Congratulations to Dr. Jonathan Brennan on his recent promotion to Professor of Linguistics with tenure. Professor Brennan studies the mental structures and computations used to understand words and sentences, with a focus on how these processes are implemented in the brain. He has made substantial contributions to the study of the neural underpinnings of language comprehension, establishing his leadership in his innovative integration of language neuroimaging, theoretical linguistics, and state-of-the-art computational modeling, yielding breakthrough insights in models of sentence processing. His scholarship stands out for its theoretical rigor, methodological innovation, and transformative impact. He has also made exceptional contributions through his teaching and multigenerational mentoring that has often yielded collaborative publications.
