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Nicholas Williams, Instructional Specialist, received his PhD in Linguistics from the University of Colorado Boulder. His dissertation, funded by grants from Fulbright, the National Science Foundation, and the Endangered Languages Documentation Program, examined place reference in Kula, a language of Indonesia. Following his PhD, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher on a project funded by the National Science Foundation to document conversation in Kotiria and Wa'ikhana, two languages of northwest Brazil. At Montclair, Dr. Williams teaches courses including Introduction to Linguistics, Structure of American English, Languages of the World, Language and Culture, and Language and Propaganda. Prior to joining Montclair, Dr. Williams taught at CUNY (Queens College, City College, and Baruch College), Dartmouth, and the University of Potsdam (Germany).

Specialization

Language documentation, Morphosyntax, Interactional Linguistics, Conversation Analysis, Languages of Indonesia

Office Hours

Fall

Monday

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Tuesday

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm