The department graduated its first PhDs in 1991. More than sixty-seven students have earned doctoral degrees since then. The majority of alumni went on to full time employment in linguistics — most in an academic setting, some in industry. Among those who hold academic positions, at least twenty are tenured, several are or have been department chairs, and two have won NSF Young Investigator Awards.
The department is proud of its job placement record. PhD alumni of the department hold tenured or tenure-track positions at Stanford, Yale, the University of Chicago, USC, Georgetown University, NYU, UC Berkeley, and Johns Hopkins University, among other places.
The graduates of our MA program pursue a wide variety of career options. While some have entered other doctoral programs, either in linguistics (theoretical and applied) or in related fields (computer science, library and information sciences), others have found employment in teaching, journalism, government, or in the information technology sector.
Institutions with UCSC Linguistics Alumni
Brown University
Brandeis University
El Colegio de México
Georgetown University
Johns Hopkins University
Kobe College
Kobe Shoin Women’s University
Kyushu Institute of Technology
New York University
Oakland University
Stanford University
Swarthmore College
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
University of Arizona
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, San Diego
University of Chicago
University of Florida
University of Georgia
University of Massachussets, Amherst
University of Minnesota
University of Oklahoma
University of Rochester
University of Southern California
University of Toronto
University of Tromsø
University of Vermont
University of Vermont
University of Utah
College of William and Mary
University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire