Robert Kleinsasser (PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign): English as an International Language, second language acquisition and teacher education, social organization of second language teaching and learning environments, language testing and assessment
Aryeh Faltz (PhD, University of California, Berkeley): Artificial intelligence, computational linguistics, Native American languages (Navajo)
Akua Duku Anokye (PhD, CUNY City Graduate School and University Center): Sociolinguistics of the African American community, orality and literacy, discourse analysis and storytelling
Patricia Friedrich (PhD, Purdue University): World Englishes, sociolinguistics, EFL/ESL, crosscultural communication
Karen Adams (PhD, University of Michigan): Sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, Southeast Asian linguistics, language policy
Dawn Bates (PhD, University of Washington): Phonology, Native American languages (Salish)
Elly van Gelderen (PhD, McGill University): Syntax, history of English
Carrie Gillon (PhD, University of British Columbia): Native American languages, semantics, syntax
Mark James (PhD, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto): TESOL
Roy Major (PhD, The Ohio State University): Second language acquisition, phonology
Paul Kei Matsuda (PhD, Purdue University): Second language writing, English for academic purposes, history of applied linguistics, electronic discourse
Don Nilsen (PhD, University of Michigan): Humor, semantics
Django Paris (PhD, Stanford University): Youth language and literacy, African American language in education, language in multiethnic schools
Bryan Smith (PhD, University of Arizona): Applied linguistics, TESOL, second language acquisition theory, sociolinguistics, computer-assisted language learning
Sanford Cohn (PhD, The Johns Hopkins University): Foreign language instruction among gifted adolescents
Eugene E. Garcia (PhD, University of Kansas): Bilingualism, language policy
James Paul Gee (PhD, Stanford University): Discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, educational linguistics, language and culture
Elisabeth Hayes (PhD, Rutgers University): Adult literacy; literacies and new technologies; learning sciences
Teresa McCarty (PhD, Arizona State University): Indigenous language education, language revitalization and maintenance, language planning and policy
Jeff MacSwan (PhD, University of California, Los Angeles): Codeswitching, bilingualism, language minority education, syntax
Aya Matsuda (PhD, Purdue University): Teaching English as a second/foreign/international language, World Englishes, nonnative English speaking teachers in TESOL, teacher education
Kathy Nakagawa (PhD, Northwestern University): Literacy, biliteracy, family-school relations
Carlos Ovando (PhD, Indiana University): Language policy
Kellie Rolstad (PhD, University of California, Los Angeles): Bilingualism, two-way immersion, educational linguistics
Mary Eunice Romero (PhD, University of California, Berkeley): Indigenous language education, language revitalization and maintenance
Willi Savenye (PhD, Arizona State University): Educational technology, instructional design and evaluation, language in online learning, computer-mediated instruction
Doris Warriner (PhD, University of Pennsylvania): Immigration, language learning and identity, transnational literacies, language planning and policy, educational linguistics, discourse analysis, narrative analysis
Terrence G. Wiley (PhD, University of Southern California): Bilingualism, biliteracy, language policy, educational linguistics, English as a foreign language
Harry Bracken (PhD, University of Iowa): Philosophical work of Noam Chomsky, 17th and 18th century philosophy
Bernard W. Kobes (PhD, University of California, Los Angeles): Philosophy of language, philosophy of mind
Angel Pinillos (PhD, Rutgers University): Philosophy of language, semantics
Ellen Campana (PhD, University of Rochester): Gesture, spoken language comprehension, human factors for language technology, experiential media for second language learning, mediated communication
Arthur Glenberg (PhD, University of Michigan): Embodied cognition of language, reading comprehension, reading comprehension interventions
Stephen Goldinger (PhD, Indiana University): Cognitive systems, behavioral neurology
Guy Van Orden (PhD, University of California, San Diego): Psycholinguistics
Elizabeth A. Brandt (PhD, Southern Methodist University): Native American languages, language and culture, endangered languages, language renewal, sociolinguistics, language policy
Thomas J. Hudak (PhD, University of Michigan): Southeast Asian linguistics, ethnopoetics discourse, endangered languages
Mariana Bahtchevanova (PhD, Arizona State University): Syntax, Romance, Slavic linguistics
Lee B. Croft (PhD, Cornell University): Slavic linguistics, iconicity, mnemonics, poetic translation
Daniel Devitt (PhD, State University of New York at Buffalo): Historical linguistics, linguistic typology, TESOL
Carmen Garcia (PhD, Georgetown University): Spanish pragmatics, applied linguistics
Barbara A. Lafford (PhD, Cornell University): Second language acquisition, applied linguistics, computer- assisted language learning, Spanish linguistics
Helene Ossipov (PhD, Indiana University): Computer-assisted language learning, Québécois studies
Chanyoung Park (PhD, Arizona State University): Family language policy, heritage language education
Danko Šipka (PhD, Institute of Psychology of the Polish Academy of Sciences): Slavic linguistics, computational linguistics
Madeline Spring (PhD, University of Washington): Second language acquisition, teacher training, computer-based instruction, assessment, Chinese
Xia Zhang (PhD, University of Alberta): Second language acquisition, discourse analysis, Chinese linguistics, language pedagogy
Ariana Mikulski (PhD, University of Iowa): Second language acquisition, heritage language acquisition, bilingualism, Spanish morphosyntax
David Ingram (PhD, Stanford University): Child language acquisition, language universals
Laida Restrepo (PhD, University of Arizona): Bilingualism, language disorders in bilingual children, Spanish language assessment and intervention
Students in the program apply for admission to one of five specific concentrations. While these concentrations all share common elements, they can be distinguished in specific ways as well.
Prior to admission, students should generally have completed a master's degree from an accredited institution, but exceptionally strong students with a bachelor's degree only may also be considered. Because applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary field, applicants with prior academic preparation in any field are welcome.
Applications are due January 15 for admission the following fall. Admissions processing is handled by the Graduate Program Office staff — call (480) 965-4602 for more information.
All applied linguistics PhD students are expected to maintain full-time status for the duration of the program, and all students are supported through scholarships and assistantships. Assistantships may involve research activity or undergraduate teaching, and provide a monthly stipend, waiver of tuition, and health insurance.
Additional financial support information is available at the ASU Graduate College website.
Jeff MacSwan
Program Director and Chair,
Program Oversight Committee
(480) 965-4602 (voice)
(480) 965-1863 (fax)
cnigrad@asu.edu