The Lab of Linguistics (LoL) at Reed College the home of the linguistics department on campus. Housed in Eliot 101D, the lab is a space to gather, conduct research, check out equipment, or collaborate. It is open for drop-in hours on Wednesdays and Fridays 3:00-4:00pm, and by appointment. Lab Workshops and Events will be announced in the monthly LingNotes sent to the LingInterested email group.
People
The LoL is run by manager Josue Sandoval and lab assistants Grace Anderson and Dylan King, under the direction of Sameer ud Dowla Khan. Reach out to Josue, Dylan, or Grace by email to get schedule equipment checkout & return or time in the lab!
Equipment
The LoL is stocked with research-quality recording equipment for checkout to Reed community members conducting linguistic research, as well as a sound booth which is used for making noise-free high-quality recordings, ideal for acoustic analysis. Specialized equipment for eye tracking, electroglottographic, ultrasound, and static palatographic, and aerodynamic research is also available. Check-ins and Returns can happen in drop-in hours and by appointment with LoL staff. The default check-out period is one week; let the LoL staff know at check-in if you need to check something out for longer and arrangements will be made.
Research
There's always multiple projects going on in the LoL, including senior thesis work, semester-long projects for courses, faculty research, and collaborations between faculty and students. All linguistics students and faculty are welcome to use the lab space for such projects. Some of the long-term faculty-led projects going on right now are listed on our LoL research page.