Linguistics

People

The Brown Linguistics community is made up of core faculty, staff, visiting professors and postdocs, graduate and undergraduate students and affiliate faculty.

Primary Faculty

Scott AnderBois

Associate Professor of Linguistics

scott_anderbois@brown.edu

Scott AnderBois Website

Research interests Community-engaged language documentation, Indigenous languages, Latin America, Pragmatics, Semantics

*Currently on sabbatical for Fall 2025 semester
Uriel Cohen Priva

Interim Director, Associate Professor of Linguistics

uriel_cohen_priva@brown.edu

Uriel Cohen Priva Website

Research interests Phonology, Phonetics, Information-theoretic Linguistics, Language Change, and Language variation
Pauline Jacobson

Professor of Linguistics, Director of Undergraduate Studies

pauline_jacobson@brown.edu

Research interests Semantics (Compositional Semantics and Lexical Semantics), Syntax, Syntax/Semantics interface, Pragmatics, Meaning and Cognition

Secondary Faculty

Paja Faudree

Associate Professor of Anthropology, Associate Professor of Linguistics

paja_faudree@brown.edu

Paja Faudree Website

Research interests Linguistic anthropology, Music, Political economy, Latin America, Indigeneity, Drugs and psychoactive plants, Language and medicine
Roman Feiman

Thomas J. and Alice M. Tisch Assistant Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, Assistant Professor of Linguistics

roman_feiman@brown.edu

Brown Language and Thought Lab

Research interests Language acquisition, Language processing, Cognitive Development, Semantics
Masako Fidler

Professor of Slavic Studies, Professor of Linguistics

masako_fidler@brown.edu

Research Profile

Needle-in-a-Haystack Method

Research interests Discourse analysis, Cognitive linguistics, Sociolinguistics
Richard Kimberly Heck

Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Linguistics

rikiheck@brown.edu

Richard Kimberly Heck Website

Research interests Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics, Early Analytic Philosophy, Gender and Sexuality
Ellie Pavlick

Briger Family Distinguished Associate Professor of Computer Science, Associate Professor of Linguistics

Language Understanding and Representation Lab

Research interests Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics, Semantics, Pragmatics

Visiting Faculty and Fellows

Jaime Benheim

Visiting Assistant Professor of Linguistics

jaime_benheim@brown.edu

Jaime Benheim Website

Research interests Sociolinguistics, language variation and change, sociophonetics
Felix Kpogo

Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow

felix_kpogo@brown.edu

Felix Kpogo Website

Research Interests Language development, socio-phonetics, phonetics, language variation and change, multilingualism, African linguistics

Emeritus Faculty

James Morgan

Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, Professor of Linguistics

jim_morgan@brown.edu

Research interests Language development, Infancy, Psycholinguistics, Speech perception, Word learning

Affiliate Faculty

Victor Alabi

Visiting Lecturer, Language Studies

victor_alabi@brown.edu

Victor Alabi Website

Research Interests Yoruba Discourse and Pedagogy. Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, Semiotics and Sociolinguistics in African Languages. Multilingualism and Media Discourse. African Linguistics.
Joshua Babcock

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

joshua_babcock@brown.edu

Joshua Babcock Website

Research Interests Raciolinguistics, Linguistic Anthropology, Multilingualism, Language and Colonization, Language Contact and Contact Varieties, Language, Gender, and Sexuality, Pragmatics
Anna Bjurman Pautz

Adjunct Lecturer in Philosophy

anna_pautz@brown.edu

Research Interests Philosophy of language
Pierre de Galbert

Visiting Assistant Professor of Education

pierre_degalbert@brown.edu

Pierre de Galbert Website
Eric Guindon

Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy

eric_guindon@brown.edu

Eric Guindon Website

Research Interests Philosophical logic, philosophy of language, metaphysics.
Nitana Hicks Greendeer

Visiting Lecturer in Native American and Indigenous Studies

nitana_hicks_greendeer@brown.edu
Christopher Hill

William Herbert Perry Faunce Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive and Psychological Science

Christopher_Hill@brown.edu

Research Profile

Research Interests Philosophy of language, Philosophy of mind, Metaphysics, and Epistemology
Katherine Kang

Lecturer in Language Studies

Katherine_Kang@Brown.edu

Research Profile
Tricia Kelly

Lecturer in Education

tricia_kelly@brown.edu

Research Profile
Kyuwon Moon

Lecturer in East Asian Studies

kyuwon_moon@brown.edu

Research Profile
Ourida Mostefai

Professor of French and Francophone Studies

ourida_mostefai@brown.edu

Research Profile
Joshua Schechter

Professor of Philosophy, Department Chair

Joshua_Schechter@brown.edu

Research Profile

Research Interests Epistemology, Metaethics, Philosophy of logic, and Formal logic
Steven Sloman

Professor of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences

steven_sloman@brown.edu

Sloman Lab

Research Interests Language and thought, reasoning, decision making
Jane Sokolosky

Distinguished Senior Lecturer of German Studies

jane_sokolosky@brown.edu

Research Profile

Research Interests Second Language Acquisition, Language Learning Technology
Stefanie Tellex

Associate Professor of Computer Science

stefanie_tellex@brown.edu

Research Profile

Research Interests Natural Language Processing, Robotics, Semantics, and Dialog

Graduate Students

Bruno Ferenc Segedin

bruno_ferenc_segedin@brown.edu

Research interests Phonology, Phonetics, Information-theoretic Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Language Change, Typology/variation
Jooyoung Lee

jooyoung_lee1@brown.edu

Research interests Semantics, Pragmatics, Lexical semantics, Syntax-semantics interface

Staff

Carmen Garcia

Program Manager

carmen_garcia@brown.edu

People

People

Primary Faculty

Scott AnderBois

Uriel Cohen Priva

Pauline Jacobson

Secondary Faculty

Paja Faudree

Roman Feiman

Masako Fidler

Richard Kimberly Heck

Ellie Pavlick

Visiting Faculty and Fellows

Jaime Benheim

Emeritus Faculty

James Morgan

Affiliate Faculty

Victor Alabi

Joshua Babcock

Anna Bjurman Pautz

Pierre de Galbert

Eric Guindon

Nitana Hicks Greendeer

Ourida Mostefai

Steven Sloman

Jane Sokolosky

Stefanie Tellex

Graduate Students

Bruno Ferenc Segedin

Jooyoung Lee

Staff

Carmen Garcia