The LSA is delighted to announce that three of its members have been elected as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancemet of Science (AAAS).   AAAS Fellows are elected each year by their peers serving on the Council of AAAS, the organization’s member-run governing body. The title recognizes important contributions to STEM disciplines, including pioneering research, leadership within a given field, teaching and mentoring, fostering collaborations, and advancing public understanding of science.

The new Fellows, who will be inducted in a virtual ceremony on February, 13, 2021, and who are pictured below from left to right, are:

• John Baugh Washington University in St. Louis: For distinguished contributions to scholarly work, combined with major contributions in bringing linguistic science to bear on issues of public policy and social justice.  
• Colin Phillips University of Maryland: For outstanding contributions to psycholinguistics, advocacy for Linguistics and Language Science, superior mentorship and teaching, and a vision of what linguistic education should be.  
• Matthew W. Wagers University of California, Santa Cruz: For innovative research extending the methodology of experimental psycholinguistics to investigations of understudied minority languages.  

Read more about the AAAS Fellows here.