Michael Kenstowicz

Michael John Kenstowicz (born August 18, 1945) is an American linguist and a professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).^[2] He is best known for his works on phonetics and phonology. His book Phonology in Generative Grammar is widely used as a coursebook in phonology classes around the world.^[3][4][5][6] Since 1987, he has served an editor of the journal Natural Language & Linguistic Theory .^[7]

Michael Kenstowicz
Born	(1945-08-18)August 18, 1945[1] Chicago, Illinois
Education	University of Illinois (PhD), San Jose State University (BA)
Scientific career
Fields	linguistics
Institutions	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, MIT
Thesis	Lithuanian Phonology (1971)
Doctoral advisor	Charles Wayne Kisseberth
Other academic advisors	Theodore M. Lightner Chin Woo Kim
Doctoral students	Rodolfo Cerrón Palomino
Other notable students	Mohammad Dabir Moghaddam

Books

• Phonology in Generative Grammar, Blackwell Publications 1994
• Generative Phonology: Description and Theory, with Charles Kisseberth, Academic Press 1979
• Topics in Phonological Theory, with Charles Kisseberth, Academic Press 1977