Member Spotlights
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April 18, 2024
Congratulations to Dr Christine Schreyer for winning the Killam Teaching Prize at UBC Okanagan
Language Sciences is delighted to celebrate Dr Christine Schreyer's latest win for the Killam Teaching Prize at UBC Okanagan! Dr Schreyer is well loved by her students for her enthusiasm and caring approach. Her renowned research also bridges different disciplines and engages various communities.
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March 27, 2024
On data collection and standard languages – a conversation with Dr. Stefan Dollinger
A dialogue with Dr. Stefan Dollinger about his research on non-dominant varieties of languages, and how data-collection intersects with the work of a linguist.
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February 16, 2024
Member Spotlight: Dr. Harini Rajagopal on antiracist pedagogy and her other studies
We are delighted to have a chat with Dr. Harini Rajagopal prior to her presentation at our next LangSci Talk on Thursday, 22 Feb, 2024.
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February 13, 2024
A Conversation with Dr. Molly Babel on speech, attractiveness, and mother languages
We spoke with Dr. Molly Babel about her research on speech and attractiveness, as well as mother languages.
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January 16, 2024
Relational Lexicology: A conversation with Christine Schreyer and Mark Turin on a special issue of the journal Dictionaries
In this story, Language Sciences is delighted to chat with Dr. Christine Schreyer and Dr. Mark Turin about their experience editing the latest special issue of Dictionaries: The Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America.
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November 21, 2023
Member Spotlight: Walter Sena
Walter Sena is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia.
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September 27, 2023
UBC Computer Science researchers receive Outstanding Paper Award for advanced solution to abusive language detection
This article was developed by UBC Computer Science and has been re-posted by Language Sciences.
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September 10, 2023
Arts Perspectives on AI: Fearing (your own) Language in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Dr. David Gramling & Matthew Chan
Written by Dr. David Gramling (he/they), professor and head of the Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies, and Matthew Chan, third-year undergraduate student in Arts.
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August 8, 2023
Member Spotlight: Ifeoluwanimi Adebara
Ifeoluwanimi Adebara is a PhD student in the Cognitive Systems program at the University of British Columbia. Her research focuses on natural language processing for low resource languages.
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July 12, 2023
Amplifying Knowledge Mobilization: Ensuring Full Literacy SSHRC Partnership Grant Reaches Mid-Point
As the Ensuring Full Literacy team reaches the mid-point of their Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Grant