Administration
Director
Prof. Cathy Stafford: cstafford@wisc.edu
Interim Program Coordinator
Jana Martin: jcmartin4@wisc.edu
Financial and Payroll Specialist
Malliga Somasundaram: msomasundara@wisc.edu
PhD Minor
Minor Advisor:
Prof. Naomi Geyer: nfgeyer@wisc.edu
Students wishing to minor in SLA should first contact the relevant SLA committee member in their department who will refer them to the chair of the SLA minor program. Students declaring the minor are required to meet with the SLA Minor Advisor before registering for SLA minor courses.
SLA Faculty and Academic Staff
Core SLA members advise, direct, or co-direct dissertations of students in the program. Their research focuses on Second Language Acquisition, as demonstrated in publications, presentations at research conferences, professional service activities, and/or graduate teaching.
Affiliate Members
Affiliate SLA faculty and academic staff teach courses related to SLA, co-advise dissertations, and may serve on administrative committees.
SLA Graduate Student Organization (SLAG)
Co-Presidents: Bingjie Zhang and Hadis Ghaedi
Delegate to the Steering Committee: Gordon West
Information Guru: Chen Sun
Social Chair: Ryan Goble
Symposium Co-Chairs: Sandra Descourtis, Jose Luis Rivera, and Eric Ho
SLA Listserves
uwsla-corefaculty@lists.wisc.edu
uwsla-affiliatefaculty@lists.wisc.edu
uwsla-phdmajors@lists.wisc.edu
uwsla-phdminors@lists.wisc.edu
uwsla-all@lists.wisc.edu (includes all SLA-affiliated students and faculty)