Dr. Robert A. Blust has been recognized for his contributions to the field of linguistics by being appointed a Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America.  In addition to conducting fieldwork on approximately a hundred languages, Bob has written seven books, edited four others, and published 176 articles. He is one of the world’s leading historical linguists and the foremost expert on the Austronesian language family, which includes almost 20% of the world’s 7000 languages.

Bob is the second member of our department to be honored as an LSA Fellow; Lyle Campbell received the same honor earlier this year.