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ANNOUNCEMENTS & IMPORTANT BULLETINS

WINTER BREAK HOURS

The department of applied linguistics will have limited hours, and will be closed for most of the period between 12/20 and 1/10. We'll respond to email inquiries as soon as we retrun to the office on 1/12/26 :-)

 

RETIRING OF THIS PLATFORM

After almost 20 years of using this platform (where does the time go?!), we will be retiring Ning.  We'll be adding folks to a mailing list for department updates in February 2026. Stay tuned for more information!  If there's an interest in developing and maintaining a Discord server for our department, please chime in! Send an email to our department email applied[dot]linguistics[at]umb[dot]edu with any suggestions and ideas :-)

 

Spring Semester Textbooks

Information about Spring 2026 textbooks is slowly filtering in.  Please refer to this InfoPost for additional information in December and January for updated information.

 

Spring semester advising information

Preliminary information about Spring semester advising and course registration is now available! Please see advising infopost for details.

 

UMass Boston COVID-19 Updates:
Keep an eye out here for UMB updates: umb.edu/coronavirus
For questions please reach out to your professors and/or AK or Evy

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If anyone is in APLING (online) 605 and/or 629, let me know! I'd love to connect with some peers. I…
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Hello all! Is anyone else in APLING 601 or 605 this semester?
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Contact Us

UMass Boston
Applied Linguistics Program
100 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02125
Email: applied.linguistics@umb.edu


OFFICE HOURS [ONLINE PROGRAM]:
AK: Monday - Thursday 11:00 - 15:00 ET*
Meetings during office hours are typically by appointment

OFFICE HOURS [CAMPUS PROGRAM]:
Evy: Monday - Thursday - office hours by appointment

MAIN OFFICE HOURS
Campus Office has variable staffing. Before coming to visit, it's best to verify that someone will be at the office. The best way to reach us is by email: applied.linguistics@umb.edu