BRIAN SMITH JOINS THE DEPARTMENT

We are pleased to announce that Brian Smith will be joining the Linguistics Department in fall 2016 as a Visiting Assistant Professor in phonology. Brian’s research focuses on issues of linguistic variation at the interface between phonology and the lexicon, combining formal work with cutting-edge corpus and experimental studies. Since receiving his PhD from UMass Amherst in 2015, he has been a Lecturer at UCLA, where he has taught a variety of linguistics courses. In the upcoming year at UCSC, Brian will continue his research, as well as teach both undergraduate and graduate courses in phonology. Welcome to the Santa Cruz linguistic community, Brian!