Mayfest 2026 - Production
Mayfest 2026 - Production
May 29 and 30 bring Mayfest 2026, on the theme of Production. We welcome nine scholars from diverse fields – listed below – to share their views on the data structures and cognitive processes that support language production, or on the origins of our production abilities in development, neurobiology, and evolution.
Josh Armstrong / Associate Professor, Philosophy, University of California Los Angeles
Matt Goldrick / Professor, Linguistics, Northwestern University
Arella Gussow / Visiting Assistant Professor, Psychology, University of Richmond
Jonah Katz / Associate Professor, Linguistics, UCLA
William Matchin / Associate Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina
Scott Nelson / Assistant Professor, Linguistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bonnie Nozari / Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University
Virginia Valian / Distinguished Professor, Psychology, Hunter College
Agustin Vicente / Professor, Department of Linguistics and Basque Studies, University of the Basque Country (EHU)