Stephen Politzer-Ahles


Stephen Politzer Ahles
  • Assistant Professor
  • Psycholinguistics, Research Methods

Contact Info

420W Blake Hall
Lawrence
1541 Lilac Lane
Lawrence, KS 66045

Biography

  • 2025-present: Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Kansas
  • 2022-2025: Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Kansas
  • 2021-2022: Associate Professor, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • 2016-2021: Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • 2015-2016: Post-doc; Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics: University of Oxford
  • 2013-2015: Post-doc, Neuroscience of Language Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi

Education

Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Kansas, 2013, Lawrence, KS
M.A. in Linguistics, University of Kansas, 2011, Lawrence, KS
B.A. in Modern Languages and Literatures, Kenyon College, 2008, Gambier, Ohio

Research

Dr. Politzer-Ahles uses methods from experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience—including electroencephalography, eye-tracking, and behavioural techniques— to investigate the instantiation of abstract linguistic processes and representations. Much of his research focuses on phonological alternations and structure, and on pragmatic aspects of meaning.

Teaching

Courses offered at the University of Kansas:

  • LING 110: Language and Mind
  • LING 420: Capstone: Research in Language Sciences
  • LING 435: Psycholinguistics I
  • LING 537: Psycholinguistics II
  • LING 721: Statistical Modeling for Linguistics
  • LING 850: Topics in Research in Experimental Linguistics
  • LING 851: Research in Acquisition and Processing