Adam Ussishkin

Professor
Department of Linguistics/PsyCoL Lab
University of Arizona
PO Box 210028
Tucson, AZ 85721
USA

My research investigates the structure of the lexicon, and involves the application of behavioral psycholinguistic techniques to study lexical organization and processing. The languages that form the basis for this research are primarily Semitic languages, most notably Maltese and Modern Hebrew, and together with colleagues and doctoral students I've also been involved in work on Amharic, Sana'ani Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, Jordanian Arabic, Khalka Mongolian, Scottish Gaelic, and Welsh. I use auditory and visual priming techniques in order to investigate the extent to which language processing is facilitated or inhibited by various cue types, including morphological structure, phonological structure, and semantic relationships.

At the University of Arizona, I teach undergraduate (BA) and graduate (MA/MS, PhD) courses in phonology, morphology, language processing, and the structure of Semitic languages. I also teach in the University of Arizona’s Honors College. See my “Courses” page above for details.

In addition to serving on department- and college-level committees, I also serve as University IRB Chair for social and behavioral research at the University of Arizona Human Subjects Protection Program.

In my life outside linguistics, I’m dedicated to acquiring new knowledge and skills in cooking and baking - for more information, please visit the Fourth Avenue Baking Company.