This listing of LSA media resources is intended to assist journalists in identifying linguists who are knowledgeable about specified sub-fields of linguistics and are available for interviews with the news media on a timely basis. Journalists needing further assistance with using this list should contact LSA Executive Director Margaret Vitulo via email or phone: 202-835-1714. LSA members who would be interested in serving as a resource for the News Media should refer to the instructions at the bottom of this page.

SPECIFIC LANGUAGES, DIALECTS

African Languages

• Jeff Good (University of Buffalo); jcgood AT buffalo DOT edu; https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/linguistics/faculty/jeff-good.html
• Daniel Hieber (Independent Scholar), hieber AT gmail DOT com; https://www.danielhieber.com/ 

African American Language

• John Baugh (Washington University); jbaugh AT wustl DOT edu; https://psych.wustl.edu/people/john-baugh
• Jessi Grieser (University of Tennessee, Knoxville); jgrieser AT utk DOT edu; https://jessgrieser.com/
• Kelly Wright (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor); kellywri AT umich DOT edu; https://lsa.umich.edu/linguistics/people/graduate-students/kelly-wright.html  

American Sign Language (ASL), Black ASL, Sign Language(s)

• Jon Henner (University of North Carolina at Greensboro); j_henner AT uncg DOT edu; https://soe.uncg.edu/directory/faculty-and-staff/bio-jonhenner/ 
• Joseph Hill (Rochester Institute of Technology); jchnss AT rit DOT edu; https://www.josephchill.com
• Julie Hochgesang (Gallaudet University): julie.hochgesang AT gallaudet DOT edu; www.juliehochgesang.com
• Annemarie Kocab (Harvard University); kocab AT fas DOT Harvard DOT edu; https://annemarie-kocab.com/ 

Asian American Language

• Andrew Cheng (Simon Fraser University); a_cheng  AT sfu DOT ca; https://sfu.ca/~aca301/ 

Haitian Creole

• Michel DeGraff (MIT); degraff AT mit DOT edu; https://linguistics.mit.edu/user/degraff/ 

Languages in California

• Andrew Cheng (Simon Fraser University); a_cheng  AT sfu DOT ca; https://sfu.ca/~aca301/ 

Languages of Latin America

• Rusty Barrett (University of Kentucky); erbarr2 AT email DOT uky DOT edu; https://linguistics.as.uky.edu/users/erbarr2

Spanish (and Romance Languages)

• Philip M. Carter (Florida International University); pmcarter AT fiu DOT edu; https://cri.fiu.edu/faculty/phillip-carter/ 
• Liliana Sánchez (University of Illinois Chicago); lesanche AT uic DOT edu; https://hip.uic.edu/profiles/sanchez-liliana/

TOPICS within LANGUAGE

Bias, Discrimination, Prejudice

• John Baugh (Washington University); jbaugh AT wustl DOT edu; https://psych.wustl.edu/people/john-baugh
• Jessi Grieser (University of Tennessee, Knoxville); jgrieser AT utk DOT edu; https://jessgrieser.com/
• Laurel MacKenzie (New York University); laurel DOT mackenzie AT nyu DOT edu; https://www.laurelmackenzie.com/ 
• Kelly Wright (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor); kellywri AT umich DOT edu; https://lsa.umich.edu/linguistics/people/graduate-students/kelly-wright.html  
• Joseph Hill (Rochester Institute of Technology); jchnss AT rit DOT edu; https://www.josephchill.com

Bilingualism, Dialects, Heritage Speakers

• Andrew Cheng (Simon Fraser University); a_cheng  AT sfu DOT ca; https://sfu.ca/~aca301/ 
• Philip M. Carter (Florida International University); pmcarter AT fiu DOT edu; https://cri.fiu.edu/faculty/phillip-carter/ 
• Liliana Sánchez (University of Illinois Chicago); lesanche AT uic DOT edu; https://hip.uic.edu/profiles/sanchez-liliana/

Deafness, Sign Language, Gesture

• Jon Henner (University of North Carolina at Greensboro); j_henner AT uncg DOT edu; https://soe.uncg.edu/directory/faculty-and-staff/bio-jonhenner/ 
• Joseph Hill (Rochester Institute of Technology); jchnss AT rit DOT edu; https://www.josephchill.com
• Julie Hochgesang (Gallaudet University): julie.hochgesang AT gallaudet DOT edu; www.juliehochgesang.com
• Annemarie Kocab (Harvard University); kocab AT fas DOT Harvard DOT edu; https://annemarie-kocab.com/ 

