Stefan Th. Gries

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Academic appointments (main)


April 2018 -


(Full/W3) Professor (with tenure, 25%) as Chair of English Linguistics (Corpus Linguistics with a focus on quantitative methods)
Department of English, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen


July 2010 -


(Full) Professor of Linguistics (with tenure, currently IX O/S)
Department of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara


July 2007 - June 2010


Associate Professor of Linguistics (with tenure)
Department of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara


November 2005 - June 2007


Assistant Professor of Linguistics (tenure-track)
Department of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara


February 2005 - October 2005


Visiting researcher with scholarship
Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany


May 2002 - July 2005


Associate Professor of English (with tenure)
Institute of Business Communication and Information Science, University of Southern Denmark at Sønderborg


April 1999 - April 2002


Assistant Professor of English (tenure-track)
Institute of Business Communication and Information Science, University of Southern Denmark at Sønderborg


Academic appointments (temporary/honorary/visiting/additional)


July 2025


Visiting Professor
University of Oregon, Eugene (LSA Linguistic Institute 2025)


January 2020 -


Member
Center for Responsible Machine Learning (CRML), University of California, Santa Barbara


June/July 2019


Visiting Professor
University of California, Davis (LSA Linguistic Institute 2019)


April - September 2017


Visiting Leibniz Professor
Graduate Academy Leipzig, University of Leipzig


July 2015


Visiting Professor
University of Chicago (LSA Linguistic Institute 2015)


December 2014 - June 2025


Board member of academic committee
Institute for Corpora and Intercultural Studies, Shanghai Jiao Tong University


December 2013 -


Member
Ph.D. emphasis 'Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences', University of California, Santa Barbara


August 2013 - July 2017


Visiting Chair (Linguistics and English Language)
ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science (at Lancaster University)


June/July 2013


Visiting Professor
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (LSA Linguistic Institute 2013)


March 2012 -


Affiliated faculty
Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California, Santa Barbara


13 September 2011


Named Honorary Liebig Professor
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (see here or here)


July 2011


Visiting Professor
University of Colorado at Boulder (LSA Linguistic Institute 2011)


September 2007 -


Member
Ph.D. emphasis 'Cognitive Science', University of California, Santa Barbara


July 2007


Visiting Professor
Stanford University (LSA Linguistic Institute 2007)


April 2005 - September 2005


Part-time lecturer of English linguistics
Department for British and American Studies, University of Jena


October 1998 - March 2005


Part-time lecturer of English linguistics
Department of English and American Studies, University of Hamburg


September 1998 - March 1999


Part-time lecturer of English
Institute of Business Communication and Information Science, University of Southern Denmark at Sønderborg


Administrative experience


University of California, Santa Barbara


Graduate students admissions committee (winter 2005, 2006, 2009); faculty lab supervisor (winter 2005 - spring 2009); workload committee (May 2006 - May 2007); departmental representative to the Faculty Legislature (fall 2006 - spring 2009); member of the Steering Committee of the Ph.D. emphasis 'Cognitive Science' (fall 2007 - spring 2020); member of Graduate Council and member of the Graduate Mentorship Awards committee (Sept 2009 - Aug 2013); Undergraduate Advisor and member of Executive Committee of the Dept. of Linguistics (fall 2010 - spring 2016); chair of the Committee on Graduate Student Affairs (fall 2010 - spring 2011); departmental representative on the Faculty Undergraduate Network of the College of Letters and Science (11/2010 - 10/2013); member of the English for Multilingual Students advisory committee (Nov 2010 - spring 2016); member of the Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Student Housing (Jan 2011 - Aug 2013); member of the faculty search committee of the Dept. of Linguistics (fall 2011 - winter 2012); chair of the Undergraduate Studies Committee of the Dept. of Linguistics (fall 2011 - spring 2015); member of the faculty search committee of the Dept. of Spanish/Portuguese (fall 2013 - winter 2014); chair of an ad-hoc Academic Senate charges committee (spring-summer 2014); member of the faculty search committee of the Dept. of Linguistics (fall 2014 - winter 2015); member of the faculty search committee of the Dept. of Spanish/Portuguese (fall 2015 - winter 2016); member of UCSB's Information Technology Council (spring 2016-fall 2022); member of the faculty search committee of the Dept. of Linguistics (fall 2017 - winter 2018); member of the Data Science Initiative working group (fall 2017 -); member of the faculty search committee of the Dept. of Linguistics (fall 2018 - winter 2019); member of the graduate studies committee (fall 2018 - 13 Feb 2019 (resigned in protest over chair's handling of the job search)); department parliamentarian (fall 2018 - 13 Feb 2019 (resigned in protest over chair's handling of the job search)); faculty mentor of an assistant professor as part of the inaugural HFA Mentoring Program (Feb 2019 - fall 2019); member of the linguistics lab committee (fall 2019 - spring 2020); member of the Undergraduate Studies Committee of the Dept. of Linguistics (Sept 2020 - Sept 2021); member of the Executive Committee of the Ph.D. emphasis 'Cognitive Science' (fall 2020 - spring 2024); Member of the Campus Elections Commission (Winter quarter 2020); department parliamentarian (fall 2020 - spring 2021); Member of the Campus Elections Commission (Winter quarter 2021); chair of the faculty search committee of the Dept. of Linguistics (fall 2021 - winter 2022); member of the linguistics lab committee (Sept 2021 - summer 2022); member of the Campus Elections Commission (Fall quarter 2022 - Winter quarter 2023); member of the outreach committee of the Dept. of Linguistics (fall 2022 - spring 2023); member of the graduate studies committee of the Dept. of Linguistics (fall 2022 - spring 2023); department parliamentarian (Sept 2022 - spring 2024); department faculty mentor; member of the Campus Elections Commission (fall 2022 - winter 2023); member of the undergraduate studies committee of the Dept. of Linguistics (fall 2023 - spring 2024); member of Undergraduate Council (fall 2023 - spring 2024); member of the Finals Week Policy Working Group (fall 2023 - spring 2024); director of the communications committee of the Dept. of Linguistics (fall 2023 - spring 2024); member of the Campus Elections Commission (fall 2023 - winter 2024); member of the Campus Elections Commission (fall 2024 - winter 2025); co-chair of the Department of Linguistics (fall 2024 - spring 2026)


