Larry M. Hyman, Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School, Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley and Director of the France-Berkeley Fund, has worked extensively on phonological theory, tone systems, linguistic typology, and the descriptive, comparative and historical study of Bantu and other African languages within the Niger-Congo family. His publications cover both general and African linguistics including several descriptive grammars as well as theoretical, typological, and historical articles in phonology, morphology, and syntax. A past Guggenheim Fellow, Larry Hyman chaired the Berkeley Department of Linguistics from 1991 to 2002, has directed the France-Berkeley Fund since 2010, and served as 2017 president of the Linguistic Society of America.
Charles Li, Professor Emeritus, UCSB, Dean of the Graduate Division (1990-2017). Co-author with Sandra Thompson, Mandarin Chinese: A Functional Reference Grammar, A Reference Grammar of Wappo
