Announcement from Tom Wasow: 
Are you a student or post-doc researcher in linguistics or a related discipline who is interested in how recent developments in science and technology relate to language science? Are you interested in how science relates to public policy? The AAAS Annual Meeting offers an exciting venue to hear talks by leading scientists and policy experts on topics that span all areas of science and technology, to network with other scientists and policy experts, and to be a part of the public discussion of science hosted by the world’s largest general scientific society. Section Z (Linguistics and Language Science) of the AAAS is pleased to offer a small number of awards to cover the meeting registration fees for qualified undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs. Presentation at the meeting is not a requirement for this award, though students are encouraged to consider submitting abstracts to the student poster session (deadline for poster submission: October 20). Travel and accommodation expenses are not included in the award.

Who can apply: Undergraduate or graduate students currently enrolled in a degree program in Linguistics or allied field, and postdocs in Linguistics or allied field.

How to apply: Applications should include the name, class rank or post-doc status, institutional affiliation and email contact of the applicant, along with a brief statement of research interest (max. 1 page); applicants who submit a poster abstract should include the poster title in their applications. Applications should be sent via email to the Section Z Steering Group at wasow@stanford.edu. Verification of student or post-doc status must be sent to the same address in a separate email from the applicant’s faculty advisor or supervisor.

Application deadline: Applications received by November 15, 2016 will be given full consideration. Several student and/or post-doc awards will be made to qualified applicants, in the order in which applications are received.

John Rickford

Linguistics Lecture: John Rickford: Using Linguistics to Fight Dialect Prejudice in Courtrooms and Beyond. From the announcement of the lecture: “Dr. John Rickford is a linguist whose research focuses on the relationships between linguistic variation and change and social structure. He is particularly interested in language and ethnicity, social class and style, language variation and change, pidgin and creole language, African American Vernacular English, and the application of linguistics to educational issues … Rickford is the author of: African American Vernacular English: Features, Evolution, Educational Implications; Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English (winner of an American Book Award), Style and Sociolinguistic Variation; Language in the USA: Themes for the Twenty-First Century; Language, Culture and Caribbean Identity; and African American, Creole and Other Vernacular Englishes.”