Linguistics Alumni

We're Proud of our Alumni

The Linguistics Program is proud of its alumni and their professional successes. Some of our students have pursued careers in teaching or private businesses, and several have continued on to premiere graduate schools to study linguistics at the doctoral level. Take a minute to read the testimonials and profiles of our graduates and their experiences as Linguistics students at UNT.

 

Bachelor’s Alumni

Kathleen Cuyler, 2007
Kathleen Cuyler webpage

Joshua Ryan, BA 2015
https://ci.unt.edu/joshua-ryan

Gabriel Bierwirth, BA 2016
https://ci.unt.edu/gabriel-bierwirth

Mary Katherine Gowdy, BA 2020
http://linkedin.com/in/mary-katherine-gowdy

Dillon Shumaker, BA 2022
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dillon-shumaker-649240230

Cathryn Fung, BA 2023
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathryn-fung-657368273

 

 

Master’s Alumni

Sabine Thépaut, MA 1995
linkedin.com/in/sabinethepaut

Rosella Piersanti, MA 1996

Kristan Taylor, MA 2001
linkedin.com/in/kristan-taylor-aa149380

William Salmon, MA 2003
https://linguistics.unt.edu/william-salmon

Kristopher Geda, MA 2007
https://ci.unt.edu/kristopher-geda

Dianne Markley, MA 2000
linkedin.com/in/diannemarkley

Rachel Kraut, BA 2010, MA 2012
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-kraut-ph-d-577a13113

Lisa Jeon, BA 2010, MA 2012
https://www.lisajeonox.com/

Alexander Smith, BA 2010, MA 2012
Alexander Smith | Linguist | Austronesian Languages

Christal Brewster, MA 2012
https://ci.unt.edu/accomplished-alumni-christal-brewster

Nicholas Lester, MA 2012
http://nicholaslester.weebly.com/

Peter Schuelke, MA 2013
https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-schuelke-9718741a8

Chris Morphew, BA 2012, MA 2014
https://ci.unt.edu/alumni-spotlight-chris-morphew

Darrin Miller, MA 2018
https://ci.unt.edu/darrin-miller

Melissa Robinson, MA 2018 
https://ci.unt.edu/melissa-robinson

Jonisha Ash, BA, 2018, MA 2021
https://ci.unt.edu/jonisha-as

Jonathan Paramore, MA 2021
https://thi.ucsc.edu/grad-profile-jonathan-charles-paramore/

 

PhD Alumni

Charalabos Kalpakidis, PhD (Poetics) 2002
https://www.linkedin.com/in/charalaboskalpakidis

Mary Burke, PhD (Information Science & Linguistics) 2023
https://informationscience.unt.edu/mary-burke
 

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