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Category: Linguistics

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Leading with Purpose

Graduate Spotlight: From quiet beginnings to campus leadership, Omayma Jabara embraced every opportunity—finding her purpose through language, advocacy, and saying “yes.”

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Jonathan Howell on the Usefulness of AI Chatbots with NorthJersey.com

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CHSS Dean’s Recognition Awards 2024

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Five Humanities Students Present at Undergraduate Conference in Pennsylvania

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Preserving Benggoi: Dr. Williams and Team’s Pioneering Documentation Effort on Eastern Seram Island

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First Ever NYPD American Sign Language Initiative

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Linguistics Department Interviewed on Lost in Jersey Podcast

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Dr. Jonathan Howell Receives NSF Award

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Montclair Graduate Student Building $7.5 Million AI Company

Raz Besaleli successfully navigating Computational Linguistics master’s degree, rapidly changing artificial intelligence landscape

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Screening of Documentary “Meaning of the Seed”, a film about Native American justice and resilience in NJ, followed by discussion with filmmaker and tribal leaders

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Opinion: A new AI tool can write essays, even poems. How should we teach students to use it?

Jonathan Howell, associate professor in Linguistics, authors this op-ed for NJ.com

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How Did ‘Elvis’ Star Austin Butler Change His Voice? Linguistics Expert Weighs In

Expert discusses how our speech patterns and tone of voice can change