The Lab of Linguistics (LoL) is the home of the linguistics department on campus. Housed in Eliot 101D, the lab is a space to gather, collaborate, support each other, get help with problem sets, conduct research, and borrow equipment.
Drop By
It is open for drop-in hours during Sameer's office hours, Tuesdays 4:45pm to 6:00pm and Wednesdays 11:00am to 12:30pm, and additionally Thursdays 12:30pm to 2:00pm. Additionally, feel free to come in whenever the door's open :) Lab Workshops and Events will be announced in the monthly LingNotes sent to the LingInterested email group.
Lab Resources
The Lab has a variety of resources for linguistic research, the most used being the equipment for audio recording: the Sound-Isolated Recording Booth, Microphones, and Zoom Recorders. Although Drop-in hours are a great time to come in and use the booth or to borrow recording equipment, you can always schedule another time with us via email (laboflinguistics@reed.edu).
People
The LoL is run by manager Wren Arbor and lab assistants Ezra Scheuermann, Rowan Horowitz, Rives Scherer under the direction of Sameer ud Dowla Khan.
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.