Robert Mailhammer

Robert Mailhammer is Professor of Linguistics in the School of Humanities and Communications Arts and a member of The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development. He is the current Chair of Academic Senate. Other leadership and governance roles Robert has held include Chair of the Professoriate Leadership Group (June 2020-June 2022), Director of Academic Program Interpreting and Translation, Languages, Linguistics and TESOL (2021) and Associate Dean, Research in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts (2019-2021).

Robert is Treasurer of the Australian Linguistic Society and Area/Co-Editor of Linguistics Vanguard and Northwestern Language Evolution. He is the author of four research monographs and over 50 peer reviewed research publications in high-quality journals and with prestigious publishers. Robert’s research interest focus on language variation and change as well as on language documentation. He is an internationally recognized expert on the history of the Germanic and Australian Indigenous language. Robert has documented languages in Northwestern Arnhem Land, NT for over 15 years, engaging successfully with local communities and partner organisations.