Dr. Emily Clem

Associate Professor

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Biography

Emily Clem received her Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics from Ohio State University and her PhD in Linguistics from UC Berkeley. Her research focuses on the interplay between syntax, semantics, and morphology, with a particular emphasis on using data from understudied languages to inform syntactic theory. She has collaborated with Indigenous language community members and other linguists on the documentation and large-scale typology projects related to languages in Africa and the Americas, especially Amazonian languages. Her research interests include case, agreement, binding, and switch-reference.

Research Interests

Syntax Semantics Morphology Understudied Languages Typology Case Agreement Binding Switch-Reference

Experience

Associate Professor

— Present

University of California, San Diego • La Jolla, CA

Teaching and conducting research in the Department of Linguistics.

Requirements for University of California, San Diego

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:85
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in physical, biological, or earth sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Differential and integral calculus. One year of calculus-based physics with laboratory. One year of chemistry with laboratory.
Application Checklist
  • Statement of Purpose (max 2 pages)
  • Unofficial transcripts
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Application fee ($135 domestic / $155 international)
Specialization Notes

Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).