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Jaye Padgett

Jaye Padgett

Professor and Undergraduate Program Director

Linguistics Department

Areas of expertise: Phonology, Linguistics, Language and Linguistics, Russian, Speech


Biography, Education and Training

I am a professor of linguistics who works on phonology and phonetics: speech sounds in languages. My main language interest is Russian, but my work is directed at an understanding of language in general. I also frequently work on Irish (Gaelic). My work combines formal analysis, usually within Optimality Theory, with experimental methodologies. I am particularly interested in the role of contrast and perceptual distinctiveness in phonetics and phonology.  

Susan Gillman

Susan Gillman

Distinguished Professor

Literature Department

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Susan Gillman


Areas of expertise: Literature, African American / Black Studies, American Studies, Race, US History, Slavery, Ocean Studies, Language and Linguistics, Popular Culture, Atlantic World


Biography, Education and Training

I am a scholar of race and slavery in the United States, the Americas, and beyond. From my usual base in the nineteenth century, I approach the study of national literatures and cultures from a “worlded” perspective developed by the cluster in World Literature and Cultural Studies at UCSC. My first book – focusing on Mark Twain’s lifelong interest in identity and imposture - explores his engagement with the changing systems of racial classification in the late nineteenth-... more »


Areas of expertise: Language and Linguistics


Biography, Education and Training

BA 1962 Rice University, Mathematics and Physics MA 1966 Rice University, German Literature PhD 1971 Yale University, Linguistics


Areas of expertise: Linguistics, Language and Linguistics


Biography, Education and Training

I am an Irish citizen, earned my BA at University College Dublin and my PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. I have held positions at University College Dublin, MIT, UC San Diego and UC Santa Cruz.

Sandra L Chung

Sandra L Chung

Distinguished Professor Emerita

Linguistics Department

Areas of expertise: Language and Linguistics


Bryan Donaldson

Bryan Donaldson

Professor, French & Applied Linguistics

Languages and Applied Linguistics

Areas of expertise: French, Language Development, Linguistics, Language and Linguistics, Sociolinguistics


Biography, Education and Training

PhD, French linguistics, Indiana University (Bloomington), 2008

Mark Amengual

Mark Amengual

Professor and Department Chair, Director, UCSC Bilingualism Research Lab

Languages and Applied Linguistics

Areas of expertise: Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Heritage Languages, Language and Linguistics


Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin M.A., The Pennsylvania State University B.A., Universitat de les Illes Balears


Areas of expertise: Language and Linguistics, Spanish


Biography, Education and Training

M.A., Universidad de Córdoba (Spain) M.A., University of Southern Mississippi (USA)    Research, PUCP (Peru) B.A., Universidad de Cádiz (Spain)    Erasmus, Universität Konstanz (Germany)    Research, SUNY Geneseo (USA)

Roberto de Roock

Roberto de Roock

Associate Professor of Learning Sciences and Technology

Education Department

Areas of expertise: Ethnography, Language and Linguistics, Discrimination and Inequality, Science and Technology, Teacher Education, Activism, Marxism


Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D. Language, Reading, & Culture University of Arizona, 2015 Advisor: Norma González M.A. Language, Reading, & Culture University of Arizona, 2007 Advisor: Luis Moll B.A. History & Latin American Studies (dual degree) University of Arizona, 2003


Areas of expertise: Italian, Language and Linguistics


Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D in Linguistics, UC Davis (2018) M.A. in Linguistics, UC Davis (2015) M.A. in English and French Languages and Literatures, IULM, Milan (1994)

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