- Corpus linguistics
- English linguistics
- Linguistics skills
- Curriculum & program evaluation
- Grammar and vocabulary
- Grammatical variation
- Language testing and assessment
- Pragmatics
- Psycholinguistics
- Research methods
- Register and discourse analysis
- Second language acquisition
- Second language listening and speaking
- Second language reading and writing
- Speech perception and production
- Spoken discourse
- World Englishes
Why pursue an Applied Linguistics doctorate at NAU?
Personal faculty-student relationships
Our faculty work closely with individual students, helping them to develop as colleagues in applied linguistics. As a result, our Applied Linguistics PhD students have an outstanding record of publication and participation in major conferences such as TESOL and AAAL. Graduates of our program have also been highly successful at obtaining tenure-track faculty positions at major universities.Students also have the opportunity to work with our emeritus faculty: Doug Biber, Randi Reppen, Bill Grabe, Fredricka Stoller, Mary McGroarty, and Joan Jamieson.
Funding and tuition
PhD in Applied Linguistics students are eligible to teach English composition courses in the English Department. Furthermore, a limited number of tuition waivers are available to out-of-state or in-state students who can demonstrate financial need. More information on graduate teaching assistantships and tuition waivers is available on our "Graduate Assistantships" page under "Resources."Non-academic graduate assistantships are available through many university-wide offices. They are awarded with stipends that vary by office, job duties, and degree-level. The NAU Office of Graduate and Professional Studies provides more information about "at-large" graduate assistantships.