31.2997, Confs: Gen Ling/Online

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Subject: 31.2997, Confs: Gen Ling/Online

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Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2020 13:26:30
From: Lynn Hou [lhou at linguistics.ucsb.edu]
Subject: SANTA BARBARA SNEAK PEEK

 
SANTA BARBARA SNEAK PEEK 

Date: 06-Oct-2020 - 09-Oct-2020 
Location: Santa Barbara, USA 
Contact: Lynn Hou 
Contact Email: lhou at linguistics.ucsb.edu 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Meeting Description: 

This year, the Department of Linguistics at the University of California,
Santa Barbara, will be offering a special virtual version of its annual Sneak
Peek event. Santa Barbara Sneak Peek is intended to create a pathway into
UCSB’s graduate program for excellent potential graduate applicants from
underrepresented groups. Santa Barbara Sneak Peek events will be held
beginning on October 6.

The University of California recognizes the variety of personal experiences,
values and worldviews that arise from differences of culture and circumstance.
Such diversity in the UC student body is integral to the University's
achievement of excellence. Santa Barbara Sneak Peek is aimed at graduate
students who bring an understanding of the experiences of groups historically
underrepresented in higher education, including but not limited to those who
have been minoritized on the basis of race/ethnicity, gender identity,
disability, and/or socioeconomic background. We encourage participation from
individuals who meet the eligibility criteria and represent cultural,
linguistic, geographic, and socioeconomic backgrounds not adequately
represented in the graduate student population. 

Participants in Santa Barbara Sneak Peek will:
- Learn about academic and research opportunities in linguistics at UCSB
- Hear from faculty and graduate students about their current research
projects 
- Hear from current linguistics graduate students about the graduate program,
the university, and the community of Santa Barbara
- Learn how to create a strong graduate school application

Registration is free and is required for all participants. Registration covers
the full series of events: https://forms.gle/ebvbu189GsYNCHfX7

Registration is open until full; advance registration by Monday, Oct. 5 is
preferred.  
 

Program Information: 

Sneak Peek Event Line-Up 

10/6, 10-11:30am (PDT): Workshop on Applying to UCSB Linguistics

Hosted by Prof. Lal Zimman, Director of Graduate Studies

This workshop will cover crafting successful application materials for
graduate programs in linguistics and the structure and admissions process for
the graduate linguistics program at UCSB. It will focus on applicants from
underrepresented communities, including students of color, first generation
students, students with disabilities, LGBTQIA+ students, and others
marginalized within academia.

10/7, 3:30-5pm (PDT): UCSB Linguistics Faculty Panel
Hosted by Prof. Mary Bucholtz, Department Chair

Department faculty speak about their current research, teaching, lab groups
and collaborations, community work, and other projects. Attendees will also
have the opportunity to ask questions of individual faculty members (general
questions about the graduate program should be directed to the Director of
Graduate Studies, Lal Zimman, or brought to the workshop on October 5th).

10/8, 3:30-4:20pm (PDT): UCSB Linguistics Graduate Student Lightning Talks
Hosted by Prof. Lina Hou, Equity, Inclusion and Diversity Advocate

Current graduate students from a variety of subfields will showcase their
research in a series of five-minute lightning talks. Speakers to be announced.

Date & time TBA: UCSB Linguistics Graduate Student Panel 
Hosted by current UCSB Linguistics Graduate Students

Current graduate students from underrepresented communities will speak
candidly about their experiences in the program. This event is open to
prospective applicants only.





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