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Language and Cognition

One of Northwestern's oldest interdisciplinary programs, Language and Cognition was founded in 1972 by Jim Wertsch (Prof. and Chair of Linguistics), Doris Johnson (Prof. of Communication Sciences and Disorders), and Gil Krulee (Prof. of Industrial Engineering, Linguistics, and Psychology). It serves as a university-wide meeting ground for researchers interested in speech and language science, in cognition, and in their connections. It sponsors a colloquium series and three graduate student fellowships/TAships.

The colloquium series is held three times per quarter on Monday afternoons at 4:00 PM in Francis Searle. Each quarter is organized around a theme proposed by a faculty member.

Two entering graduate fellowships and one TAship are competitively awarded each year to students with interdisciplinary research interests in the areas covered by the program. Students are nominated for the program by their home department. In recent years, awards have been given to students in Communication Sciences and Disorders, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Linguistics, and Psychology. Awards are made by the Language and Cognition Steering Committee:

 

Faculty members wishing to organize a colloquium series should submit a brief prospectus to Steve Zecker. Prospective graduate candidates should apply directly to one of the participating departments for admission, indicating their interest in the program; at the same time, they should notify the Program Director by letter of their interest in participating in the program.

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