Lelia Glass

Lelia Glass is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Linguistics Program at the School of Modern Languages, Georgia Institute of Technology. She holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Stanford University (2018) and has expertise in lexical semantics, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics. Her research explores how world knowledge influences language interpretation, with a focus on experimental methods and computational tools. She teaches courses like LING-2100: Intro to Linguistics and LING-4015: Advanced Language Processing.

• Education: Ph.D. (2018), M.A. (2014) from Stanford University; B.A. (2012) from University of Chicago.
• Key Awards: Faculty Excellence in Research Award (2022), ACLS/Mellon Dissertation Fellowship (2017–2018), and Walter J. Gores Teaching Award (2017).

Her research integrates empirical and computational approaches to study linguistic meaning and social identity. Notable projects include analyzing political slogans' pragmatic interpretations and sociolinguistic shifts in Georgia English. She co-authored Language and Computers (2024) and developed the Bed Word automated speech recognition tool for sociolinguistic research.

• Research Themes: Vowel system variation, subjective adjective usage, and computational semantics.
• Labs/Teams: Leads Georgia Tech’s Linguistics Program, fostering interdisciplinary collaborations in language technology and sociolinguistics.