Colin Wilson

Colin Wilson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at UCLA, with additional affiliations at Johns Hopkins University. His research spans theoretical phonology (focusing on constraint interaction and targeted constraints), experimental phonology (using artificial grammar learning to study substantive biases), and computational cognitive science (applying finite state, maximum entropy, and Bayesian methods).

His work investigates how phonological patterns are learned, represented, and processed, with publications in journals like Linguistic Inquiry, Cognitive Science, and Phonology. Notable contributions include computational models of phonotactics and experimental studies of naturalness biases in language learning.

He has taught courses including Phonology 1 at Johns Hopkins during his visiting appointment and maintains active collaborations across institutions.