Andrew Carnie
Aindriú Ó Cearnaigh
Anndra Mac a' Chearnaigh

Dean of the Graduate College (interim)
Professor of Linguistics
Faculty Director, Graduate College and Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs

Additional Appointments in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching and Cognitive Science

BA (hons), University of Toronto 1991
Ph.D. MIT, 1995

Specializations: Syntactic Theory, Celtic Linguistics, Morphology,

My research revolves around various topics within the Minimalist Principles and Parameters approach to syntactic theory including phrase structure, copular constructions, case theory, word order (especially verb initial languages). The past 4 years I have been leading a team investigating the syntax, phonology and phonetics of Modern Scottish Gaelic. I am the author of numerous articles and 11 books. In my off hours, I'm usually off doing international folk dancing or square dancing.

During the 2012-2013, I am serving as the interim Dean of the Graduate College.

I am also Faculty Director in the Graduate College and responsible for 15 graduate Interdisciplinary programs (GIDPs):
American Indian Studies, Applied Mathematics, Arid Lands Resource Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Cancer Biology, Cognitive Science, Entomology and Insect Science, Genetics, Global Change, Neuroscience, Physiological Sciences, PSM in Applied Biology, Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis, Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, and Statistics. I also participate in the management of the academic side of the Graduate College).

The Homepages of my current research projects

Mailing Addresses:

For correspondence about Linguistics:

Andrew Carnie, Professor
Department of Linguistics
PO box 210028
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721 USA

Phone: +1 (520) 621-2802
Office: Douglass Building Room 208E
Email: carnie AT u DOT arizona DOT edu
Department of Linguistics Homepage

For correspondence about Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs and the Graduate College:

Andrew Carnie, Dean
Graduate College
PO Box 210066
University of Arizona
Tucson AZ 85721 USA

Phone: +1 (520) 626 8804
Office: Admin Building 303D
Email: carnie AT u DOT arizona DOT edu
Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs Website
Graduate College Website

Important note: The former Dean of the Graduate College, and the current provost is Andrew Comrie, I am Andrew Carnie. Our names are easily and frequently confused. Please be careful when addressing email and correspondence to send it to the right Andrew!