University of Southern Denmark


Departmental coordinator for students' exchange semesters (1999 - 2005), English language courses coordinator for all English courses at my SDU campus (1999 - 2005), acting head of committee on course evaluations (2003), substitute member of our study and examination board (2003 - 2005), member of the committee evaluating our course of studies for the Danish Research Ministry (2004 - 2005), member of the study and examination board of the SDU course of studies at the University of Flensburg (2004 - 2005)


Pre-M.A. occupations


April 1993 - April 1998


Student of English linguistics, psychology, educational science and Russian linguistics
University of Hamburg


June 1989 - June 1993


Military service, Personnel department
PzBtl 164 in D-21493 Elmenhorst




Academic education / qualification

December 2024 (expected)

Habilitation in English linguistics
University of Marburg


July 2000


Ph.D. in English linguistics
University of Hamburg


April 1998


M.A. English linguistics, psychology, educational science
University of Hamburg
(also studied Russian for four years)


Other education / qualification


November 1993


Exam correspondence course Russian


May 1992


Trainers' exam (Chamber of Industry and Commerce Hamburg)


December 1991


Examination (after apprenticeship / vocational training) as an office clerk (Bürokaufmann), Chamber of Industry and Commerce Stade


Personal interests / hobbies / favs (no particular order)

Star Trek (here and here, plus this lesson on professionalism), Babylon 5, Married with Children, Transformers (the old ones, not the new crap), Philip José Farmer's Riverworld, Brian W. Aldiss's Helliconia, Russian literature (most notably Dostojevsky and Tolstoj), pool and snooker, various scientific topics from the domains of psychology, strategic thinking and decision theory, and some funny/great music/vids: The Gate (Mike Oldfield), On tragedies, empathy, etc. (Bill Burr), Frost (C) (Sunn O)))), Prisencolinensinainciusol 1 (Adriano Celentano), Prisencolinensinainciusol 2 (Adriano Celentano), Tuvan Throat Singing (Alexander Glenfield), pool trick shots, John Travolta/Bee Gees: You Should Be Dancing, I Want You (The Beatles), Smile (Pussycat), Luigi Boccherini: Minuet from String Quintet No.1 in E Major, Op. 13 No. 5, G. 275 (Bobby McFerrin), THePETEBOX Future Loops, Kill Your Children (The Cassandra Complex), Kuhio Bay (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole), Thieves (Ministry), Moonchild (Fields of the Nephilim), One Flesh (The Chameleons), Rasputin (Boney M), an important message from a seal, Celt (Mike Oldfield) and rendering of the guitar solo from Celt (Mike Oldfield), Liberals vs. liberals (Bill Maher), Kaw-liga (The Residents), Love me Tonight (Tom Jones), The Third Man Theme (Anton Karas), The Third Man Theme version 2 (Anton Karas), Slaves Chorus from 'Nabucco' (Giuseppe Verdi), Mammoth Mountain 1, Mammoth Mountain 2, Fever (Rita Moreno and Animal), Wahnfried 1883 (Klaus Schulze) and Timewind (Klaus Schulze), Alice (The Sisters of Mercy), most infectious laughter ever (Elaine), Sister Ray (Velvet Underground), Window Shop For Love (The Wipers), Killing an Arab (The Cure), Such a night (Elvis Presley), Pyotr Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No.1 D-Dur op. 11 (Bobby McFerrin), Stilettos (Holy Fuck), White Bellbird, Equinoxe 4 (Jean-Michel Jarre), Das Model (Kraftwerk), TIFU, She Goes to Finos (Toy Dolls), Apache (The Shadows), Another Brick in the Wall 2 (Pink Floyd), Daddy Cool (Boney M), Mein Hobby sind die Girls (The Germans) and Mein Hobby sind die Girls (Die Roten Rosen), Seek and Destroy (Metallica), Seek and Destroy (live) (Metallica), I wanna love you tender (Danny and Armi), Je reviens Fanny (Charles Aznavour), The Darwin Awards, Animal vs. Buddy Rich, High Voltage (AC/DC), In Shreds (The Chameleons), Tom Jones dancing, Bad Motherfucker 1st person action movie, Magnetic Fields 2 (Jean-Michel Jarre), jump from space, Grad students in The Simpsons, Matrix Reloaded: Ducati on freeway, We're Mad (Toy Dolls), La Foule (Édith Piaf), FBI (The Shadows), Crystal lake (Klaus Schulze, till 29:12) and Mirage (Deluxe edition) (Klaus Schulze), Ein ehrenwertes Haus (Udo Jürgens), Help Yourself (Tom Jones), Dancing with Myself (Billy Idol), Fiesta Mexicana (Rex Gildo), Marc Miethe, Electric Avenue (Eddy Grant), I know an old lady who swallowed a fly (Burl Ives), Eye in the Sky (The Alan Parson's Project), Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd, live), Schöne Isabella von Kastilien (Comedian Harmonists), Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody (Mandy Patinkin) and the live version, Rib Dancer (The Arch), The Wanderer (Dion), She Sells Sanctuary (The Cult), George Carlin on irony and coincidence, Interstellar (Hans Zimmer), Sirtaki Zorbas (Mikis Theodorakis), One Way Wind (Cats), She's Like Heroin To Me (The Gun Club), Jänzigrat-Jüz (Jodlerklub Bärgblüemli Schattdorf), A Lyrebird, Il ragazzo della Via Gluck (Adriano Celentano), Il ragazzo della Via Gluck (Adriano Celentano live), Passionflower (Jon Gomm) Let's Dance (The Cats), Now (Anne Clark), George Costanza's life, Hay que venir al sur (Rafaella Carra), A Forest (The Cure), Begin the Beguine (Artie Shaw), Igor Stravinsky: Minuetto & Finale Pulcinella Suite (Bobby McFerrin), Heat: the gunfight, Business Time (Flight of the Conchords), Steve Davis: first maximum break on TV, Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite (The Beatles), I Put a Spell On You (Creedence Clearwater Revival), JohnTravolta/Uma Thurman in 'Pulp Fiction' Iron Fist (Motörhead), the Department of Linguistics at UCSB, Holiday in Cambodia (Dead Kennedys), 7 hours in Norway, Carry You (VNV Nation), Benny Hill Theme, incredible skiing, Forever in Blue Jeans (Neil Diamond), L.A. International Airport (Susan Raye), Kickin' Ass (Stephen Fry & Hugh Laurie), At the Gates of Silent Memory (Fields of the Nephilim), Scooby, on winning and losing in life, Longfellow Serenade (Neil Diamond), Porsche's new lap record in the Green Hell, George Carlin on euphemisms, Radioactivity (Kraftwerk), Northern Mockingbird singing, Up the down escalator (The Chameleons), I Wonder Why (Diond & The Belmonts), Cracklin' Rosie (Neil Diamond), Bill Burr on women, Snowball, the dancing cockatoo, Sad (Bo Burnham), Nellie The Elephant (Toy Dolls), Autobahn (Kraftwerk), Last Exit for the Lost (Fields of the Nephilim), Oxygene 4 (Jean-Michel Jarre), One Flesh (The Chameleons), Big Rock Candy Mountain (Burl Ives), Rip'n Dig (Cosmic Psychos), Runaround Sue (Dion), Pietre (Antoine), Dread Rock (Paul Oakenfold), best guitar solos by Glen Campbell, Cowboy bei der Bahn (Truck Stop), Wear My Ring Around Your Neck (Elvis Presley), Greyhound time lapse, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (J.S. Bach), Inspector Clouseau on the parallel bars, Goddess (The Rose of Avalanche), Ramblin' Man (The Residents), Non, je ne regrette rien (Édith Piaf) Bela Lugosi's dead (Bauhaus), Bill Burr on women and sports, Take Five (Dave Brubeck), I like the night (and the night likes me) (Darkways), Teachers/Adrenochrome (The Sisters of Mercy), Burning Inside (Ministry), 10:15 Saturday Night (The Cure), White Wedding (Billy Idol), Rico Loop, Marie (Mandy Patinkin), Désormais (Charles Aznavour), The Day Before You Came (ABBA), Disco Inferno (The Trammps), Marian (The Sisters of Mercy), biking: Ghost Rider around Paris 1 during the night and biking: Black Prince around Paris 2 during the day and some more motor biking, Harmonica Man/... (Ennio Morricone), Read The Lines (Wolfsheim), Shadowplay (Joy Division), Night Shift (Siouxsie and the Banshees)