# Department of Linguistics: professors and courses

Course codes ASL, LIN

Who teaches here

**39** people

Teaching 28 courses in Spring 2026 and Fall 2026.

30 professors · 2 lecturers and instructors · 7 graduate and other instructors

## Who teaches here

Find a professor or course

**Department of Linguistics professors and instructors**

| Name | Teaches |
| --- | --- |
| Professors · 30 |  |
| [Akshay Aitha](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/aa225967) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17350971/) Assistant professor morphology · phonology · syntax · Telugu | [LIN 372L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/372l) |
| [David I Beaver](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/dib97) Professor Linguistic Meaning | No classes listed this year |
| [John T Beavers](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/jbeavers) Professor Syntax · Semantics · Lexical Semantics | No classes listed this year |
| [Hans C Boas](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/boashc) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17371962/) Professor Syntax · Lexical Semantics · Computational Lexicography · Language Contact and Variation | No classes listed this year |
| [Rebecca Le Borgne](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/rl29885) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Rebecca%20Le%20Borgne#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16237952/) Assistant professor of instruction | [ASL 350](https://utaustin.guide/courses/asl/350), [ASL 601D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/asl/601d), [ASL 610D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/asl/610d) |
| [Megan J Crowhurst](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/crowhurs) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Megan%20Crowhurst#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16941462/) Professor | [LIN 351P](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/351p), [LIN 372K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/372k) |
| [Meg Davidson](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/md49396) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Meg%20Davidson#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17368876/) Assistant professor of instruction | [ASL 601D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/asl/601d), [ASL 610D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/asl/610d) |
| [Ashwini S Deo](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/asd853) Professor Indo-Aryan languages · historical linguistics · semantic change · semantics/pragmatics | No classes listed this year |
| [Patience L Epps](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/ple92) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16974366/) Professor Descriptive and documentary work on indigenous Amazonian languages · linguistic typology · language contact and language change · Amazonian indigenous histories | [LIN 345](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/345), [LIN 350](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/350) |
| [James M Fazio](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/jlg6742) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=James%20Fazio#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16997769/) Assistant professor of instruction | [ASL 311D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/asl/311d), [ASL 610D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/asl/610d) |
| [Zenzi Margareta Griffin](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/zmg84) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16987349/) Professor Language Production · Speech Errors · Personal Names · Psycholinguistics | No classes listed this year |
| Daniel A Law [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Daniel%20Law#lookup)[CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16269725/) Associate professor | [LIN 345](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/345), [LIN 350](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/350) |

**Show all 39 peopleDepartment of Linguistics professors and instructors, continued**

| Name | Teaches |
| --- | --- |
| Professors · 30 |  |
| [Jessy Li](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/jl67946) Associate professor Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing | No classes listed this year |
| Fernando Llanos Lucas [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Fernando%20Llanos%20Lucas#lookup)[CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17375584/) Assistant professor | [LIN 350C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/350c), [LIN 364](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/364) |
| [Kyle Mahowald](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/km49784) Assistant professor Computational Linguistics · Psycholinguistics · Quantitative Methods in Linguistics · Natural Language Processing | No classes listed this year |
| [Richard P Meier](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/rmeier) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16997286/) Professor Linguistics of signed languages · American Sign Language · first language acquisition | [ASL 326](https://utaustin.guide/courses/asl/326), [LIN 350](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/350) |
| [Don A Miller](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/dm27234) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Don%20Miller#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17379297/) Assistant professor of instruction | [ASL 601D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/asl/601d), [ASL 610D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/asl/610d) |
| [Kanishka Misra](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/km55359) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Kanishka%20Misra#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17365973/) Assistant professor linguistic generalization · semantic cognition · interpretability · connectionism | [LIN 313](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/313) |
| [Scott P Myers](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/myerssp) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Scott%20Myers#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16989562/) Professor Bantu languages | [LIN 344K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/344k), [LIN 346](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/346), [LIN 372K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/372k) |
| [Lydia Newkirk](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/ln9624) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Lydia%20Newkirk#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17381513/) Assistant professor of instruction | [LIN 306](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/306), [LIN 372J](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/372j) |
| [Karolin Obert](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/ko6588) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Karolin%20Obert#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17372532/) Assistant professor Northwest Amazonia (Brazil) · language documentation and description · typology of the language of space | [LIN 350](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/350), [LIN 389D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/389d), [LIN 393](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/393) |
| [Corrine Occhino](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/co22524) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Corrine%20Occhino#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17372553/) Assistant professor Sign languages · language variation and change · phonology · morphosyntax | [ASL 326](https://utaustin.guide/courses/asl/326), [LIN 355](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/355) |
| [Na’ama Pat-El](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/np4962) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16970425/) Professor Comparative Semitic Linguistics · Historical Linguistics · Syntax · Languages in Contact | No classes listed this year |
| [David G Quinto-Pozos](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/quinto) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/13862086/) Professor developmental signed language disorders · constructed action · language contact · signed-spoken language interpretation | [LIN 306](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/306) |
| [Rajka Smiljanic](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/rs6634) Professor | No classes listed this year |
| [Anthony K Webster](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/nago) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/3316184/) Professor Linguistic anthropology · anthropological linguistics · ethnopoetics · (Southern) Athabaskan languages | [LIN 312C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/312c) |
| [Stephen M Wechsler](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/wechsler) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Stephen%20Wechsler#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17372598/) Professor Syntactic theory · word meaning · grammatical agreement · and self-reference | [LIN 350S](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/350s), [LIN 353S](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/353s), [LIN 372S](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/372s) |
| [Deborah E White](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/dew832) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Deborah%20White#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/13877235/) Associate professor of instruction | [ASL 320](https://utaustin.guide/courses/asl/320), [ASL 601D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/asl/601d), [ASL 610D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/asl/610d) |
| [Anthony C Woodbury](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/acw53) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17371870/) Professor Language documentation · description · and revitalization · verbal art | No classes listed this year |
| [Michael Francis Wynne Jr](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/mfw449) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Michael%20Wynne#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17346009/) Associate professor of instruction | [ASL 311D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/asl/311d), [ASL 356](https://utaustin.guide/courses/asl/356), [ASL 601D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/asl/601d) |
| Lecturers and instructors · 2 |  |
| Caitlin Elisabeth Coons Lecturer | No classes listed this year |
| Elisa A Ferracane-Kelley [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16987299/) Lecturer | [LIN 371](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/371) |
| Graduate and other instructors · 7 |  |
| Kristie Denlinger [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Kristie%20Denlinger#lookup)[CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17387394/) | [LIN 373P](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/373p) |
| Teagan Esther [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Teagan%20Esther#lookup)[CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17369673/) | [LIN 306](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/306) |
| Barrett Hamp [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Barrett%20Hamp#lookup)[CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17376613/) | [LIN 306](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/306) |
| Baorian Nuchged [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Baorian%20Nuchged#lookup)[CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17376670/) | [LIN 306](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/306) |
| Lee Orfila [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/13861678/) | [LIN 306](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/306) |
| Laura Santamaria Soto [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17004293/) | [LIN 306](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/306) |
| Elijah Wilder [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Elijah%20Wilder#lookup)[CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17368509/) | [LIN 306](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/306) |

