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Tuesday, January 20, 2026

UGA Linguistics Professor Jon Forrest Featured in Segment on the Southern Drawl

We’re excited to share a recent feature highlighting our own Dr. Jon Forrest, Associate Professor of Linguistics!

Friday, September 19, 2025

Ph.D. Candidate Presents at Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference

UGA Linguistics Ph.D. candidate Tucker Hardison recently presented his research at the Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference, held August 20–22 at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Linguistics alumni, UGA professor co-author article in most recent Journal of Linguistics

Dr. Doug Merchant, a 2019 UGA Linguistics doctoral graduate, and Dr.

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Dr. Jon Forrest Wins Willson Center Faculty Research Grant in the Humanities and Arts

Recently our very own Dr. Jon Forrest won a Willson Center Faculty Research Grant in the Humanities and Arts for his project, "Black Language and Identity in Georgia."

Monday, March 24, 2025

UGA Linguistics Hosts Annual LCUGA

The Linguistics Conference at the University of Georgia (LCUGA 2025) was hosted on March 15-16, 2025, in Athens, Georgia.

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