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Department of Linguistics

Our Alumni

2019 MA Student of Distinction Trevor Driscoll heads to MIT

Trevor Driscoll

Dean’s medalist becomes a linguistics professor across the globe 

Dr. Jason Brown 2

Dr. Jason Brown, Fresno State alum becomes a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He also engages in field work in Bougainville, the Solomon Islands.

Linguistics alumni

(in reversed chronological order of year of graduation)

MA in Linguistics (2022)

Ph.D. student, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, the Netherlands (2022 - present)

Trevor Driscoll Website

MA in Linguistics (2019)
Ph.D. student, MIT (2019 - present)

Pei Chen Chang

MA in Linguistics (2020)

Assistant Professor, Defense Language Institute (2020 - present)

Faris Najeeb Alotaibi

MA in Linguistics (2018)

Ph.D. student, George Mason University (2022 Fall - present)

Zahra Alzebaidi 

MA in Linguistics (2017)

Ph.D. student, Cornell University (2018 Fall - present)

Brian Moran 

BA in Linguistics (2016)

MA in Computational Linguistics, University of Washington (2018)

Strategy Linguist at Facebook (2019 - present)

Eiman Alenezy 

MA in Linguistics (2015)

Ph.D. student, University of Southampton, UK (2021 - present)

Jie Deng 

MA in Linguistics (2014)

Ph.D. student, University of Victoria, Canada (2016 - present)

Majed Alzhrani Website 

MA in Linguistics/TESOL (2013)

Ph.D. student, University of Essex, UK (2013 - present)

Ryan Rhodes Website

MA in Linguistics (2013)

Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Delaware (2013 - 2019)

Assisting Teaching Professor, Rutgers University Center for Cognitive Science (RUCCS), (2019 - present)

Jessica Harmon Website

BA in Linguistics (2012)

MA in Linguistics, University of Southern California (2014)

Ph.D. student, University of Southern California (2014 - present)

Martha Tsutsui Website

BA in Linguistics/TESOL (2012)

Ph.D. in Linguistics, SOAS, University of London, UK (2021)

Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Fresno State (2022)

Peter A. Guekguezian Wesbite

MA in Linguistics (2011)

Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Southern California (2017)

Dissertation: Prosodic Recursion and Syntactic Cyclicity inside the Word

Postdoctoral fellow, University of Rochester (2017 - present)

Victoria Teliga

MA in Linguistics (2011)

Skills Advisor at British Council, London, UK (2015 - present)

Lena Vasilyeva

MA in Linguistics (2010)

Ph.D. in linguistics, University of Alberta, Canada (2016)

Denine Lutz

MA in Linguistics/TESOL (2010)

Faculty, University of Dundee, Scotland

Kaveeta Rios

BA in Linguistics/TESOL (2010)

Student Support Coordinator, Merced College

Nicolas Quintana

MA in Linguistics/TESOL (2010)

Tutorial Center Coordinator, South Center Palomar College (2017 - present)

Dasha Henderer

MA in Linguistics/TESOL (2009)

MA in Linguistics, University of Southern California (2013)

Artificial Intelligence Psychologist, AGI Innovations Inc, Los Angeles (2016 – present)

Mayu Linblad Website

MA in Linguistics (2009)

Ph.D. in Education, UC Davis (2023)

Vahideh Rasekhi Website

MA in Linguistics (2009)

Ph.D. in Linguistics, Stony Brook University (2018)

Dissertation: Ellipsis and Information Structure: Evidence from Persian

Post-doctoral research fellow, UCLA (2018 Fall - present)

Zulfiya Ismailova

MA in Linguistics/TESOL (2009)

Faculty, Oregon State University (2013 - present)

Aarti Nayudu Website

MA in Linguistics (2003)

PhD 2008, Durham University, UK. 

Jason Brown Website

MA in Linguistics (2002)

Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of British Columbia, Canada (2008)

Associate Professor of Linguistics, University of Auckland, New Zealand (2009 – present)

Head of the Linguistics Society of New Zealand

Hiroko Tomono Website

BA in Linguistics (1995)

Library Director, Soka University of Americas

Shie Sato Website

MA in Linguistics/TESOL (1993)

Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics and TESL, UCLA (2003)

Associate Professor, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Hajime Tanabe

MA in Linguistics (1993)

Director, Hokusei Gakuen Girls' Junior & Senior High School, Japan

Peter Petrucci

MA in Linguistics/TESOL

Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Southern California (1993)

Senior Lecturer, Massey University, New Zealand

Teeni Matlock Website

B.A. in Liberal Studies, California State University, Fresno (1983)

M.A. in Linguistics, California State University, Fresno (1985)

Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz (2001)

Professor and McClatchy Chair in Communications

Cognitive & Information Sciences Program, School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts, University of California, Merced

Ritva Laury Website

MA in Linguistics (1982) 

Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara (1995)

Professor emerita, California State University, Fresno

Professor emerita, University of Helsinki

Shigeko Okamoto Website

MA in Linguistics (1976)

Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley (1986)

Dissertation: Ellipsis in Discourse

Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz 

Geoff Gamble

Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley (1975)

M.A. in Linguistics (with Distinction), California State University, Fresno (1971)

B.A. in English, Fresno State College (1965)

President Emeritus Montana State University

Gerald McMenamin

MA in Linguistics (1972)

Doctorado en Lingüística Hispánica, El Colegio de México (1978)

Professor Emeritus, California State University Fresno

Adjunct Faculty, Spanish Linguistics, University of Nevada Reno