Interdisciplinary Committee on Linguistics

ICOL is administered through the Department of English, CLAS, and its scope is ASU (especially the Tempe campus, but not limited to the Tempe campus).

The committee coordinates interdisciplinary linguistics courses and programs in reference to scheduling, advisement, conferences, lectures, evaluations, and information dissemination.

The Interdisciplinary Committee on Linguistics exists as the only venue for coordination and communication among the several graduate programs on campus related to linguistics. Those programs include, but are not limited to:

• The Interdisciplinary PhD in Applied Linguistics
• The PhD In English with concentration in Rhetoric, Composition, and Linguistics
• The MA in English with concentration in General Linguistics
• The MA in English with concentration in Applied Linguistics
• The Master of Teaching English To Speakers of Other Languages
• The Master of Arts in Spanish, concentration in Applied Linguistics
• The MA in French
• The Interdisciplinary PhD in Speech and Hearing Science
• The MA and MEd in Language and Literacy, Bilingual Ed, and ESL in the Mary Lou Fulton College of Education
• The PhD in Educational Leadership &  Policy Studies
• The PhD in Curriculum and Instruction, concentration in Language and Literacy
• The MA and PhD in Anthropology
• The MA and PhD in Psychology

The committee attempts to coordinate graduate course offerings in the programs related to linguistics.
The committee (co-)sponsors occasional lectures.
The committee attempts to coordinate major events related to linguistics across the ASU campuses.

The Interdisciplinary Committee on Linguistics is also the coordinating body for a graduate certificate in linguistics.

Committee Members

Dawn Bates - Chair - (Department of English): Phonology, Native American languages (Salish)

Karen Adams (Department of English): Sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, Southeast Asian linguistics, language policy

Elizabeth A. Brandt (School of Human Evolution and Social Change): Native American languages, language and culture, endangered languages, language renewal, sociolinguistics, language policy

Holly Cashman (School of International Letters and Cultures): Codeswitching, bilingualism, sociolinguistics

Daniel Devitt (School of International Letters and Cultures): Historical linguistics, linguistic typology, TESOL

Christian Faltis (Curriculum and Instruction): Bilingualism, second language acquisition, English as a second/foreign language, TESOL

Carmen Garcia (School of International Letters and Cultures): Spanish pragmatics, applied linguistics

Thomas J. Hudak (School of Human Evolution and Social Change): Southeast Asian linguistics, ethnopoetics discourse, endangered languages

David Ingram (Speech and Hearing Science): Child language acquisition, language universals

Mark James (Department of English): TESOL

Barbara A. Lafford (School of International Letters and Cultures): Second language acquisition, applied linguistics, computer- assisted language learning, Spanish linguistics

Jeff MacSwan (Curriculum and Instruction): Codeswitching, bilingualism, language minority education, syntax

Roy Major (Department of English): Second language acquisition, phonology

Aya Matsuda (Curriculum and Instruction): Teaching English as a second/foreign/international language, World Englishes, nonnative English speaking teachers in TESOL, teacher education

Paul Kei Matsuda (Department of English): Second language writing, English for academic purposes, history of applied linguistics, electronic discourse

Helene Ossipov (School of International Letters and Cultures): Computer-assisted language learning, Québécois studies

Mark Rentz (American English & Culture Program): Intensive English Programs

Kellie Rolstad (Curriculum and Instruction): Bilingualism, two-way immersion, educational linguistics

Bryan Smith (School of Educational Innovation and Teacher Preparation): Applied linguistics, TESOL, second language acquisition theory, sociolinguistics, computer-assisted language learning

Greg Stone (Psychology): Psycholinguistics

Peter Suwarno (School of International Letters and Cultures): Indonesian Linguistics

Elly van Gelderen (Department of English): Syntax, history of English

Terrence G. Wiley (Educational Leadership and Policy Studies): Bilingualism, biliteracy, language policy, educational linguistics, English as a foreign language