## Who teaches each course

**Department of Linguistics: who teaches each course**

| Course | Taught by |
| --- | --- |
| [ASL 311D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/asl/311d) | James M Fazio, Michael Francis Wynne Jr |
| [ASL 320](https://utaustin.guide/courses/asl/320) | Deborah E White |
| [ASL 326](https://utaustin.guide/courses/asl/326) | Richard P Meier, Corrine Occhino |
| [ASL 350](https://utaustin.guide/courses/asl/350) | Rebecca Le Borgne |
| [ASL 356](https://utaustin.guide/courses/asl/356) | Michael Francis Wynne Jr |
| [ASL 601D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/asl/601d) | Rebecca Le Borgne, Meg Davidson, Don A Miller, Deborah E White, Michael Francis Wynne Jr |
| [ASL 610D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/asl/610d) | Rebecca Le Borgne, Meg Davidson, James M Fazio, Don A Miller, Deborah E White |
| [LIN 306](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/306) | Lydia Newkirk, David G Quinto-Pozos, Teagan Esther, Barrett Hamp, Baorian Nuchged, Lee Orfila, Laura Santamaria Soto, Elijah Wilder |
| [LIN 312C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/312c) | Anthony K Webster |
| [LIN 313](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/313) | Kanishka Misra |
| [LIN 344K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/344k) | Scott P Myers |
| [LIN 345](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/345) | Patience L Epps, Daniel A Law |

**Show all 28 coursesDepartment of Linguistics: who teaches each course, continued**

| Course | Taught by |
| --- | --- |
| [LIN 346](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/346) | Scott P Myers |
| [LIN 350](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/350) | Patience L Epps, Daniel A Law, Richard P Meier, Karolin Obert |
| [LIN 350C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/350c) | Fernando Llanos Lucas |
| [LIN 350S](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/350s) | Stephen M Wechsler |
| [LIN 351P](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/351p) | Megan J Crowhurst |
| [LIN 353S](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/353s) | Stephen M Wechsler |
| [LIN 355](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/355) | Corrine Occhino |
| [LIN 364](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/364) | Fernando Llanos Lucas |
| [LIN 371](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/371) | Elisa A Ferracane-Kelley |
| [LIN 372J](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/372j) | Lydia Newkirk |
| [LIN 372K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/372k) | Megan J Crowhurst, Scott P Myers |
| [LIN 372L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/372l) | Akshay Aitha |
| [LIN 372S](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/372s) | Stephen M Wechsler |
| [LIN 373P](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/373p) | Kristie Denlinger |
| [LIN 389D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/389d) | Karolin Obert |
| [LIN 393](https://utaustin.guide/courses/lin/393) | Karolin Obert |

**Bachelor’s degrees 2 programs**

- [Linguistics](https://catalog.utexas.edu/undergraduate/programs/linguistics-ba/) BA
- [Linguistics and Computer Science (offered jointly with the College of Natural Sciences)](https://catalog.utexas.edu/undergraduate/liberal-arts/) BSLinCS

**Master’s degrees 1 program**

- [Linguistics](https://catalog.utexas.edu/graduate/areas-of-study/liberal-arts) MA

**Doctoral degrees 1 program**

- [Linguistics](https://catalog.utexas.edu/graduate/areas-of-study/liberal-arts) PhD

**About the department**

Department of Linguistics is part of College of Liberal Arts, led by Dean David Sosa. Its course codes are ASL and LIN.

**Sources UT catalog, HB 2504**

UT’s catalog lists colleges, deans, departments, and degree programs. UT’s public course records list instructors and CVs by section.

- [UT Austin undergraduate catalog 2026-2028](https://catalog.utexas.edu/undergraduate/colleges-schools/)
- [UT Austin HB 2504 public course information](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/nlogon/)

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