Emeritus Faculty

Honoring the scholars who shaped linguistics at UB

Emeritus faculty are retired members of the Department of Linguistics who have made lasting contributions to the field, the university and generations of students. Their work continues to influence research, teaching and the direction of linguistics at UB and beyond.

Karin Michelson, PhD
602 Baldy Hall
Phone: (716) 645-2463
kmich@buffalo.edu
Professor Emeritus
Department of Linguistics
College of Arts and Sciences
Specialties: Iroquoian Languages, Phonology, Morphology, Lexical Semantics, Historical Linguistics, and Field Linguistics
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602 Baldy Hall
Phone: (716) 645-2463
kmich@buffalo.edu
Matthew S. Dryer, PhD
616 Baldy Hall
Phone: (716) 645-0122
dryer@buffalo.edu
Professor Emeritus
Department of Linguistics
College of Arts and Sciences
Specialties: Typology, Syntax, Documentation (especially Papuan languages)
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616 Baldy Hall
Phone: (716) 645-0122
dryer@buffalo.edu
Jeri J. Jaeger, PhD
jjaeger@buffalo.edu
Professor Emeritus
Department of Linguistics
College of Arts and Sciences
Specialties: Phonetics, Phonology, Psycholinguistics, Neurolinguistics, and Language Acquisition
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Leonard Talmy, PhD
talmy@buffalo.edu
Professor Emeritus
Department of Linguistics
College of Arts and Sciences
Specialties: Cognitive Semantics, and Typology and Universals
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Robert D. Van Valin, Jr., PhD
609 Baldy Hall
Phone: (716) 645-0115
vanvalin@buffalo.edu
Professor Emeritus
Department of Linguistics
College of Arts and Sciences
Specialties: Syntax, Information Structure, and Lakhota
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609 Baldy Hall
Phone: (716) 645-0115
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David A. Zubin, PhD
610 Baldy Hall
Phone: (716) 645-0118
linzubin@acsu.buffalo.edu
Associate Professor Emeritus
Department of Linguistics
College of Arts and Sciences
Specialties: Categorization Theory, Typology, and Discourse
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610 Baldy Hall
Phone: (716) 645-0118
linzubin@acsu.buffalo.edu