Trevor Driscoll, Student of Distinction

April 5, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

In high school, Trevor Driscoll found the study of foreign language fascinating. While pursuing his English as a foreign language degree at Chico State he took a few linguistic courses which invigorated a passion for the structure of language. After transferring to Fresno State he received his B.A. in Linguistics with an emphasis in teaching ESL and is now regarded as the top student his the master’s program.

Drama-focused program unites future ESL teachers with international high school students

November 30, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

The innovative after-school program allows teachers to implement creative ways of teaching English through a drama-based context. This 2018 Fall semester, the linguistics department set into motion a brand new program that partners Fresno State’s future Teaching English as a Second Language (TESOL) teachers with English as a Second Language (ESL) international students at San […]

Linguistics receives StarTalk grant to teach Chinese to school children

April 26, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

A StarTalk grant will allow the Linguistics Department to teach Chinese to 40 area school students this summer through a free summer camp. The Department of Linguistics at Fresno State applied for and received a StarTalk grant, a program funded by the National Security Agency and administered by the National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland. StarTalk aims to increase the number of U.S. citizens learning, speaking and teaching critical need languages, according to the website.

Alumni News: Dean’s medalist becomes a linguistics professor across the globe

February 16, 2018.Reading time 9 minutes.

Dr. Jason Brown (third from right) and his team, a group of Naasioi elders and community members on an ethnobiological expedition in Bougainville, collect photographs and record the Naasioi names of plants and animals.

Dr. Jason Brown, a Fresno State alum, was awarded the graduate dean’s medal in 2002 while earning his master’s degree in linguistics. Now he is a professor at the University of Auckland and the head of the Linguistics Society of New Zealand.

Hmong Voices Series features iconic singer Tou Ly Vangkhue

January 30, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

This year’s Hmong Voices Series here at Fresno State will feature Tou Ly Vangkhue from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2 in North Gym 118.

This month in the Arts and Humanities — a December review

December 31, 2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Wrapping up fall 2017, we look back on the final month of this semester. Here are the top five stories from December.

Linguistics Department research helps preserve endangered languages

November 28, 2017.Reading time 10 minutes.

Professor John Boyles works with students and a language consultant in a field methods class.

Faculty and students in the Department of Linguistics are involved in crucial research and work to preserve endangered native languages.

Hmong American author Moua shares her bride price story

November 15, 2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

Author Mai Neng Moua will discuss her book "The Bride Price"

Pioneering author and editor Mai Neng Moua will read from her new nonfiction book “The Bride Price: A Hmong Wedding Story” at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17, at Fresno State. The evening, hosted by the Hmong American Writers’ Circle and the Fresno State Hmong minor option, will feature a reading by the author and a Q&A session moderated by Dr. Kao-ly Yang, followed by a reception and book signing. The event is free and open to the public.

NEW FACES: Linguistics welcomes Dr. Jaydene Elvin

September 27, 2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

Assistant professor Jaydene Elvin joins the Department of Linguistics

Dr. Jaydene Elvin joins the Department of Linguistics as an assistant professor, coming to Fresno State from Western Sydney University in Sydney, Australia.

Rediscover Tokyo: 2020 Olympics

September 8, 2017.Reading time 1 minute.

Akira Ichioka, the Consulate-General of Japan in San Francisco, will give a presentation on Tokyo from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 29, in the University Business Center at Fresno State, PB 191. A reception will follow the presentation.