Lingua Student Group

LINGUA

LINGUA is a student-run linguistics organization at The University of Texas at Arlington. Lingua organizes departmental get-togethers and also puts together the annual student linguistics conference at UT Arlington (UTASCILT) with linguistic scholars from around the world.

Lingua has encouraged, supported, and fostered the study of lesser-studied languages of the world, such as Akposso, Kam, Kadai, Kurdish, Thai, Hausa, Bai, Bulgarian, Vietnamese, Mixe-Zoque, Tamil, Panjabi, Sinhala, Sanskrit, Greek, Hebrew, Angas, Yi, Taiwanese, Korean, Japanese, Mandarin, Jarai, and Albanian. Lingua's past and current members have conducted research in Albania, Cambodia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Liberia, India, Pakistan, Australia, Mexico, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan, China, Korea, Japan, Russia and all corners of the globe!

Membership

A regular Lingua membership may be held by anyone who is enrolled with the registrar at UT Arlington as taking a University course for credit. An associate membership may be held by anyone else. Contact Lingua at utalingua@gmail.com for more information.

UTA Student Conference in Linguistics & TESOL (UTASCILT)

Our most recent conference was held in person on Friday, 22nd of March 2024. The keynote speaker was Dr. Samantha Cornelius (Division of Language Preservation, Language Database Manager, Chickasaw Nation).

Lingua Officers 2024-2025

• President: Duaa Makhoul
• Vice President: Erica Dagar
• Secretary/Social Chair: Danielle Quaye
• Treasurer: Shawn Tang

Lingua Officers 2023-2024

• President: Gabriela Sanchez
• Vice President: Duaa Makhoul
• Treasurer: Ki James
• Secretary: Erica Dagar

Lingua Officers 2022-2023

• President: Kaelie McKnight
• Vice President: Gabriela Sanchez
• Treasurer: Samira Hamzehei
• Secretary: Hammed Mohammadpanah