PAST CONFERENCES
14TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ILLINOIS LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS SOCIETY
Theme: Language Variation and Change in the 21st Century
Plenary Speakers: Kirby Conrod, Gillian Lord, deandre miles-hercules, Maria Polinsky
Committee: Joshua Dees (co-chair), Robin Turner (co-chair), Izaro Bedialauneta Txurruka, Allison Casar, Martine Gallardo, Julia Gorham, Majda Layek, Chae Eun Lee, Danny Melendez, Mai Mohamed, Laura Olbrich, Scarlet Peterson, Jonathan Pye, Abraham Ulloa
13TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ILLINOIS LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS SOCIETY
Theme: Minoritized Language in a Globalized World
Plenary Speakers: Enam Al-Wer, Awad Ibrahim, Acrisio Pires, Jorge Emilio Rosés Labrada
Committee: Sarah Clark (co-chair), Kara Yarrington (co-chair), Wafa Abdulla, Lorena Alarcon, Elena Broscritto, Allison Casar, Ping-Lin Chuang, Joshua Dees, Martine Gallardo, Giang H. Le, Chae Eun Lee, Sara Sáez-Fajardo, Taraneh Sanei, Karla G. Sanabria Véaz, Robin Turner, Gorrety Wawire, Mengjia Zeng
12TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ILLINOIS LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS SOCIETY (2020)
Theme: Language Across the Life Span
Plenary Speakers: Laura Colantoni, Michele Diaz, Norma Mendoza-Denton, and Silvina Montrul
Committee: Chelsey Norman (co-chair), Gorrety Wawire (co-chair), Ander Beristain, Allison Casar, Ping-Lin Chuang, Sarah Clark, Gabrielle Colonna, Brennan Dell, Jack Dempsey, Amy Gorgone, Giang H. Le, Sara Sáez-Fajardo, Karla Sanabria Veaz, Tricia Thrasher, Robin Turner, and Kara Yarrington
11TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ILLINOIS LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS SOCIETY (2019)
Plenary Speakers: Jennifer Cole, Alejandro Cuza, Nan Jiang, Lane Schwartz, Annie Tremblay, and Kara Warburton
10TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ILLINOIS LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS SOCIETY (2018)
Theme: Interdisciplinary Connect10ns in Linguistics
Special Session: Bilingualism in Late-Modernity
Plenary Speakers: Cecilia Ovesdotter Alm, Mary Beckman, Kiel Christianson, Kenneth de Jong, Hans Henrich Hock, and Salikoko Mufwene
Special Session Speakers: Rakesh Bhatt, Farzad Karimzad, and Jeff MacSwan
Committee: Jennifer Zhang (chair), Ander Beristain, Ana Galdamez, Amy Gorgone, Lindsey Graham, Irati Hurtado-Ruiz, Chelsey Norman, Kelsey Rademacher, Tricia Thrasher, Almike Vázquez-Lozares, and Oliver Whitmore
9th Annual Meeting of the Illinois Language and Linguistics Society (2017)
Theme: Language: Usage and Cognition
Plenary Speakers: Michele Koven, Anna Papafragou, and Lyn Wright
Committee: Maria Goldshtein (co-chair), Anna Tsiola (co-chair), Caitlin Cassidy, Ana Galdamez, Marco Fonseca, Joy Maa, Jennifer Zhang, and Gyula Zsombok
8th Annual Meeting of the Illinois Language and Linguistics Society (2016)
Theme: Language and Linguistics Through Time
Plenary Speakers: Peter Cole, Laura Downing, Khalil Iskarous, Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu, John Levis, and Jerry Sadock
Committee: Kailen Shantz (chair), Patrick Drackley, Maria Goldshtein, Sarah Johnson, Stephanie Landblom, Ayoub Loutfi, Amalia Reyes, Anna Tsiola, and Benjamin Weissman
7th Annual Meeting of the Illinois Language and Linguistics Society (2015)
Theme: General Linguistics
Plenary Speakers: Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig, Gary S. Dell, and Bob McMurray
Committee: Anita Greenfield (co-chair), Brad Miller (co-chair), Sea Hee Choi, Patrick Drackley, Suyeon Im, Sarah Johnson, Stephanie Landblom, Ha Ram Kim, and Amelia Kimball
Schedule
6th Annual Meeting of the Illinois Language and Linguistics Society (2014)
Theme: Language and Technology
Plenary Speakers: Mark Hasegawa-Johnson, Deryle Lonsdale, Chilin Shih, and Paula M. Winke
Committee: Chaitra Shivaprasad (chair), Iftikhar Haider, Philothé Kabasele, Megan Kennedy, Julie Kierski, Eun Hee Kim, Klara Skogmyr Marian, and Brad B. Miller
5th Annual Meeting of the Illinois Language and Linguistics Society (2013)
Theme: Minority Languages
Plenary Speakers: Zsuzsanna Fagyal, Carrie Gillon, Michael Kenstowicz, John Rickford, and Ryan Shosted
Committee: Lydia Medill Catedral, Marissa Goldrich, Megan Kennedy, Kate Lyons, and Itxaso Rodriguez
4th Annual Meeting of the Illinois Language and Linguistics Society (2012)
Theme: Discourse and Pragmatics
Plenary Speakers: Betty J. Birner, Paul Kiparsky, Jonathan E. Macdonald, Marina Terkourafi, and Robert E. Vann
Committee: Nyssa Bulkes (chair), Staci Defibaugh, Marissa Goldrich, and Itxaso Rodriguez
3rd Annual Meeting of the Illinois Language and Linguistics Society (2011)
Theme: Multilingualism, Language Contact and Globalization
Plenary Speakers: Karlos Arregi, Rakesh Bhatt, Fred Cummins, Fred Davidson, Susan Gal, and Michael Maune
Committee: Amanda Huensch (co-chair) and Erin Rusaw (co-chair)
2nd Annual Meeting of the Illinois Language and Linguistics Society (2010)
Theme: Novel Technologies and Methodologies in Linguistics Research
Plenary Speakers: Wayne Cowart, Bryan Gick, Tania Ionin, and Tandy Warnow
Committee: Tim Mahrt (co-chair), Megan Osfar (co-chair), Vandana Puri (co-chair), Kevin Stillwell (co-chair), Tania Ionin (faculty advisor), Jennifer Cramer, Matt Garley, Jill Hallett, Amanda Huensch, Eunah Kim, Karen Lichtman, Liam Moran, Lisa Pierce, Erin Rusaw, and Benjamin Slade
1st Annual Meeting of the Illinois Language and Linguistics Society (2009)
Theme: Language Online
Plenary Speakers: Alexandra Georgakopoulou, Richard Hallett, Susan Herring, Theresa Heyd, and Randall Sadler
Committee: Matt Garley (co-chair), Benjamin Slade (co-chair), Randall Sadler (faculty advisor), Amanda Huensch, Erin Rusaw, Zak Hulstrom, Adriana Molina Muñoz, Karen Lichtman, Liam Moran, Lisa Pierce, Eunah Kim, Soondo Baek, Jill Hallett, and Nikos Vergis