Native People with Graduate Degrees in Linguistics


Ph.D.

Name Nation Institution Year Title Current Activity
Laverne Masayesva Jeanne Hopi MIT 1978 Aspects of Hopi Grammar Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Reno
Elavina Tsosie Perkins Navajo University of Arizona 1978 The Role of Word Order and Scope in the Interpretation of Navajo Sentences Linguistic research
Paul Platero Navajo MIT 1978 Missing Noun Phrases in Navajo politics / administration
Hazel Dean-John Muhlenbruch Seneca University of Arizona 1983 Seneca Phonetics: an Articulatory and Acoustic Investigation Retired director of Seneca Language Center and Supervisor of the Native American Unit, New York State Department of Education
Ofelia Zepeda Tohono O'odham University of Arizona 1984 Topics in Papago Morphology Professor of Linguistics and American Indian Studies,University of Arizona
Alyse Neundorf Navajo University of New Mexico 1987 Bilingualism: A Bridge to Power for Interpreters and Readers in the Navajo Tribal Council deceased 2005
Fernando Escalante Yaqui University of Arizona 1990 Voice and Argument Structure in Yaqui deceased 2000
Mary Ann Willie Navajo University of Arizona 1991 Pronouns and Obviation in Navajo Associate Professor of Linguistics, University of Arizona
Deryle Lonsdale Upper Skagit Carnegie Mellon University (computational linguistics) 1997 An Architectural Account of Simultaneous Interpretation Associate Professor of Linguistics, Brigham Young University
Barbara Meek Comanche University of Arizona 2001 Kaska language socialization, acquisition, and shift Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan
Desrey Caesar-Fox Akawaio Rice University 2003   Minister within the Ministry of Education, Guyana
Percy W. Abrams Onondaga SUNY Buffalo 2006 Onondaga Pronominal Prefixes Director, Native American Museum of Art
Wesley Leonard Miami University of California at Berkeley 2007 Miami Language Reclamation in the Home: A Case Study Miami Tribe of Oklahoma Language Committee Chair and Visiting Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley

M.A./M.S.

Name Nation Institution Year Title Current Activity
Dale Old Horn Crow MIT 1975 Some Complement Constructions of the Crow Indian Language Instructor in Crow Studies, Little Big Horn College and Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Crow Agency, Montana
George Reed Crow MIT 1975 Dictionary of the Crow Language Cultural Affairs Director, Crow Tribe
Lonnie Hindle Gitksan       politics / administration
Freda Ahenakew Plains Cree University of Manitoba 1984 Cree Language Structures Retired.
Peter Jacobs Squamish University of Oregon 1992 Subordinate Clauses in Squamish: a Coast Salish Language Squamish Nation Linguist
Mandy Jimmie Nlakpamux (Thompson) University of British Columbia 1994 Prosodic Morphology in Nla'kapmxcin Language instructor, Nicola Valley Institute of Technology
Nicole Horseherder Navajo University of British Columbia 1998 A Binding-Theoretic Analysis of Navajo Possessor yi- Hard Rock Chapter staff
Tanya Bob Tahltan/Tsimshian University of British Columbia 1999 Laryngeal Phenomena in Tahltan First Nations Student Services Coordinator, Faculty of Arts, University of British Columbia
Patty Whereat Coos University of Oregon     Director of the Culture Department of the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw
Loren Bommelyn Tolowa University of Oregon 1997 The Prolegomena to the Tolowa Athabaskan Grammar Teacher/coordinator, Tah-Ah-Dun Indian Magnet School
Daryl Baldwin Miami University of Montana 1999   Director, Myaamia Project, Miami University
Jessie Little Doe Fermino Wampanoag MIT 2000 An Introduction to Wampanoag Grammar  
Modesta Minthorn Umatilla University of Oregon     Tribal linguist, Confederated Umatilla Tribes
Stacey Oberly Southern Ute University of Arizona     Working on Ph.D. in Linguistics at the University of Arizona
Ki-Shan Dawn Lara Yurok/Hupa University of Arizona 2003   Working on Ph.D. in Linguistics and Education at Arizona State University
Kelina Lobo Luiseño University of Arizona 2003    
Tracy Williams Oneida University of Arizona 2003    
Michel Gros-Louis Wendat Université de Québec à Montréal 2004 Les occlusives du Wendat : analyse acoustique et étude des documents historiques linguistic research
Susan Gehr Karok University of Oregon 2005   Language Program Director, Karuk Tribe of California
Amelia Flores Mojave University of Arizona in progress    
Ronald Geronimo Tohono O'odham University of Arizona in progress    
Delphine Tsinajinnie Navajo University of Arizona in progress    
Phil Cash Cash Cayuse/Nez Perce University of Arizona     Working on Ph.D. in Linguistics at the University of Arizona

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