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Linguistics faculty and a graduate student presented at the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages International Convention and English Expo in March. The Ohio University Linguistics group also met up with alumni as teachers and scholars from around the world converged in Atlanta for the TESOL expo. Two […]

Ohio University alumna Fumiko Yoshimura, from Tohoku Gakuin University, was excited to return to the Linguistics Department after more than 20 years. The Ohio University alumna was a Visiting Scholar for several months to observe classes and tutoring sessions in the English Language Improvement Program. She found this opportunity to […]

Several Modern Languages students presented their research and projects at Ohio University’s Student Research and Creative Activity Expo on April 11. Carlye Stevens, a Spanish and Linguistics major, Francesca Cappetta, a German and Linguistics major, and Josh Kitsos, a Linguistics major and Spanish minor, won first prize in Arts and […]

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. Ohio University alum Alexandra Koran ’19 won a U.S. Critical Language Scholarship, a highly prestigious and nationally competitive scholarship, to study Swahili for eight weeks in […]

Dr. Christopher Thompson, Associate Professor of Linguistics, served as discussant for an ethnographic research panel on “Sustainable Community Development In Asia Through Tourism In Southeast Asia: Potentials and Challenges” at the Annual Conference of the Association for Asian Studies in Denver in March. Thompson was asked by colleague Dr. Hiro […]

Alumni Peter Andrews ’18B.A., Torri Raines 18M.A., and Talal Alharbi ’18M.A., and Khalid Alharbi ’18M.A. met up with former Visiting Professor Dr. Sinae Lee at the 93rd annual meeting of the Linguistics Society of America in New York, Jan. 3-6, 2019. “LSA was a blast,” Andrews said. “It was great […]

Ohio University student Meriah Woolery has won a U.S. Critical Language Scholarship, a highly prestigious and nationally competitive scholarship, to study Chinese for eight weeks in China this coming summer. The Critical Language Scholarship program is an intensive overseas language and cultural immersion program for American students. The program includes […]