The Humanities Council’s Program in Linguistics is pleased to welcome new faculty and scholars for the 2024-25 academic year.
Nicholas Rolle joins the program as an assistant professor. His interests are in phonology, morphology, and their interface with other components of grammar, with an empirical commitment to the languages of Africa – in particular Sierra Leone and Nigeria.
Renowned Deaf performing artist Peter S. Cook was appointed as a senior lecturer in American Sign Language (ASL). Cook’s work incorporates ASL, pantomime, storytelling, acting, and movement. Joining the program as a lecturer, Stefanie Amiruzzaman will teach beginner and intermediate courses in ASL. She previously taught in the ASL/Deaf Studies program at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. Cook and Amiruzzaman will both teach courses within Princeton’s ASL sequence, which includes introductory and intermediate courses and fulfills the University’s A.B. language requirement for undergraduate students.
Rebecca Paterson was appointed as an associate research scholar and lecturer in the Council and linguistics. Her research interests include African languages, morphosyntax and language description and documentation. She will teach “Linguistic Universals and Language Diversity” this fall.
Visit the Program in Linguistics website to learn more about the program.
