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Jon Brennan
@jonrbrennan.bsky.social
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Linguistics and cognitive science nerd; faculty at the University of Michigan; author of "Language and the Brain"
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Jon Brennan @jonrbrennan.bsky.social · 8d
Reminder!! We are hiring in Linguistics at Michigan with a focus on "AI and Linguistics" (broooaaadly construed). This is part of a cluster of positions in Psychology and Philosophy in collaboration with the Cognitive Science program. Applications now open!

careers.umich.edu/job_detail/a...
Apply for AI and Linguistics (Assistant, Associate or full Professor) | U-M Careers
careers.umich.edu
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Sarah Cohodes @cohodes.bsky.social · 20d
Student newspapers, again doing the work
@michigandaily.bsky.social

specials.michigandaily.com/2025/grant-t...
Your guide to grant terminations at UMich
A collection of research projects at the University of Michigan, many focused on marginalized communities, health equity and public health, whose grants have been terminated following a directive from...
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William Matchin @wmatchin.bsky.social · 29d
University of South Carolina has *7* tenure-track faculty positions in Neurobiology of Language:

tinyurl.com/USC-Faculty-...

Positions in COMD, Psych, Linguistics, School of Medicine.

@snlmtg.bsky.social #SNL2025, we will have a booth.

w/@rutvikdesai.bsky.social @imb-uofsc.bsky.social
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Jon Brennan @jonrbrennan.bsky.social · Aug 15
Another job here at Michigan - this one in Linguistics! Part of a cluster of hires with a focus on Cognitive Science and AI. Happy to chat to interested folks. apply.interfolio.com/171006
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Jon Brennan @jonrbrennan.bsky.social · Jul 25
Be my colleague!! We're hiring in cognitive science and AI as part of a cluster of positions across Linguistics, Psychology, Psychiatry and Philosophy. The Psychology posting is now up; the linguistics job posting will be up soon.

apply.interfolio.com/169170
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Tal Linzen @tallinzen.bsky.social · Jun 21
I'm hiring at least one post-doc! We're interested in creating language models that process language more like humans than mainstream LLMs do, through architectural modifications and interpretability-style steering. Express interest here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
NYU LLM + cognitive science post-doc interest form
Tal Linzen's group at NYU is hiring a post-doc! We're interested in creating language models that process language more like humans than mainstream LLMs do, through architectural modifications and int...
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andrea e. martin @andreaeyleen.bsky.social · May 20
my lab (lacns.github.io) at @mpi-nl.bsky.social and @dondersinst.bsky.social is recruiting for two PhD and two postdoctoral positions funded by an @erc.europa.eu Consolidator - come join us!

PhD: www.mpi.nl/career-educa...

Postdoc: www.mpi.nl/career-educa...

(please share widely)
Language and Computation in Neural Systems
We are an international group of scientists consisting of linguists, cognitive scientists, cognitive neuroscientists, computational neuroscientists, computational modellers, computational scientists, ...
lacns.github.io
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bergelsonlab @bergelsonlab.bsky.social · May 19
bit of good news: approved technical staff position! link below. please be in touch if this matches your skills & interests! drive.google.com/file/d/16J2J... (hr listing posted harvard-internal now; external soon, per guidelines), happy for ?s & plan on quick turnaround! #CogSciSky #PsychSciSky 🐦🐦
research_data_specialist_Bergelson_ad_2025.pdf
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Jonathan Peelle @jpeelle.bsky.social · Apr 15
The Society for the Neurobiology of Language meeting will be at Gallaudet University, September 12-14th. We have 4 outstanding keynotes (Fumiko Hoeft, Duane Watson, Carol Padden, Fatemeh Geranmayeh).

Abstract submissions are open! Hope to see you there! #SNL2025

2025.neurolang.org/abstract-sub...
Annual meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language September 12-14 2025 Gallaudet University Abstract submission through April 29 neurolang.org
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Kyle Mahowald (COLM 2025) @kmahowald.bsky.social · Apr 21
I might be able to hire a postdoc for this fall in computational linguistics at UT Austin. Topics in the general LLM + cognitive space (particularly reasoning, chain of thought, LLMs + code) and LLM + linguistic space. If this could be of interest, feel free to get in touch!
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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · Apr 20
If you know UM Faculty members:

The University Senate is voting on four motions on DEI, protecting our immigrant community and resisting against Trump. Ballot vote ends on Sunday, April 20th, at 4pm. Only faculty can vote! Need to pass please share.

