Applied Linguistics
Applied Linguistics is concerned with how second languages are learned and taught. Faculty and student interests in this concentration include: second language acquisition and pedagogy; cognitive SLA; input, interaction, and SLA; L2 assessment; L2 discourse; L2 policy; Linguistics and Reading; and bi/multilingualism, among others.
Doctoral program applicants: While all faculty in the Department are available to serve on dissertation committees, only tenured and tenure-line faculty (Lara Bryfonski, Alison Mackey, and Lourdes Ortega) can serve as doctoral advisors and dissertation chairs in Applied Linguistics. Note that Prof. Alison Mackey will not advise new PhD students until fall 2029.
Applied Linguistics Faculty
- Hina Ashraf (Initiative for Multilingual Studies)
- Lara Bryfonski (Concentration Head)
- Alison Mackey (Vice President for Graduate Studies; not accepting PhD students in 2026-27, 2027-28, 2028-29; resuming fall 2029)
- Meg Montee (Director, Assessment and Evaluation Language Resource Center)
- Lourdes Ortega (Director, Initiative for Multilingual Studies)