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Degrees
Ph.D. Georgetown University (1994)
M.A. University of Texas at Arlington (1977)
B. Div. Reformed Episcopal Seminary (1973)
B. A. Gordon College (1973)
Current positions
International Sociolinguistics Consultant (2005- )
Editor, Ethnologue (2004- )
Adjunct Professor of Language Development. Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics, Dallas, Texas (1999- )
Other experience
X Linguapax Congress on Language Diversity, Sustainability, and Peace, Barcelona, 2004
International Expert Meeting on UNESCO Programme: Safeguarding of Endangered Languages, Paris, 2003
International Sociolinguistics Coordinator, 1996-2002
First Hemispheric Indigenous Education Conference, Guatemala City, Guatemala , 2001. (Seminar Leader)
Instructor, Pacific Session of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, Kangaroo Ground,NSW, Australia. 2002
Co-instructor, Sociolinguistic Surveys, Seminar für SPRACHMETHODIK, Holzhausen, Germany (Oct/Nov. 2000)
Linguistics Consultant. Central America Branch, SIL. (1985-90, 1995-96)
Applied Linguistics Consultant. Central America Branch, SIL (1995-1996)
Instructor, Oregon SIL (1989, 1991-1994, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005)
Interim Director, Escuela de Lingüística, Universidad Mariano Galvez de Guatemala, Guatemala, C. A. (April-December 1995)
Instructor, Escuela de Lingüística, Universidad Mariano Galvez de Guatemala, Guatemala, C. A. (1988, 1994-1995)
Co-Instructor, Language Survey Course, British School, SIL, Bucks, Great Britain, (October 1992)
Technical Studies Coordinator, Central America Branch, SIL (1989)
Coordinator, Quiché Survey. (A study in the sociology of language), Central America Branch, SIL (1985-1988)
Coordinator of Non-Print Media. Central America Branch, SIL (1985)
Instructor, Seminario de Orientación [Training Seminar on Dictionary Making] Ministerio de Educación de Guatemala, Proyecto Nacional de Educación Bilingüe. (Mar. 3,1986)
Instructor, Grammatical Analysis. Guatemalan Linguistics Course. Universidad Mariano Gálvez de Guatemala, (Nov.-Dec. 1985).
Manager, Computer Services Department, Central America Branch, SIL (1984-1985)
Manager, Language Data Processing, Central America Branch, SIL (1983-1984)
Instructor. Morphology and Syntax. Universidad del Valle, Guatemala, C. A. (Association of Canada and the United States, 1977-1996, 1982)
Memberships
American Anthropological Association (2003- )
Linguistic Society of America, (1994- )
American Association for Applied Linguistics (1996- )
Language proficiency
English, FSI 5 (native speaker)
Spanish, FSI 4
K'iche' (Chichicastenango), FSI 2
K'iche' (Joyabaj), FSI 2+
French, FSI 1
German, FSI 1
Greek (Koine), read only
Hebrew, read only
Uspanteko (Mayan), studied
Research interests
Language planning and policy, ethnolinguistic vitality, language and education
Selected publications
Publications in SIL International Bibliography
2001. K'iche': A Study in the Sociology of Language. SIL Publications in Sociolinguistics 6. Dallas: SIL International.
2000. (ed., with Gloria E. Kindell). Assessing ethnolinguistic vitality: Theory and practice. SIL Publications in Sociolinguistics 3. Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
2000. "Power and solidarity as metrics in language survey data analysis." In Gloria E. Kindell and M. Paul Lewis, eds. Assessing Ethnolinguistic Vitality, SIL Publications in Sociolinguistics 3:79-102. Dallas: SIL International.
1999. "Language (development) as particle, wave, and field." Notes on Sociolinguistics, 4(1):3-19.
1998. "Language and identity ideology: Implications for language development." Journal of Languages and Linguistics. Thammasat University. Bangkok, Thailand.
1996. (with Deborah Hatfield). "Surveying ethnolinguistic vitality." Notes on Literature In Use and Language Programs 48:37-50.
1996. "Is Bible translation language planning?" Notes on Literature in Use and Language Programs 47:3-10.
1996c. "La etnicidad, el movimiento étnico, el nacionalismo étnico: Observaciones en torno al movimiento Maya." WINAK Boletin Intercultural, XI(1-4):43-54.
1995. "Las fuerzas sociales y el proceso de oficialización." Cultura de Guatemala, Segunda Epoca, XVI.1:121-134. |
