prof. dr hab.Geoffrey Schwartz

Geoffrey Schwartz
University professor

Websites / Profiles

Degrees

  • BA in Slavic Languages, Linguistics. University of Toronto, 1991
  • MA in Slavic Linguistics, University of Washington. 1993
  • PhD in Slavic Linguistics, University of Washington, Seattle, 2000
  • D. Litt. in English linguistics, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, 2010
  • Professorial Title, December 2021

Research interests

  • Phonetics–phonology interface
  • Speech perception
  • Historical phonology
  • Second Language Acquisition
  • Slavic languages

Teaching experience

  • Russian Language Teaching Asst., University of Washington, 1992–1996
  • Visiting Senior Lecturer, AMU School of English, 1996–1999
  • Pre-Doctoral Teaching Associate, Slavic Dept., University of Washington, 1999–2002
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, AMU School of English, 2002–

Papers read at international conferences and congresses

  • American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages Annual Meeting 2001, New York
  • American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages Annual Meeting 2002, New Orleans
  • 34th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań, 2003
  • Dydaktyka Fonetyki Języka Obcego, Soczewka 2003 (workshop)
  • Dydaktyka Fonetyki Języka Obcego, Mikorzyn 2004 (three papers)
  • 35th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań 2004 (two papers)
  • Perception in Phonology Workshop at the Annual Meeting of the German Linguistic Association, Cologne 2005
  • Dydaktyka Fonetyki Języka Obcego, Soczewka 2005 (two papers)
  • 36th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań 2005
  • Phonetics Teaching and Learning Conference, London 2005
  • Old World Conference in Phonology, Budapest 2006 (poster)
  • 37th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań 2006 (two papers)
  • Dydaktyka Fonetyki Języka Obcego, Mikorzyn 2006
  • 38th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Gniezno 2007
  • Old World Conference in Phonology, Toulouse 2007 (poster)
  • 39th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Gniezno 2008
  • Government Phonology Roundtable 2009, Piliscsaba, Hungary
  • Manchester Phonology Meeting 2009 (poster)
  • 40th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Gniezno 2009
  • Accents 2009, Łódź
  • GLOW Colloquim 2010
  • NewSounds 2010, Poznań
  • Manchester Phonology Meeting 2010
  • 41st Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań 2010 (two papers)
  • 8th Old World Conference in Phonology, Marrakech 2011
  • Accents 2011. Łódź
  • 20th Manchester Phonology Meeting, 2012
  • 43rd Poznań Linguistic Meeting, 2012 (two papers)
  • 10th Old World Conference in Phonology, Istanbul 2013
  • 7th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech (New Sounds 2013), Montreal
  • Approaches to phonetics and phonology, Lublin (2 papers), June 2013
  • Accents 7, Łódź (2 papers), Dec 2013
  • Contemporary Issues in Theoretical Phonology, Paris, Feb 2014
  • GLOW Phonology Workshop, Brussels, Apr 2014
  • Olomouc Linguistics Colloquium (2 papers), June 2014
  • SLE, Poznan (2 papers), Sep 2014
  • Accents 8, Lodz (2 papers), Dec 2014
  • CUNY Phonology Forum, New York, Jan 2015
  • Annual meeting of the German Linguistics Society, Leipzig, Mar 2015
  • Approaches to Phonetics and Phonology, Lublin (2 papers), June 2015
  • International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Glasgow (2 papers), Aug 2015
  • 45th Poznan Linguistic Meeting (2 papers), Sep 2015
  • Accents 9, Dec. 2015, U of Lodz
  • CUNY Phonology Forum, Jan. 2016
  • New Sounds, U of Aarhus, Jun. 2016
  • LabPhon, Cornell Univ. July 2016
  • Recursion in Phonology Workshop, Tohoku Gakuin Univ. Sendai, Japan. September 2016 (Invited)
  • Accents 10, Dec. 2016, U of Lodz
  • GLOW Workshop (The Interface Within), Amsterdam. March 2017
  • 25th Manchester Phonology meeting. May 2017
  • Approaches to Phonology and Phonetcs, Lublin, June 2017
  • Reseau francais de la phonologie (RFP), Grenoble, June 2017
  • 47th Poznan Linguistic Meeting, September 2017
  • Accents 11, Lodz, December 2017
  • 26th Manchester Phonology Meeting - May 2018
  • Elements Conference, Nantes - June 2018
  • LabPhon, Univ. of Lisbon - June 2018
  • 48th Poznan Linguistic Meeting - September 2018 (Plenary)
  • Accents 12, U. of Lodz, December 2018
  • 16th Old World Conference in Phonology, Verona - January 2019
  • 27th Manchester Phonology Meeting - May 2019
  • International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Melbourne - August 2019
  • 49th Poznan Linguistic Meeting - September 2019
  • Recersivity in Phonology Workshop, Universitat Autonoma di Barcelona - November 2019
  • Berkeley Linguistics Society Workshop, UC Berkeley, Feb. 2020
  • 18th Old World Conference in Phonology, University of the Balearic Islands, Jan. 2021
  • Approaches to Phonology and Phonetics, UMCS Lublin,  June 2021 (Plenary)
  • 50th Poznan Linguistic Meeting, September 2021
  • New Sounds, University of Barcelona, April 2022

Invited talks

  • UCL Phonology Seminar, University College London, April 2016
  • Recursion in Phonology Workshop, Tohoku Gakuin Univ. Sendai, Japan. September 2016
  • BU PAM-Lab seminar, Boston University, February 2017
  • McGill University Phonology Reading Group, February 2018
  • Concordia University - L2 Research Group, February 2018
  • Plenary talk at 48th Poznan Linguistic Meeting - September 2018
  • MIT Phonology Circle - February 2019
  • Phonetics Lab Colloquium, University of Cologne - November 2019
  • University of Potsdam, Phonetics and Phonology Colloquium, January 2022

Conference organizer

  • Interfaces Session, 34th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań 2003
  • Dynamic Phonology Session, 38th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Gniezno 2007
  • Melody vs. Structure Session, 40th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Gniezno 2009
  • Session on phonological heads, 45th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań 2015
  • "Beyond VOT" session on laryngeal phonology, 47th Poznan Linguistic Meeting, 2017

Research projects

  • Sandhi in Second Language Speech – Principal Investigator. Narodowe Centrum Nauki (Polish National Science Centre), grant no. DEC-2012/05/B/HS2/04036. With Anna Balas and Arkadiusz Rojczyk.
  • Vowel dynamics in the speech of Polish learners of English. Principal Investigator. Narodowe Centrum Nauki (Polish National Science Centre), grant nr UMO-2014/15/B/HS2/00452.
  • Modulation in laryngeal features - evidence from Polish learners of English. NCN Opus grant nr. UMO-2016/21/B/HS2/00610. Principal Investigator.
  • Consonant synchronicity in Polish and English. NCN OPUS grant nr. UMO-2018/29/B/HS2/00088. Principal Investigator.
  • OPUS grant  2021/41/B/HS2/00239, Phonation in L1 and L2 speech, Principal Investigator.

Honours

  • Adam Mickiewicz University Rector's prize for publications, 2016
  • Adam Mickiewicz University Rector's prize for publications, 2013
  • Finalist for Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Washington, 1999–2000
  • Teaching Prize, University of Washington Slavic Dept., 1999–2000
  • Polish Home Language prize, University of Washington, 1995–96
  • Willie Ann Luckett Prize in Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Toronto, 1991
  • Slavic Linguistics Prize, University of Toronto, 1990