Presented at SECOL 2025? Publish with the Southern Journal of Linguistics and consider self-nominating for the 2025 Student Excellence Award!
Student paper nominations are solicited for the SECOL Student Excellence Award 2025 (a $200 check, free one-year membership, and a publication at the SJL). Nominate a student paper that you were impressed with at the SECOL 2025 conference or self-nominate. Papers authored by students, whether they were single authors or first authors who collaborated with others, are eligible. Address nomination or questions to Rafael Orozco at rorozc1@lsu.edu.
Also, mark your calendars! MARCH 26-28, 2026, Atlanta, GA — SECOL 2026!
2024 SECOL Student Excellence Award: José Julián Álvarez Retamales
Congratulations to the recipient of the 2024 SECOL Student Excellence Award for Best Student Paper, José Julián Álvarez Retamales! His paper “Examining Coda /r/ Variation in Puerto Rican Spanish” was unanimously selected as the winner, the scholarly achievement to be celebrated at the 2025 meeting of SECOL in Boca Raton. José is currently a PhD Candidate at the Department of Linguistics, NYU University. His work concerns identity in Latinx communities and its intersection with Blackness. Check out his website here.
The Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL) is dedicated to the advancement of the study of language in all its aspects. The Southern Journal of Linguistics (SJL) publishes book reviews and peer reviewed articles. The annual spring conference provides a venue for SECOL members to
learn about the latest scholarship on a wide variety of linguistics topics
present ideas to other scholars for feedback and support
meet linguists from across the nation
get new ideas for future research and publishing
find opportunities to participate in the administration and advocacy of linguistics
As per the SECOL Constitution, meetings are held in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, the District of Columbia, and the Islands of the Caribbean. Membership is open to everyone interested in linguistics, regardless of residence.
