The Rice Linguistics Department is the home of an active community of scholars with a wide range of interests. Broadly defined, the department adopts a functional, usage-based approach to language and linguistic theory.
Linguistics is, by its nature, an interdisciplinary field. The undergraduate major provides both an in-depth grounding in the field as well as cross-disciplinary breadth. Our doctoral program in Linguistics emphasizes the study of language in its cognitive, social, cultural and physical contexts.
The School of Social Sciences at Rice University is dedicated to challenging old assumptions, finding answers to tough questions and generating solutions that make lives better.
Professor
205 Herring Hall 713-348-2383achard@rice.edu
Lecturer
207 Herring Hall 713-348-2956david.durian@rice.edu
Associate Professor, Graduate Advisor and Interim Department Chair
206 Herring Hall 713-348-4776reng@rice.edu
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Major Advisor
209 Herring Hall 713-348-6225kemmer@rice.edu
Associate Professor
211 Herring Hall 713-348-6299niedz@rice.edu
Deedee McMurtry Professor
216 Herring Hall 713-348-3480matt@rice.edu
