Victoria Fromkin M.A. ’63, Ph.D. ’65

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Victoria Fromkin is the dean of the graduate division and vice chancellor of graduate programs at UCLA. Beyond her excellence in University administration, Dr. Fromkin is a revered educator and scholar of international stature.

Receiving her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Fromkin earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in linguistics from UCLA. She joined the faculty in 1965 and has been a professor of linguistics for more than a decade. Her investigation of the unique properties of the spoken word has led her to author more than 70 articles and nine books on the study of linguistics.

Dr. Fromkin’s professional accomplishments extend well beyond her home at UCLA. She is a member of the National Institute of Health Sensory Disorders and Language Study Section and has been a consultant to the National science Foundation Review Panel in Linguistics. She lectures frequently to symposia the world over.

Dr. Fromkin is the vice president and president-elect of the Linguistic Society of America. In 1974, she was the recipient of the UCLA Alumni Association’s Distinguished Teaching Award and the Harvey L. Eby Award for the “Art of Teaching.”