Faculty and Postdoctoral Fellows
Faculty members are full-time members of the department who have considerable research expertise in their subject field.
They supervise our graduate students, are members of professional organizations and university committees, participate in public events and are committed to the overall strength of the Department of Linguistics at Memorial University.
Dr. Paul DeDecker 
Associate Professor
- Office: SN3043
- Telephone: (709) 864-8132
- Email: pauldd@mun.ca
Dr. Suzana Fong
Assistant Professor
- Office: SN3046
- Telephone: (709) 864-4508
- Email: sfong@mun.ca
Dr. Sara Mackenzie
Associate Professor, Undergraduate Director
- Office: SN3039
- Telephone: (709) 864-8905
- Email: sjmackenzie@mun.ca
Dr. Yvan Rose 
Professor
- Office: SN3044
- Telephone: (709) 864-2332
- Email: yrose@mun.ca
Dr. Maureen Scheidnes 
Associate Professor, Graduate Officer
- Office: SN4043
- Telephone: (709) 864-6206
- Email: mscheidnes@mun.ca
Dr. Nicholas Welch
Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair
- Office: SN3051
- Telephone: (709) 864-8269
- Email: nwelch@mun.ca
Dr. Douglas Wharram
Associate Professor, Department Head
- Office: SN3050B
- Telephone: (709) 864-6918
- Email: dwharram@mun.ca
- Personal web page: http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~dwharram/
Dr. Shanti Jeremiah Ulfsbjorninn
Associate Professor
- Office: SN3050E
- Telephone: (709) 864-8170
- Email: s.ulfsbjorninn@mun.ca
- Personal web page: https://sites.google.com/site/shantijulfsbjorninn
Per Course Instructors
Postdoctoral Fellows
Professors Emeriti and Retirees
Dr. Phil Branigan 
Professor, Honorary Research Professor
- Office: SN3050D
- Telephone: (709) 864-3017
- Email: branigan@mun.ca
- Personal web page: http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~branigan/
Dr. Julie Brittain 
Professor Emerita; Honorary Research Professor (September 1, 2025 - August 31, 2028)
- Office: SN3050G
- Email: brittain@mun.ca
- Personal web page: https://www.mun.ca/linguistics/people/faculty-and-postdocs/julie-brittain/
Dr. Vit Bubenik
University Research Professor
- Office: SN3050G
- Email: vbubenik@mun.ca
Dr. Sandra Clarke
University Research Professor
- Office: A3034
- Telephone: (709) 864-8065
- Email: clarkes@mun.ca
Dr. Carrie Dyck 
Associate Professor
- Office: SN3050G
- Email: cdyck@mun.ca
- Personal web page: http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~cdyck
Dr. Marguerite MacKenzie
Professor Emerita; Honorary Research Professor (April 10, 2022 - April 10, 2026)
- Office: SN3050G
- Telephone: (709) 864-8134 (secretary)
- Email: mmackenz@mun.ca
Dr. Derek Nurse
Henrietta Harvey Professor
- 3006 Baynes Road, Victoria, BC, Canada V8N 1Y6
- Home Tel: (1-)778-433-5419
- Fax: (1-)778-433-8380
- Email: dereknurse@shaw.ca
Dr. Gerard Van Herk
- Retired (2019); Honorary Research Professor (2019-21)
- Canada Research Chair in Regional Language and Oral Text (2006-2016)
- Email: gvanherk@mun.ca