People

Faculty

Department Chair

Matthew Webb Wagers

Title
- Professor and Chair
Campus Email
- mwagers@ucsc.edu

Undergraduate Program Director

Maziar D Toosarvandani

Title
- Professor and Undergraduate Program Director
Campus Email
- mtoosarv@ucsc.edu

Graduate Program Director

Ryan Thomas Bennett

Title
- Professor and Graduate Program Director
Campus Email
- rbennett@ucsc.edu

Associate Graduate Program Director

Roumyana Ivanova Pancheva

Title
- Professor
Campus Email
- pancheva@ucsc.edu

All Faculty

Judith L Aissen

Title
- Professor Emerita
Campus Email
- aissen@ucsc.edu

Pranav Anand

Title
- Professor of Linguistics; Associate Dean of Research
Campus Email
- panand@ucsc.edu

Ryan Thomas Bennett

Title
- Professor and Graduate Program Director
Campus Email
- rbennett@ucsc.edu

Adrian Brasoveanu

Title
- Professor
Campus Email
- abrsvn@ucsc.edu

Dustin Chacón

Title
- Assistant Professor
Campus Email
- duchacon@ucsc.edu

Sandra L Chung

Title
- Distinguished Professor Emerita
Campus Email
- schung@ucsc.edu

Donka F Farkas

Title
- Professor Emerita
Campus Email
- farkas@ucsc.edu

Mia Gong

Title
- Assistant Professor
Campus Email
- mgong9@ucsc.edu

Jorge Hankamer

Title
- Professor Emeritus
Campus Email
- hank@ucsc.edu

Junko Ito

Title
- Distinguished Professor Emerita
Campus Email
- ito@ucsc.edu

William A Ladusaw

Title
- Professor Emeritus
Campus Email
- ladusaw@ucsc.edu

Jess H.-K. Law

Title
- Assistant Professor
Campus Email
- jlaw5@ucsc.edu

James Mccloskey

Title
- Professor Emeritus
Campus Email
- mcclosk@ucsc.edu

Grant L Mcguire

Title
- Associate Professor
Campus Email
- gmcguir1@ucsc.edu

Armin Mester

Title
- Research Professor, Professor Emeritus
Campus Email
- mester@ucsc.edu

Jaye Padgett

Title
- Professor
Campus Email
- padgett@ucsc.edu

Roumyana Ivanova Pancheva

Title
- Professor
Campus Email
- pancheva@ucsc.edu

Geoffrey K Pullum

Title
- Professor Emeritus; Professor, University of Edinburgh
Campus Email
- pullum@ucsc.edu

Amanda J Rysling

Title
- Associate Professor
Campus Email
- rysling@ucsc.edu

Ivy Sichel

Title
- Professor
Campus Email
- isichel@ucsc.edu

Maziar D Toosarvandani

Title
- Professor and Undergraduate Program Director
Campus Email
- mtoosarv@ucsc.edu

Matthew Webb Wagers

Title
- Professor and Chair
Campus Email
- mwagers@ucsc.edu

Rachel Walker

Title
- Professor and Associate Graduate Director
Campus Email
- rwalker3@ucsc.edu

Staff

Sarah Arantza Amador

Title
- Administrative Manager
Phone
- 831-459-2905
Campus Email
- samador@ucsc.edu
Office Hours
- Thursdays

James B Funk

Title
- Graduate Advisor & Program Coordinator
Campus Email
- jfunk@ucsc.edu
Office Hours
- Linguistics: Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. Philosophy: Tuesdays, Wednesdays (all days remote)

Gwyn Vandevere

Title
- Undergraduate Advising & Program Coordinator
Phone
- 831-459-4988
Campus Email
- gvandeve@ucsc.edu
Office Hours
- Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays

Graduate Students

Nadine Abdel-Rahman

Title
- PhD Student
Campus Email
- naabdelr@ucsc.edu

Cal Boye-Lynn

Title
- MA Student
Campus Email
- jboyelyn@ucsc.edu

Dan Brodkin

Title
- PhD Student
Campus Email
- ddbrodki@ucsc.edu

Hanyoung Byun

Title
- PhD student
Campus Email
- hbyun5@ucsc.edu

Yaqing Cao

Title
- PhD Student
Campus Email
- ycao83@ucsc.edu

Ian Conrad Carpick

Title
- PhD Student
Campus Email
- icarpick@ucsc.edu

Amenia Vivian Denson

Title
- MA Student
Campus Email
- adenson@ucsc.edu

Keyü Dong

Title
- PhD Student
Campus Email
- kdong7@ucsc.edu

Jungu Kang

Title
- PhD Student
Campus Email
- jkang70@ucsc.edu

Maxwell Kaplan

Title
- PhD Candidate
Campus Email
- mkaplan2@ucsc.edu

Aidan Laurence Katson

Title
- PhD Student
Campus Email
- akatson@ucsc.edu

Yagmur Kiper

Title
- PhD Student
Campus Email
- ykiper@ucsc.edu

Emily Ryan Knick

Title
- PhD Student
Campus Email
- eknick@ucsc.edu

Matthew Joshua Kogan

Title
- PhD Student
Campus Email
- mjkogan@ucsc.edu

Joshua M Lieberstein

Title
- MA Student
Campus Email
- jlieber4@ucsc.edu

Larry Lyu

Title
- PhD Student
Campus Email
- slyu15@ucsc.edu

Jonathan Charles Paramore

Title
- PhD Candidate
Campus Email
- jcparamo@ucsc.edu

Eli Sharf

Title
- PhD Student
Campus Email
- ebsharf@ucsc.edu

Subhekshya Shrestha

Title
- PhD Student
Campus Email
- sshres16@ucsc.edu

Emma May Smith

Title
- PhD Student
Campus Email
- esmith31@ucsc.edu

Jun Tamura

Title
- PhD Student
Campus Email
- jtamura@ucsc.edu

Richard Wang

Title
- PhD student
Campus Email
- hwang374@ucsc.edu

Maya Cara Wax Cavallaro

Title
- PhD Student
Campus Email
- mwaxcava@ucsc.edu

Nikolas Eugene Webster

Title
- PhD Candidate
Campus Email
- newebste@ucsc.edu

Ruoqing Yao

Title
- PhD Student
Campus Email
- ryao10@ucsc.edu

Last modified: Oct 03, 2025