Linguistics Grad Programs

[Robin Shoaps]

Hi,

I would recommend four programs. Two are at University of California schools--UC
Santa Barbara and UCLA. Santa Barbara's Linguistics department is very amenable
to ethnographic approaches to language and to linguistic anthropology in
particular. Mary Bucholtz and Jack Du Bois are the resident linguistic
anthropologists, but there is also an interdisciplinary program in Language,
Interaction and Social Organization in which some sociologists and psychologists
participate.

At UCLA, I would encourage him to pursue either Anthropology or Applied
Linguistics. Candy Goodwin, Paul Kroskrity and Alessandro Duranti are linguistic
anthropologists in the anthro department. They also have an interdisciplinary
program, in which the anthro, sociology and psychology departments participate.

The University of Chicago also has a joint program in Linguistics and
Anthropology. Many of the students pursuing the joint degree study llinguistic
ideology and power with Sue Gal and Michael Silverstein as mentors.

The University of Pennsylvania is strong in linguistic anthropology and
sociolinguistics, though I would recommend he apply to the Anthropology
department, which encourages students to take linguistics courses. Asif Agha and
Greg Urban are the resident linguistic anthropologists.

I would encourage him to look at the departmental web pages for these four
universities to see what degree requirements and faculty interests appeal to
him.

Sincerely,
Robin Shoaps



"Grace E. Fielder" wrote:

> Hi,
> I am advising a student who wants to pursue a graduate degree in linguistics
> and is particularly interested in issues of language and power.  His B.A. is
> a joint degree in Anthropology and General Linguistics here at the
> University of Arizona.   What would be some good places I could recommend he
> apply to?
> Thanks,
> Grace Fielder
> University of Arizona