Program Committee

Ksenia Gnevsheva, The Australian National University (Chair)

Ksenia’s main linguistic interest lies at the intersection of sociophonetics and second language acquisition. Her current work focuses on sociolinguistic variation in bilingual speakers in production and perception.

Mitch Browne, Macquarie University (Deputy Chair)

Mitch is a Macquarie University Research Fellow. He is primarily interested in the description and documentation of central Australian languages, and the typology of Australian languages more broadly.

Mike Proctor, Macquarie University (Area Chair, Phonetics/Phonology)

Mike Proctor is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Macquarie University. His research interests include speech production and perception, morpho-phonology, and language typology.

Iain Giblin, Macquarie University (Area Chair, Morphology/Syntax)

Iain is a lecturer in the Department of Linguistics at Macquarie University. His research interests focus on syntax, language acquisition, and linguistics and education.

Ilana Mushin, The University of Queensland (Area Chair, Semantics/Pragmatics)

Ilana Mushin is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Queensland and a past President of ALS (2017-2022). Her research interests concern the relationships between grammar, culture, cognition and social interaction, especially in the management of knowledge asymmetries across languages. She also specialises in the description and typology of Australian languages.

James Walker, The University of Melbourne (Area Chair, Historical Linguistics/Sociolinguistics)

James Walker is Honorary Principal Fellow at the University of Melbourne. He is an internationally recognised expert in the study of sociolinguistic variation and change, with interests in multilingualism, language contact and ethnicity. He has studied variation at all levels of language in English (Australia, Canada, the Caribbean), Sango (Central African Republic), Swedish and Brazilian Portuguese.

Rikke Bundgaard-Nielsen, The University of Melbourne (Area Chair, Psycholinguistics/Applied Linguistics)

Rikke Bundgaard-Nielsen is a Senior Lecturer at The University of Melbourne. Her research interests are in first and second language acquisition and processing, with a particular focus on Australian Indigenous languages and the interplay between phonetics/phonology, morphology, and the lexicon.