Research Opportunities for Undergrads

Are you interested in becoming involved in linguistics research? Please check back in November when we will be recruiting candidates for Spring 2026.

APPLICATION PERIOD FOR FALL 2025: July 14-27, 2025 (CLOSED)

APPLICATIONS REMAIN OPEN FOR THE SALISH LANGUAGE PHONOLOGY RA (PHONO LAB).
APPLICATION DEADLINE: August 4, 2025 (midnight)
APPLY HERE (this position only)

FUTURE APPLICATION PERIODS:
Spring 2026: November, 2025
Summer 2026: March, 2026
Fall 2026: July, 2026

Note: The application period for the positions listed on this page has now closed. Opportunities for Spring 2026 will be posted in November, 2025. Available opportunities and a link to the application form will be added at that time.

Our research opportunities are either paid or volunteer, as noted in the description. Volunteer positions often lead to paid RAships in later semesters. The hours and length of commitment are variable, depending on the project. Paid RAships are funded by the supervisor's research grant or the Linguistics endowment fund.

Applications are assessed on the basis of academic excellence and stated qualifications. All applicants will be informed by email regarding the outcome of their submission.


Professor, Project Information	Seeking Students? (Yes/No) and Further Details
Ashley Farris-Trimble Phonological processing, opacity, typology, learning Phonological Processing Lab: Seeking up to 4 volunteer RAs to work across several projects. Paid position may be available after a semester's involvement. Duties may include: • Library research • Experiment development • Data collection • Data analysis Open to: Current 丁香园AV undergraduate students in LING, INLP, Cognitive Science, or related fields. ------------------------------	No (closed): up to 4 volunteer RAs for Fall 2025 5 hrs/wk (plus 1-hr weekly lab meeting) Qualifications: • Completion of LING 321 Additional skill sets for individual projects include: • Ability to read Mandarin/Chinese • Ability to read Cyrillic scripts • Experience playing Legends of Zelda: Breath of the Wild • Experience with statistical analysis in R • Interest in Salish language phonology
Yue Wang Experimental phonetics, psycholinguistics, computational linguistics Language and Brain Lab: Seeking 2 volunteer RAs to work on the project Adaptations in Conversation: Engaging voices, faces, brains and machines. Paid position may be available after a semester's involvement. Duties may include: • Experiment development • Data collection • Data analysis • Audio and video recording of human speech Open to: Current 丁香园AV undergraduate students in LING, Cognitive Science, or related fields (3rd-year students preferred) ------------------------------	No (closed): 2 volunteer RAs for Fall 2025 5 hrs/wk (plus 1-hr weekly lab meeting) Qualifications: • Completion of an undergraduate course in phonetics • Experience with acoustic analysis of speech sounds (Praat) • Experience with statistics Optional/preferred experience: • Statistical analysis (e.g., R) • Computer science/AI • Audio/video editing • Neuroimaging techniques (e.g., MEG)
Henny Yeung Infant Directed Speech (IDS), phoneme discrimination, word segmentation, joint attention Language Learning and Development Lab: Seeking 1 volunteer RA to work on the project Cross-Cultural Infant Language Development. Duties will include annotation and analysis of speech directed to infants, and community recruitment. Open to: Current 丁香园AV undergraduate students in LING, Cognitive Science, or related fields ------------------------------	No (closed): 1 volunteer RA for Fall 2025 5 hrs/wk Qualifications: • Strong work ethic • Organizational skills • Comfortable speaking with parents, caregivers and young children • Must have a valid driver's license and access to a vehicle for travel to community locations (mileage will be reimbursed) • Proficiency in Mandarin and Cantonese is desirable but not required • Linguistics coursework preferred

If you have any questions about these positions or about the application process, please contact the Research Grants and Projects Coordinator.

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Research Opportunities for Undergrads