Language Learning and Acquisition, Child Language, Parent-Child Communication

• Eve V. Clark (Stanford University); eclark AT Stanford DOT edu; https://web.stanford.edu/~eclark/ 
• Kristen Syrett (Rutgers & The State University of New Jersey -  New Brunswick); kristen DOT syrett AT Rutgers DOT edu; https://sites.rutgers.edu/kristen-syrett/ 
• Laura Wagner (The Ohio State University); wagner DOT 602 AT osu DOT edu; https://u.osu.edu/wagner.602/ 

Language Emergence

• Jon Henner (University of North Carolina at Greensboro); j_henner AT uncg DOT edu; https://soe.uncg.edu/directory/faculty-and-staff/bio-jonhenner/ 
• Annemarie Kocab (Harvard University); https://annemarie-kocab.com/; kocab AT fas DOT Harvard DOT edu
• Joseph Hill (Rochester Institute of Technology); jchnss AT rit DOT edu; https://www.josephchill.com

Cognition, Language and the Brain/Mind, Language Processing 

• Melissa Baese Berk (University of Oregon); mbaesebe AT uoregon DOT edu; http://www.melissabaeseberk.com/ 
• Evan Bradley (Pennsylvania State University – Brandywine); evan DOT d DOT Bradley AT psu DOT edu; https://www.brandywine.psu.edu/person/evan-bradley
• Colin Phillips (University of Maryland-College Park); colin AT umd DOT edu; https://www.colinphillips.net/   
• Kristen Syrett (Rutgers University – New Brunswick); kristen DOT syrett AT Rutgers DOT edu; https://sites.rutgers.edu/kristen-syrett/ 
• Laura Wagner (The Ohio State University); wagner DOT 602 AT osu DOT edu; https://u.osu.edu/wagner.602/ 

Computers, Computation, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Speech Recognition

• Adam Jardine (Rutgers University – New Brunswick); adam.jardine AT Rutgers DOT edu; https://adamjardine.net/ 
• Maite Taboada (Simon Fraser University); mtaboada AT sfu DOT ca ; http://www.sfu.ca/~mtaboada/

Dictionaries

• Anne Curzan (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor); acurzan AT umich DOT edu; https://acurzan.english.lsa.umich.edu/ 

Disabilities

• Jon Henner (University of North Carolina at Greensboro); j_henner AT uncg DOT edu; https://soe.uncg.edu/directory/faculty-and-staff/bio-jonhenner/ 
• Annemarie Kocab (Harvard University); https://annemarie-kocab.com/; kocab AT fas DOT Harvard DOT edu

Educational Policy

• John Baugh (Washington University); jbaugh AT wustl DOT edu; https://psych.wustl.edu/people/john-baugh
• Philip M. Carter (Florida International University); pmcarter AT fiu DOT edu; https://cri.fiu.edu/faculty/phillip-carter/ 
• Michel DeGraff (MIT); degraff AT mit DOT edu; https://linguistics.mit.edu/user/degraff/ 

Endangered Languages, Language Documentation

• Jeff Good (University of Buffalo); jcgood AT buffalo DOT edu; https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/linguistics/faculty/jeff-good.html
• Daniel Hieber (University of Alberta); hieber AT ualberta DOT ca; https://www.danielhieber.com/ 

Fake News and Misinformation, Language in the Public

• Elsi Kaiser (University of Southern California); emkaiser AT usc DOT edu; https://elsikaiser.com/ 
• John Baugh (Washington University); jbaugh AT wustl DOT edu; https://psych.wustl.edu/people/john-baugh
• Maite Taboada (Simon Fraser University); mtaboada AT sfu DOT ca; http://www.sfu.ca/~mtaboada/
• Laura Wagner (The Ohio State University); wagner DOT 602 AT osu DOT edu; https://u.osu.edu/wagner.602/ 

Gender, Sexuality, Pronouns

• Rusty Barrett (University of Kentucky); erbarr2 AT email DOT uky DOT edu; https://linguistics.as.uky.edu/users/erbarr2
• Evan Bradley (Pennsylvania State University – Brandywine); evan DOT d DOT Bradley AT psu DOT edu; https://www.brandywine.psu.edu/person/evan-bradley
• Andrew Cheng (Simon Fraser University); a_cheng  AT sfu DOT ca; https://sfu.ca/~aca301/ 
• Lex Konnelly (University of Toronto); a DOT konnelly AT mail DOT utoronto DOT ca; https://sites.google.com/view/lexkonnelly   

