Faculty and Lecturers | Affiliated Faculty | Emeritus Faculty


Faculty and Lecturers
 

Richard Futrell
  • Graduate Director & Associate Professor, Language Science
    Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017

  • linguistics, natural language processing, bayesian modeling

  •  SSPB 2215

  • rfutrell@uci.edu
  • Website
  • CV
Gregory Hickok
  • Distinguished Professor and Chair, Language Science
    Ph.D., Brandeis University, 1991

  • neural architecture of speech and language, evolutionary origins of music and speech, aphasia

  •  SBSG 2341

  • gshickok@uci.edu
  • Lab
Connor Mayer
  • Assistant Professor
    Ph.D., UCLA, 2021

  • linguistics, phonology, phonetics, computational linguistics, speech motor control

  •  Social Science Plaza B, Room 2211

  • cjmayer@uci.edu
  • Website
  • CV
Lisa Pearl
  • Professor, Language Science
    Ph.D., University of Maryland at College Park, 2007

  • language development, linguistics, computational sociolinguistics, cognitive modeling

  •  SSPB 2219

  • lpearl@uci.edu
  • Website
  • Lab
  • CV
Gregory Scontras
  • Associate Professor and Undergraduate Director, Language Science; Associate Director of C-ALPHA
    Ph.D. Linguistics, Harvard University, 2014

  • semantics, pragmatics, cognitive modeling, philosophical logic

  •  SSPB 2221

  • g.scontras@uci.edu
  • Website
  • Lab
  • CV
Xin Xie
  • Assistant Professor
    Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 2015

  • psycholinguistics, Speech perception and production, cross-language communication, computational modeling, neuroimaging

  •  Social Science Plaza B, Room 2223

  • xxie14@uci.edu
  • Lab
  • CV

Lecturers
 

Arunima Choudhury
  • Lecturer of Language Science

  •  2243 Social Science Plaza B | (949) 824-7874

  • arunimac@uci.edu
Benjamin Alexander Mis
Hidemi Riggs
  • Lecturer

  •  379 Humanities Instructional Building | (949) 824-3248

  • hriggs@uci.edu
Tri C. Tran
  • Lecturer of Language Science
    Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1999

  •  550 Krieger Hall | (949) 824-4162, 2227

  • tritran@uci.edu
Arunima Choudhury
  • Lecturer of Language Science

  •  2243 Social Science Plaza B | (949) 824-7874

  • arunimac@uci.edu
Benjamin Alexander Mis
Hidemi Riggs
  • Lecturer

  •  379 Humanities Instructional Building | (949) 824-3248

  • hriggs@uci.edu
Tri C. Tran
  • Lecturer of Language Science
    Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1999

  •  550 Krieger Hall | (949) 824-4162, 2227

  • tritran@uci.edu

Affiliated Faculty
 


Alyssa Brewer
  • Associate Professor
    Ph.D., Stanford University, 2005
    M.D. , Stanford University, 2007

  • visual, auditory, somatosensory/pain perception and attention, sensory deficits and neurological disorders, computational neuroimaging

  •  SBSG 2304 | 949-824-1501

  • aabrewer@uci.edu
  • Lab
Penelope Collins
  • Associate Professor, Education
    Ph.D., Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 1997

  • reading and writing development, bilingualism and biliteracy, digital literacy, academic language, engagement in literacy​

  • pennyc@uci.edu
Brandy Gatlin
  • Assistant Professor, Education
    Ph.D.,, Florida State University 

  • language, reading, writing, cultural and linguistic diversity, measurement and assessment, instruction

  • gatlinb@uci.edu
Young-Suk Kim
  • Professor, Education
    Ed.D., Harvard University, 2007

  • language and literacy acquisition and instruction, early literacy predictors, reading fluency, reading comprehension, writing

  • youngsk7@uci.edu
J. Zoe Klemfuss
  • Assistant Professor of Psychological Science

  • narrative development; children’s autobiographical memory; sociocontextual influences on children’s narrative, memory, and well-being; children’s eyewitness abilities

  •  4548 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway | (949)824-4412

  • jklemfus@uci.edu
  • Lab
Judith Kroll
  • Distinguished Professor
    Ph.D., Brandeis University, 1977

  • bilingualism, second language learning, psycholinguistics, cognitive neuroscience, gender and science

  •  SSPB

  • judith.kroll@uci.edu
  • Website
  • Lab
Elizabeth Pena
  • Professor
    Ph.D., Temple University, 1993

  • bilingualism, language impairment, language development, assessment bias and measurement

  •  Education 3000C | 949-824-5118

  • edpena@uci.edu
  • CV
Sameer Singh
  • Assistant Professor
    Ph.D. Computer Science, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2014

  • large-scale machine learning, information extraction/nlp, probabilistic programming, interactive machine learning, distributedd and parallel inference, semi-supervised learning

  •  4204 Donald Bren Hall

  • sameer@uci.edu
  • Website
Julio Torres
  • Assistant Professor
    B.S. Spanish Linguistics, Georgetown University, 2013

  • usage-based approaches to heritage and second language acquisition; bilingualism; cognition; task-based language learning; curriculum and instruction

  •  Humanities Hall 322H | 949-824-2206

  • torresju@uci.edu
  • Website
  • Lab
Mark Warschauer
  • Professor of Education and Informatics

  • digital learning; language and literacy; STEM; diversity and equity

  • markw@uci.edu
  • Website
  • Lab
Julie Washington
  • Professor, Education
    Ph.D. Education (Speech and Language Pathology), University of Michigan, 1983

  • intersection of literacy, language variation, and poverty, use and development of African American English, achievement gap, language development, language disorders

  • julieaw@uci.edu
Kai Wehmeier
  • Dean's Professor and Director of C-ALPHA Committee; Director of Undergraduate Studies for Logic & Philosophy of Science
    Ph.D., Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Munster,  1996

  • logic, philosophy of logic and language, formal semantics, early analytic philosophy, and philosophy of mathematics

  •  783 Social Science Tower | 949-824-7792

  • wehmeier@uci.edu
  • Website
  • CV

Emeritus Faculty
 


Rubén G. Rumbaut
  • Distinguished Professor Emeritus
    Ph.D., Brandeis University, 1978

  • international migration, immigration laws, criminalization, incarceration, social inequality and mobility, race and ethnicity

  •  SSPB 2293 | 949-824-2945

  • rrumbaut@uci.edu
  • Website
  • CV
Bernard Tranel
  • Emeritus Professor
    Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1974

  • linguistics, linguistic theory, phonology, phonetics, morphology, optimality theory, romance languages, french linguistics, tone languages, margi, mixtec

  •  SSPB 2257 | (949) 824-7040

  • bhtranel@uci.edu
  • Website

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