Secondary school students test logic skills in national linguistics competition

January 24, 2025.Reading time 2 minutes.

Middle and High School students participate in the North American Computational Linguistics Open

The competition involved linguistic puzzles and computational problems that test students’ logic and pattern recognition.

Grad student helps organize international linguistics conference at Fresno State

November 14, 2024.Reading time 4 minutes.

Keira Colleluori in front of fall foliage.

At the center of coordinating this event is Keira Colleluori, a graduate linguistics student who has worked tirelessly to ensure the conference runs smoothly.

Student of Distinction: Jane “Chloe” King – Department of Linguistics

April 15, 2024.Reading time 2 minutes.

Head shot of Chloe King framed by blue and red background with white brush strokes. Text says, "Jane 'Chloe' King Department of Linguistics M.A. in Linguistics"

“Chloe has consistently impressed me, along with most everyone else on the faculty, with her initiative and level of achievement.” Dr. Sean Fulop, professor and chair of the Department of Linguistics.

Student of Distinction: Megan “MJ” Jaurena – Department of Linguistics

April 5, 2024.Reading time 2 minutes.

“She is an excellent student, an outstanding researcher, a community activist and a wonderful representative for the field of linguistics.” ~ Dr. John Boyle, assistant professor of linguistics.

Native speakers and Fresno State linguists release online Chukchansi speaking dictionary

October 21, 2023.Reading time 7 minutes.

Dr. Niken Adisasmito-Smith poses for a photo.

After 14 years of working with native speakers, the Department of Linguistics has released a new Chukchansi language online speaking dictionary which contains recorded pronunciations by native speaker and tribal elder Dr. Holly Blossom Wyatt.

Student of Distinction: Julia Whelan

April 13, 2023.Reading time 3 minutes.

“My goal is to utilize both my linguistics and TESOL degrees to further our understanding of autism from the perspective of both linguistics and education.”

Student of Distinction: Jeanette Yeboah-Amoako

April 7, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

“After just one day of volunteering in a dual language classroom at [an] elementary school, an interest in teaching that up until then had been latent, suddenly woke up and exclaimed, ‘rise and shine!'” ~ Jeanette Yeboah-Amoako

Mary Johnson, Department of Linguistics Student of Distinction

March 27, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

“She approaches everything with real drive, and nothing stands up to her fierce intellect.” – Dr. Chris Golston

ESL teacher Kelsey Evans on assignment in Vietnam

November 13, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

ESL teacher Kelsey Evans is currently completing a ten-month teaching program in Vietnam through the English Language Fellow Program (ELF) that began in June 2018. While earning both a BA and MA in linguistics from Fresno State, Evans began teaching English as a second language by getting involved with the American English Institute (AEI) during her Junior […]

Undergrad Linguistics student Julia Whelan presents at the 2018 NordMetrik conference in Stockholm, Sweden

October 31, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

The College of Arts and Humanities takes pride in supporting the wide range of creative and academic endeavors of students and faculty — endeavors made possible through generous gifts made to the Dean’s Council Annual Fund. DONATE NOW! In September, Dean’s Council funds helped yet another Arts and Humanities student experience a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Thanks […]