Graduate Alumni Placement

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 Utah
  • College of William and Mary
  • University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire

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.

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