Melissa Baese-Berk

Teaching, Advising, and Mentoring

One of the best parts of my job is working with students in a variety of settings. I love teaching courses for both undergraduate and graduate students, and below I highlight some of the classes I’ve taught recently.

I also really love working with students in smaller settings - both in my lab and through undergraduate mentoring. I’ve especially loved learning about topics I never would have explored on my own. Through my students, I’ve learned about all sorts of things I hadn’t worked deeply with before. For example, right now, students I work with are doing research in a variety of areas including: perception of Spanish Heritage Speakers/speech, Thai tones, pausing and hesitations, and understudied languages from around the world. I’m excited about most things language-related, so if you are a student interested in exploring in some area, contact me.

Please note that I am no longer at the University of Oregon, so cannot advise newly admitted students there. If you are a student interested in studying with me at the University of Chicago, I encourage you to explore the department website for more information about the graduate program. If you have specific questions about working with me or in my lab, you may contact me directly. However, given the large number of inquiries I receive, I am typically unable to schedule individual meetings with prospective students before they are admitted to the department. I am also unable to provide applicants feedback on their application materials before submission.

Teaching and advising meetings: 

My office hours are by appointment.

If you are a student interested in doing an undergraduate honors thesis in the lab, please e-mail me directly.

Do you want me to write you a letter of recommendation? Please click here for more information.

I teach a number of courses in our department ranging from courses in the Core and introductory courses to our major to graduate seminars and advanced research methods courses.

If you are a student in a current course, please see Canvas for more information on the class.

2023-2024

• HUMA 17100 - Language and the Human (II)

• LING 20001 - Introduction to Linguistics

• LING 42050 - Seminar on Speech and Language Perception

Previous Years (University of Oregon):

• HC231 - Topics - Hearing is believing: How we understand speech

• Ling101 - Introduction to Language

• Ling199 - Perspectives on Linguistic Research

• Ling199 - College Connections - Tomato, Tomäto

• Ling201 - Language and Power

• Ling301 - Introduction to Linguistic Analysis

• Ling302 - Introduction to Linguistic Behavior

• Ling407/507 - Seminar: Non-Native Speech

• Ling407/507 - Seminar: Non-Native Speech Perception and Production

• Ling407/507 - Seminar: Expectation in Perception and Production

• Ling407/507 - Seminar: Speech Perception in the Real World

• Ling411/511 - Phonetics

• Ling440/540 - Linguistic Principles and Second Language Learning

• Ling444/544 - Second Language Acquisition

• Ling 611 - Empirical Methods in Linguistics II

• UGST112 - First Year Runway: Tomato, Tomäto