Lumiere Education – Linguistics Research Mentorship
A selective, fully virtual research program pairing high schoolers with a PhD mentor in linguistics for a 12-week, one-on-one independent research project culminating in an original paper.
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Polygence – Linguistics Research Projects
A one-on-one online research mentorship matching high schoolers with a linguistics-focused mentor (covering topics like applied, cognitive, and sociolinguistics) to design and complete an independent research project resulting in a paper, website, or podcast.
Summer@Brown Online – Introduction to Linguistics
An asynchronous/blended online Brown University pre-college course introducing high schoolers to the fundamentals of linguistics, part of the Summer@Brown Online catalog for students completing grades 9-12.
University of Pennsylvania Pre-College – Introduction to Linguistics
An online, credit-bearing Penn Pre-College course covering the biological basis of human language and the sounds, forms, and meanings of the world's languages, taught alongside Penn undergraduates for college credit.
Columbia University Pre-College – Exploring Topics in Linguistics
An in-person Columbia Pre-College summer course introducing high schoolers to phonology, morphology, semantics, and syntax alongside topics like dialects, language and the brain, and the internet's impact on English.
Johns Hopkins CTY – Linguistics: The Science of Language
An online Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth course analyzing language as both biological instinct and cultural artifact, covering phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics along with subfields like psycholinguistics and computational semantics.
SKILLS (School Kids Investigating Language in Life and Society) – UCSB
A social-justice-centered linguistics outreach program run by UC Santa Barbara faculty and graduate students in partnership with Santa Barbara County high schools, where students conduct original linguistic research and language-activism projects in their own communities over a 20-week curriculum.