Rashad Ullah

Rashad Ullah is a Bangladeshi-American linguist specializing in semantics and South Asian languages.2 He is a Senior Language Researcher at JTG Inc.'s Language Research Center in Hyattsville, Maryland, a position he has held since July 2016.1

Ullah completed his Ph.D. in Linguistics at Yale University, with his dissertation focusing on "Bangla K-words: Inquiries into Polarity, Indefiniteness, and Free Choice".13 Prior to his doctoral degree, he earned his M.A. and M.Phil. in Linguistics from Yale University.1

In his role at JTG Inc., Ullah conducts research and analysis on Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs) and oversees the development of language instructional and resource materials for use by English L1 learners in government agencies.1 He works with native author-researchers on languages such as Amharic, Dari, Iraqi Arabic, and Syrian Arabic.1

Ullah's academic background includes teaching experience at Yale University, where he served as a Teaching Fellow for various linguistics courses.1 He has also presented his research at numerous conferences and has publications in the field of linguistics.1

Fluent in Bengali and English, Ullah also has proficiency in several other languages, including French, Hindi, Persian, and German.1 His research specializations include semantics/pragmatics, negation, indefiniteness, language cognition, Bangla and Indo-Aryan linguistics, South Asia Studies, second language acquisition, language pedagogy, and lexicography.1