Faculty & Staff

Office Hours and Contact Info

The Department of Linguistics will be open most days, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Remote and in-person advising options are available. There are many things Sara Helms can assist you with by phone or email. Sara can help with advising, declaring a major or minor, or completing a degree evaluation electronically.

For questions about our program, classes, registration, the major or minor requirements, general information about linguistics, or to make an in-person advising appointment, please contact the the Department Manager Sara Helms by email (preferred), Sara.Helms@wwu.edu, or by phone, 360-650-3914.

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Click on the profile links below to see faculty and staff office hours.

Faculty

Emily Curtis, PhD

Senior Instructor
360-650-3938
BH 418A

Virginia Dawson, PhD

Assistant Professor
360-650-3292
BH 418E

McNeel Gordon Jantzen, PhD

Professor
360-650-2247
BH 418C
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Anne Lobeck, PhD

Professor
360-650-3249
BH 418B
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Jordan Sandoval, PhD

Assistant Professor
360-650-3931
BH 418F

Kristin Denham, PhD

Chair Professor Linguistics Major/Minor Advisor
360-650-3217
BH 418G

Emeritus

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Janet Zhiqun Xing, PhD

Professor Emeritus of Chinese and Linguistics

Rudolf Weiss

Professor Emeritus of Modern and Classical Languages

Affiliated Faculty

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Masanori Deguchi, PhD

Associate Professor of Japanese; Affiliated Faculty of Linguistics Japanese Study Abroad Advisor
(360) 650-4155
Miller Hall 217E
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Shannon Dubenion-Smith

Chair of MCL Associate Professor of German and Linguistics German Study Abroad Advisor
360-650-2038
MH 223B

Christina Keppie, PhD

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Professor of French and Linguistics Director for the Center of Canadian-American Studies
360-650-3930
CA 106, MS-9110
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R. Mata, PhD

Assistant Professor Advisor to Spanish majors with a Teaching Endorsement (secondary education) and BAE Spanish Elementary Education.
360-650-3927
MH 218C
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Judith Pine

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Professor Department Chair
(360) 650-4783
AH 340
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Edward Vajda, PhD

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Professor of Russian and Linguistics; Russian and Eurasian Studies Advisor
Miller Hall 218E

Sheryl Bernardo-Hinesley, PhD

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Associate Professor of Spanish and Linguistics World Languages Teaching Endorsement Advisor
360.650.4852
Miller Hall 122A

In Memoriam

Shaw Gynan

Professor Emeritus of Spanish and Linguistics

Staff

Sara Helms

she/her/hers
Department Manager
360-650-3914
BH 418D

Linguistics Department Associated Faculty

Name Title Home Department Office Phone Email
Beth Dillard Assistant Professor Elementary Education MH 304A 360-650-3314 beth.dillard@wwu.edu
Jennifer Green Professor Elementary Education MH 304D 360-650-2395 jennifer.green@wwu.edu
James Hearne Professor Computer Science CF 479 360-650-3792 james.hearne@wwu.edu
Tamer Hussein Visiting Assistant Professor Modern and Classical Languages MH 230 360-650-2093 husseit@wwu.edu
Brian Hutchinson Associate Professor Computer Science CF 475 360-650-4894 brian.hutchinson@wwu.edu
Yu Lei Visiting Assistant Professor Modern and Classical Languages MH 122 A 360-650-4852 leiy2@wwu.edu
Yudong Liu Associate Professor Computer Science CF 483 360-650-4831 yudong.liu@wwu.edu
Cathy McDonald Senior Instructor English HU 349 360-650-3236 cathy.mcdonald@wwu.edu
Heather Moore Assistant Professor Communication Sciences and Disorders AIC 374 360-650-7536 heather.moore@wwu.edu
Jennifer Thistle Associate Professor Communication Sciences and Disorders AIC 378 360-650-3157 thistlj@wwu.edu
Kathryn Vulić Professor English HU 335 360-650-3214 kathryn.vulic@wwu.edu
Suzi Wright Instructor TESOL MH 304D 360-650-2551 suzanne.wright@wwu.edu
Caleb Zilmer Instructor Elementary Education MH 304A 360-650-2238 caleb.zilmer@wwu.edu