginal Initiatives.
  • Jennifer McCallum (staff), our new Graduate Administrator.
  • Deem Waham (staff), our new Undergraduate Administrator.
  • ...and 18 students starting graduate programs in the Department of Linguistics: 8 in the Ph.D. program and 10 in the MA.

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