- The LSA's 2009 Annual Meeting has been moved to San Francisco due to an ongoing labor dispute affecting the Portland Hilton. The host hotel will be the San Francisco Hilton. The LSA will enjoy the same excellent room rate--$99/night single or double, $129/night triple or quad--that we were to have had in Portland. More information
- Nominations for the Leonard Bloomfield Book Award are due 1 June, 2008.
- Nominations for the LSA's "Linguistics, Language and the Public" Award will be accepted until 1 June, 2008.
Past Linguistic Institutes:
Named Fellowships
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1. Bloch Fellowship
Established from the Bernard and Julia Bloch Memorial Fund, the Bloch fellowship was first awarded in the summer of 1970. Guidelines for the selection of the awardee were drafted and submitted to the Executive Committee in December of that year. The criteria included the statement that the candidate for the fellowship would be, in the opinion of the selection committee, the most promising applicant, with preference given to American Indian candidates.
In 1980, the Executive Committee determined that the Bloch Fellow would serve ex-officio on the Executive Committee, representing student members of the Society. In light of this action, the Executive Committee decided that the applicant selected the Bloch Fellow must be a currently enrolled undergraduate or graduate student. In 1982 the Executive Committee further specified that the student awarded the Bloch Fellowship may not be from the institution hosting the Institute.
In 1997, the Executive Committee determined that the stipend for the Bloch Fellow would be sufficient to cover tuition, travel, and subsistence and allow for some discretionary funds. In addition, the Bloch alternate is to be awarded tuition and a travel stipend in the amount of $500.
Bloch Fellows2007 Stanford U
Michael Frank, MIT2005 MIT/Harvard
Rebecca T. Cover, U California-Berkeley2003 Michigan SU
Kristen Syrett, Northwestern U2001 U California-Santa Barbara
Cynthia Clopper, Indiana U1999 U Illinois-Champaign/Urbana
Gunnar O. Hansson, U California-Berkeley1997 Cornell U
Adam Albright, U California-Los Angeles1995 U New Mexico
Lynn Nichols, Harvard U1993 Ohio SU
Christopher Manning, Stanford U1991 U California-Santa Cruz
Jill Beckman, Ohio SU1989 U Arizona
Chris Barker, U California-Santa Cruz1987 Stanford U
Dawn Bates, U Washington1986 City U New York-Grad Center
Juan Uriagereka, U Connecticut1985 Georgetown U
Anthony Moy, U California-Berkeley1983 U California-Los Angeles
Peter Sells, U Massachusetts-Amherst1982 U Maryland
Shelley Velleman, U Texas-Austin1980 U New Mexico
Susan DeSantis, Georgetown U/Gallaudet U1979 U Salzburg
Richard Janda, U California-Los Angeles1978 U Illinois-Champaign/Urbana
Jaklin Kornfilt, Harvard U1977 U Hawaii-Manoa
Laurel Dent, U Pennsylvania1976 SUNY-Oswego
Christine Clifford, Yale U1975 U South Florida
Emanuel Drechsel, U Wisconsin-Madison1974 U Massachusetts-Amherst
James P. Gee, Stanford U1973 U Michigan
Joel T. Katz, Stanford U1972 U North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Carl A. Urion, Millett, AB, Canada1971 SUNY-Buffalo
Robert D. Levine, Columbia U1970 Ohio SU
Julie Beth Lovins, U Chicago
2. James McCawley Fellowships (2)
The James McCawley Fellowships are made possible through contributions to the James McCawley Memorial Fund, established in 1999. One fellowship is intended for a student from a country experiencing extreme economic hardship, especially in Asia, and one for a student from the University of Chicago. The fellowship for the former provides tuition support and a travel stipend. The fellowship for the latter provides tuition support only.
James McCawley Fellows2007 Stanford U
Jie Guo, Chinese U of Hong Kong and Yaron McNabb, U Chicago2005 MIT/Harvard
Bhim Gautam, Tribhuvan U (Nepal) and Eun-Hae Park, U Chicago2003 Michigan SU
Lohani Ram Raj, Tribhuvan U (Nepal) and Li Fan, Beijing U2001 U California-Santa Barbara
Paul Kockelman, U Chicago
3. LSA Fellowship
The Committee on Linguistic Institutes and Fellowships may designate one outstanding student from the host institution as the LSA Fellow. The host institution is encouraged to establish a matching fund for this fellowship. Alternatively, one of the student fellowships may be designated by the Committee for this purpose. The fellowship is for tuition only.
LSA Fellows2007 Stanford U
Petr D. Staroverov, Moscow State University2003 Michigan SU
Ellen Lau2001 U California-Santa Barbara
Edmundo Luna1999 U Illinois-Champaign/Urbana
Michael W. Daniel1997 Cornell U
Teresa Galloway1995 U New Mexico
Joanne Scheibman1993 Ohio SU
None1991 U California-Santa Cruz
Louise McNally1989 U Arizona
Cari Spring1987 Stanford U
Christopher Culy1986 City U New York-Grad Center
Sheila Meltzer, Queens College1985 Georgetown U
Heidi Hamilton1983 U California-Los Angeles
Robin Clark
4. Language in the USA Fellowship
The Language in the USA Fellowship is made possible through the generosity of Charles A. Ferguson and Shirley Brice Heath, who have contributed the royalties from their book Language in the USA. The fellowship is awarded to a student engaged in research on the language situation in the U.S., with preference being given to study of the structure and/or use of minority languages. Both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible for the award so long as they are registered for the Institute as full-time students. The fellowship is for tuition only.
Language in the USA Fellows2007 Stanford U
Tyler Kendall, Duke U2005 MIT/Harvard
Aaron Dinkin, U Pennsylvania2003 Michigan SU
Christine Mallinson, North Carolina SU2001 U California-Santa Barbara
Michelle Ramos-Pellicia, Ohio SU1999 U Illinois-Champaign/Urbana
Bridget Anderson, U Michigan1997 Cornell U
Lucy Thomason, U TX-Austin1995 U New Mexico
Anne-Marie Guerra, U Texas-Austin1993 Ohio SU
Natalie Schilling-Estes, North Carolina SU1991 U California-Santa Cruz
Lisa Green, U Massachusetts-Amherst1989 U Arizona
Ivy Doak, U Texas-Austin1987 Stanford U
Thomas Veach, U Pennsylvania1986 City U New York-Grad Center
Lourdes Maria Torres, U Illinois-Champaign/Urbana1985 Georgetown U
Kathleen Riley, Louisiana SU
5. Presidents' Fellowship
Established by the Executive Committee at its May 1998 meeting, this fellowship is awarded to the highest ranked undergraduate fellowship applicant. The fellowship is for tuition only.
Presidents' Fellows
2007 Stanford U
Celeste DeFreitas, U Southern California2005 MIT/Harvard
Amy Rose Deal, Brandeis U2003 Michigan SU
Stephan Stiller, MIT2001 U California-Santa Barbara
Kathleen Hall, U North Carolina-Chapel Hill1999 U Illinois-Champaign/Urbana
Joseph Sabbagh, U California-Santa Cruz
6. Margaret W. Reynolds Fellowship
This fellowship was established by the Executive Committee in 2007 to recognize the service of former Executive Director Margaret W. Reynolds. The fellowship is awarded to an applicant who is not only academically outstanding but also demonstrate a commitment to professional service as shown by activities in their home institutions or for the LSA. The fellowship is for tuition only.
Margaret W. Reynolds Fellows2007 Stanford U
Christopher Cox, University of Alberta