Grammar of the World’s Languages, Word Structure, Cross-Linguistic differences

• Michel DeGraff (MIT); degraff AT mit DOT edu; https://linguistics.mit.edu/user/degraff/ 
• Heidi Harley (University of Arizona); hharley AT arizona DOT edu; http://heidiharley.com/
• Daniel Hieber (University of Alberta); hieber AT ualberta DOT ca; https://www.danielhieber.com/ 

History of Language, Language Change

• Anne Curzan (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor); acurzan AT umich DOT edu; https://acurzan.english.lsa.umich.edu/ 
• Michel DeGraff (MIT); degraff AT mit DOT edu; https://linguistics.mit.edu/user/degraff/ 
• Daniel Hieber (University of Alberta); hieber AT ualberta DOT ca; https://www.danielhieber.com/
• Laurel MacKenzie (New York University); laurel DOT mackenzie AT nyu DOT edu; https://www.laurelmackenzie.com/ 

Inclusive Language

• Kristen Syrett (Rutgers University – New Brunswick); kristen DOT syrett AT Rutgers DOT edu; https://sites.rutgers.edu/kristen-syrett/ 

Language on the Internet and Social Media

• Jessi Grieser (University of Tennessee, Knoxville); jgrieser AT utk DOT edu; https://jessgrieser.com/
• Daniel Hieber (University of Alberta); hieber AT ualberta DOT ca; https://www.danielhieber.com/ 
• Maite Taboada (Simon Fraser University); mtaboada AT sfu DOT ca; http://www.sfu.ca/~mtaboada/

Law, Politics, Immigration, Policy

• John Baugh (Washington University); jbaugh AT wustl DOT edu; https://psych.wustl.edu/people/john-baugh
• Philip M. Carter (Florida International University); pmcarter AT fiu DOT edu; https://cri.fiu.edu/faculty/phillip-carter/ 
• Kelly Wright (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor); kellywri AT umich DOT edu; https://lsa.umich.edu/linguistics/people/graduate-students/kelly-wright.html  

Meaning of Words, Meaning in Discourse and Conversation

• Anne Curzan (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor); acurzan AT umich DOT edu; https://acurzan.english.lsa.umich.edu/ 
• Jessica Rett (UCLA); rett AT ucla DOT edu; https://linguistics.ucla.edu/people/Rett/  
• Kristen Syrett (Rutgers University – New Brunswick); kristen DOT syrett AT Rutgers DOT edu; https://sites.rutgers.edu/kristen-syrett/ 

Pidgins, Creoles

• Michel DeGraff (MIT); degraff AT mit DOT edu; https://linguistics.mit.edu/user/degraff/ 

Sounds of Language, Tone, Prosody

• Melissa Baese Berk (University of Oregon); mbaesebe AT uoregon DOT edu; http://www.melissabaeseberk.com/ 
• Evan Bradley (Pennsylvania State University – Brandywine); evan DOT d DOT Bradley AT psu DOT edu; https://www.brandywine.psu.edu/person/evan-bradley
• Andrew Cheng (Simon Fraser University); a_cheng  AT sfu DOT ca; https://sfu.ca/~aca301/ 
• Adam Jardine (Rutgers University – New Brunswick); adam DOT jardine AT Rutgers DOT edu; https://adamjardine.net/ 

LSA members who wish to nominate someone or themselves to serve as a Media Resource, please email the following in the form of a link to a folder (e.g., on Box, Dropbox, or Google Drive) or website URL to Georgia Zellou, Public Relations Committee Chair (email available in Member Directory):

A cover letter, not to exceed 1 page including the following, in order

1) A brief statement of how the nominee’s expertise and communicative skills make them well-suited to serve as first responders to the mainstream media and public, as well as

2) A statement of indications of the nominee’s experience interfacing with the media

3) A link to the nominee’s CV (A pdf of the CV attached is allowable, if no url is available.)

4) A brief (100- to 150-word) bio-sketch written in layperson’s language that states the nominee's expertise and the kinds of issues they can talk about

5) A list of 4-6 keywords related to the biosketch and the nominee’s expertise