Information for Visiting Scholars

Thank you for your interest in becoming a visiting scholar in the UNM Department of Linguistics. We welcome applications from qualified scholars with interests that are compatible with our faculty. Prospective visiting scholars should send an email to the department chair including the following information:

  1. a description of the project they want to work on
  2. which faculty member(s) they want to work with
  3. the approximate dates that they wish to visit
  4. their CV (as an attached PDF file)

All applications from prospective visiting scholars are reviewed and voted on by the entire department faculty, normally at our monthly faculty meeting during the academic year. For international scholars who the department agrees to host, please note that a minimum of two months are required to process immigration paperwork. There is a $220 charge for scholars requiring a visa. For further information, please visit the site of UNM’s Office for International Scholars.


Current Visiting Scholars

Ana Flávia Matos Freire

Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Brazil

Faculty Sponsor:
Rosa Vallejos-Yopán
At UNM:
2023-2024

Previous Visiting Scholars

Luana Lopes Amaral

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Faculty Sponsor:
William Croft
At UNM:
2021-2022

Emmanuel Ihechi Asonye

Imo State University

Faculty Sponsor:
Sherman Wilcox
At UNM:
2018-2019

Tereza Maracaipe Barboza

University of Campinas, Brazil

Faculty Sponsor:
Rosa Vallejos-Yopán
At UNM:
Spring 2023

Elidéa Bernardino

Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais

Faculty Sponsor:
Sherman Wilcox
At UNM:
2015-2016

Chiara Bonsignori

La Saapienza University of Rome

Faculty Sponsor:
Jill Morford
At UNM:
Fall 2019

Teresa Blankmeyer Burke

Gallaudet University

Faculty Sponsor:
Barbara Shaffer
At UNM:
2015-2016

Maria Del Carmen Cabeza-Pereiro

University of Vigo, Spain

Faculty Sponsor:
Sherman Wilcox
At UNM:
2010-2011

Barnali Chaudhary

Indian Institute of Technology

Faculty Sponsor:
Sherman Wilcox
At UNM:
2010-2011

Donna Erickson

Showa Music University and Sophia University

Faculty Sponsor:
Caroline Smith
At UNM:
2013-2014

Leticia Kaori Hanada

University of Campinas

Faculty Sponsor:
Erin Wilkinson
At UNM:
2022

Li Heng

Beihang University, Beijing, China

Faculty Sponsor:
Sherman Wilcox
At UNM:
2014-2015

Ah Rim Kim

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

Faculty Sponsor:
William Croft
At UNM:
2019

Gulnara Kussainova

The Ohio State University

Faculty Sponsor:
Sherman Wilcox
At UNM:
2010

Iksoo Kwon

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

Faculty Sponsor:
William Croft
At UNM:
2019

Giorgio Lemmolo

University of Pavia, Italy

Faculty Sponsor:
Sherman Wilcox
At UNM:
2010-2011

Rocio Anabel Martinez

Universidad de Buenos Aires & Consejo Nacionalde Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Faculty Sponsor:
Sherman Wilcox
At UNM:
2017

Yue Ming

Zhejiang University, China

Faculty Sponsor:
Joan Bybee
At UNM:
2010-2011

Carol Moder

Oklahoma State University

Faculty Sponsor:
Joan Bybee
At UNM:
2013 - 2014

Alberto Pardal Pardin

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Faculty Sponsor:
Joan Bybee
At UNM:
2013-2014

Torill Ringsø

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Faculty Sponsor:
Erin Wilkinson
At UNM:
Fall 2019

Yufuko Takashima

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Faculty Sponsor:
Sherman Wilcox
At UNM:
2017

Michele Vincent

The Ohio State University

Faculty Sponsor:
Caroline Smith
At UNM:
2012

Renqiang Wang

Sichuan International Studies

Faculty Sponsor:
Joan Bybee
At UNM:
2010

André Xavier

UNICAMP, Brazil

Faculty Sponsor:
Sherman Wilcox
At UNM:
2012-2013