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Linguistics Department

Pawley Hall 450K
456 Pioneer Drive
Rochester, MI 48309-4482
(location map)
(248) 370-2175
Fax: (248) 370-3144

Linguistics Department

Pawley Hall 450K
456 Pioneer Drive
Rochester, MI 48309-4482
(location map)
(248) 370-2175
Fax: (248) 370-3144

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Faculty and Staff

The faculty in the Department of Linguistics have interests that cover all core areas of linguistics as well as language instruction.

Please contact our staff for more information about the Department of Linguistics or to be put in touch with one of our faculty members.

Linguistics Faculty

Full-Time Faculty

Rebecca Gaydos
Special Instructor
Applied linguistics, Teaching English as a Second Language
490E Pawley Hall
(248) 370-2176
gaydos@oakland.edu

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Kuniko Nielsen
Associate Professor, Department Chair
Phonetics, Psycholinguistics, Speech Perception and Production
450C Pawley Hall
(248) 364-8807
nielsen@oakland.edu

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Jason Overfelt
Assistant Professor
Syntax, Syntax-Semantics Interface, Experimental Linguistics
490D Pawley Hall
(248) 364-8848
overfelt@oakland.edu

Samuel Rosenthall
Associate Professor, Undergraduate Advisor, Graduate Advisor
Phonology
450D Pawley Hall
(248) 364-8805
srosenth@oakland.edu

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Michael B. Smith
Professor
Cognitive Linguistics, Syntax and Semantics, German and Russian Linguistics
450B Pawley Hall
(248) 364-8811
smith@oakland.edu

Part-Time Faculty

Kelly

Kelly Bambrick
Special Lecturer
michiya@oakland.edu

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Daniel Brengel
Lecturer
dtbrenge@oakland.edu

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Jill Duffield
Lecturer
cjduffield@oakland.edu

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Julie Farmer
Lecturer
jafarmer@oakland.edu

Kay Garkusha

Kay Garkusha
Lecturer
kgarkusha@oakland.edu

Gleice Jones

Gleice Jones
Lecturer
gosilva@oakland.edu

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Alexandria Murphy
Lecturer
acmurphy@oakland.edu

Helena Riha

Helena Riha
Special Lecturer
riha2@oakland.edu

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Angela Super
Special Lecturer
super@oakland.edu

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Melissa Vervinck
Lecturer
mevervi2@oakland.edu

Rhonda

Rhonda Yates
Special Lecturer
rmyatesr@oakland.edu

Teaching Assistant

Rachel Sharpe
Linguistics Graduate Assistant
rachaelsharpe@oakland.edu

Emeritus

Peter J. Binkert
(Linguistics, Classics)

William Schwab
(Linguistics, English)

Daniel H. Fullmer
(Linguistics, English)

Staff

Linda Hubarth
Linguistics Office Assistant II
450K Pawley Hall
(248) 370-2175
hubarth@oakland.edu