To vote, please visit: vote.umich.edu
Online Voting | University of Michigan
University of Michigan online voting website
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savithry @savithry.bsky.social · Apr 9
www.geo3550.org/2025/04/08/g...
“To our knowledge, these visa revocations are not due to pro-Palestine or labor organizing. Some have to do with minor infractions or traffic violations that are years, if not decades, old, others are not given any reason at all.”
donate at bit.ly/GEOWorkerSolidarity
GEO Condemns Visa Revocations of International Graduate Students – Graduate Employees' Organization (GEO)
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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · Apr 2
🚨🚨 Here we go! 🚨🚨

@protectdemocracy.org, @cspi.bsky.social, and @aclu.org have sued RFK and his cronies at HHS to halt illegal grant terminations.

www.courtlistener.com/docket/69835...
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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · Mar 31
Yes! The leadership of Eastern Michigan and Michigan State have displayed incredible courage during these times.

My master's degree alma mater, Wayne State in Detroit, also remains committed to DEI. wayne.edu/strategic-pl...
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David Brang @dbrang.bsky.social · Mar 31
I'm teaching an undergrad EEG/MEG/iEEG methods course and created a pair of interactive webpages to help build intuition about the Fourier Transform.
dbrang.github.io/Fourier-Wave...
dbrang.github.io/Fourier-Wave...
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Fernanda Ferreira @fernandaedi.bsky.social · Mar 7
Finally it's here, in the flesh!!!
Copies of my new book "Psycholinguistics: A Very Short Introduction". The top of the cover is almost black, then halfway down there's sort of a spray of cherry-red dots, and about 1/3 of the way down, a pink-white almost water-like effect. At the very bottom right-hand corner of the cover is the word "Oxford", since the book is published by Oxford University Press.
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Jon Brennan @jonrbrennan.bsky.social · Mar 7
tagging @jyzz22.bsky.social!
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Jon Brennan @jonrbrennan.bsky.social · Mar 7
...Second, Junyuan Zhao shows how phrasal categories can be decoded from EEG signals and finds that, unlike evoked correlates of phrase-structure, such representations dissociate from semantic similarity (and predictability). Out now in the Journal of Neuroscience!
Decoding the Neural Dynamics of Headed Syntactic Structure Building
The brain builds hierarchical phrases during language comprehension; however, the representational details and dynamics of the phrase-building process remain underspecified. This study directly probes...
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Jon Brennan @jonrbrennan.bsky.social · Mar 7
... First, Jeonghwa Cho uses cross-language prefix priming to demonstrate shared cross-linguistic representations of morphosyntax that dissociates from orthographic and semantic similarity ...
Prefix priming within and across languages in early and late bilinguals | Bilingualism: Language and Cognition | Cambridge Core
Prefix priming within and across languages in early and late bilinguals
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Jon Brennan @jonrbrennan.bsky.social · Mar 7
Two new papers led by amazing students (some positivity in These Dark Times)...
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Heidi Harley @heidiharley.bsky.social · Mar 6
Why Official English is a terrible idea for the United States, from @lingsocam.bsky.social. Like and share! www.lsadc.org/content.asp?...
LSA
Four Reasons English Should Not be the Official Language: Statement Against White House Executive Order Designating English as the Official Language of The Un
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Melissa Baese-Berk @m2b2.bsky.social · Mar 6
Here's what linguistics experts think about the recent executive order declaring English as the official language of the US (spoiler: they don't think it's a great idea):

www.lsadc.org/content.asp?...

I'm so proud to be a member of the executive committee of @lingsocam.bsky.social!
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Four Reasons English Should Not be the Official Language: Statement Against White House Executive Order Designating English as the Official Language of The Un
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David Jurgens @davidjurgens.bsky.social · Mar 1
I'm grateful for the chance to write this and so impressed by all the amazing things scientists are doing in Central Illinois and the impact the NSF/NIH are having in my hometown. Many thanks to the folks at @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social for this initiave and all the resources to get started
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Science Homecoming @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social · Mar 1
David Jurgens credits his childhood in Central Illinois 🌽 for setting him on the path to becoming a professor at University of Michigan. Illinois science does a lot—from removing PFAS from water to fighting drug-resistant infections. 🧪🏠 @davidjurgens.bsky.social

herald-review.com/opinion/colu...
David Jurgens: Science funding matters for Central Illinois
"When we fund science, we invest in our communities and our future," writes David Jurgens, a Decatur native and current University of Michigan professor.
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Laura Gwilliams @lauragwilliams.bsky.social · Dec 13
✨i'm hiring a lab manager, with a start date of ~September 2025! to express interest, please complete this google form: forms.gle/GLyAbuD779Rz...

looking for someone to join our multi-disciplinary team, using OPM, EEG, iEEG and computational techniques to study speech and language processing! 🧠
Google Forms: Sign-in
Access Google Forms with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use).
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Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics @mpi-nl.bsky.social · Dec 3
@andreaeyleen.bsky.social has been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) for her proposal 'DYNALANG: Integrating structure and statistics in language processing: an ecological neural dynamics and manifolds approach'. Read more on our website: mpi.nl/news/erc-con...
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