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Faculty
Melissa
Axelrod (University of Colorado at Boulder)
Professor, Linguistics
505 277-2032
Research Interests: Native American
languages, morphology, semantics, and language revitalization programs
Representative Courses Taught:
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LING 322/522 Grammatical Analysis
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LING 334/534 Language and Gender
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LING 413/513 Linguistic Field Methods
Rebecca Blum Martinez (University
of California at Berkeley)
Associate Professor, LLSS
505 277-4972
Research Interests: Bilingualism,
second language acquisition, language maintenance and use
Representative Courses Taught:
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LLSS 456/556: 1st & 2nd Language Development
in Cultural Contexts
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LLSS 503: Research in Bilingual Classrooms
and Communities
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LLSS 593 Issues in Immersion Education and
Heritage Language Learning
J. Anne Calhoon (Marquette University)
Associate Professor, LLSS
505 277-9601,
Research Interests: Cognitive processes
in early literacy development
Representative Courses Taught:
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LLSS 532: The Reading Process
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LLSS 537: Assessment of Reading
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LLSS 593: Native American Children’s Literature
Larry Gorbet (University of California
at San Diego)
Associate Professor, Linguistics
and Anthropology
505 277-6423,
Research Interests: Cognitive linguistics,
syntax, and semantics
Representative Courses Taught:
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LING 519: Cognitive Linguistics
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LING 523: Functional Syntax
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LING 559: Language and Culture
Vera
John Steiner (University of Chicago)
Emeritus Professor, LLSS and Linguistics
505 277-4324,
Research Interests: Cognitive processes
in bilingualism, language, and thought and language acquisition
Representative Courses Taught:
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LLSS 614/ LING 568: Vygotsky Seminar
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LING/PSYCH/ED PSYCH 565: Seminar in Thought
and Language
Holbrook
Mahn (University of New Mexico)
Associate Professor, LLSS
505 277-5887,
Research Interests: ESL literacy
and language acquisition, TESOL, language teaching, Vygotsky
Representative Courses Taught:
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LLSS 458/558 Literacy Across Cultures
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LLSS 459/559 Second Language Literacy
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LLSS 614 Vygotsky Seminar
Kathryn Manuelito (University
of Arizona)
Associate Professor, LLSS
505 277-0437,
Research Interests: Bilingualism,
Native American languages, language and literacy in Indigenous communities,
curriculum development
Representative Courses Taught:
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LLSS 583: Education Across Cultures of the
Southwest
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LLSS 435: Theoretical and Cultural Foundations
of Bilingual Education
LLSS 593: Language and Literacy in Indigenous
Communities
Lois Meyer (University of California
at Los Angeles)
Associate Professor, LLSS
505 277-7244,
Research Interests: Bilingualism,
second language acquisition, child language development, language policy
and planning, curriculum development and program evaluation
Representative Courses Taught:
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LLSS 456/556: 1st & 2nd Language Development
in Cultural Contexts
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LLSS 582: Curriculum Development for Multicultural
Education
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LLSS 593: Topics Seminar – Global English
Issues
Jill Morford (University of Chicago)
Associate Professor, Linguistics
505 277-7412,
Research Interests: Signed language
acquisition & processing, bilingual and
second language acquisition & processing,
Augmentative & Alternative
Communication (AAC), reading & deafness
Representative Courses Taught:
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LING/PSYCH 560: Child Language
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LING/PSYCH 566: Psychology of Bilingualism
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LING/PSYCH 568: Psycholinguistics of Gesture
& Signed Languages
Janet Patterson (University of
New Mexico)
Associate Professor, Speech and
Hearing Sciences
505 277-4453,
Research Interests: Speech language
pathology, child language assessment, young bilingual children’s communication
Representative Courses Taught:
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SHS 431/536, Language Disorders in Children
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SHS 533, Assessing Language in Children
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SHS 534, Intervention: Child Language Disorders
Lucretia (Penny) Pence (University
of Pittsburgh)
Associate Professor, LLSS
505 277-6959,
Research Interests: Assessment
and culture, applications of literacy theory in the classroom
Representative Courses Taught:
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LLSS 527 Studies in Rhetoric for Teachers
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LLSS 528 Studies in Reading and Literature
for Teachers
Julia
Scherba de Valenzuela (University of Colorado at Boulder)
Associate Professor, Special Education
505 277-1406,
Research Interests: Bilingual special
education, communication/language development and assessment of culturally
and linguistically diverse individuals
Representative Courses Taught:
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LLSS 456/556: 1st & 2nd Language Development
in Cultural Contexts
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LLSS 568: Alternative Assessment Practices
for English Language Learners
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SPCD 511: Social Construction of Disability
Barbara
Shaffer (University of New Mexico)
Associate Professor, Linguistics
505 277-1687,
Research Interests: Signed language
linguistics, modality, grammaticization, language acquisition, deaf
education, and interpreting theory
Representative Courses Taught:
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SIGN 411: Consecutive Interpretation
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SIGN 412: Simultaneous Interpreting
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SIGN 419: Practicum in Signed Language Interpreting
Christine Sims (University of California
at Berkeley)
Assistant Professor, LLSS
505 277-3175,
Research Interests: American Indian
Language revitalization, American Indian language program planning, language
policy, Keresan language
Caroline
Smith (Yale University)
Associate Professor, Linguistics
505 277-7417,
Research Interests: prosody, speech
production, speech synthesis, phonetics of French
Representative Courses Taught:
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LING 304 /504: Phonological Analysis
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LING 502: Generative Theories of Phonology
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LING 554: (occasional seminar) Prosody and
Discourse
Catherine
Travis (La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia)
Assocaite Professor,
Linguistics and Spanish & Portuguese
505 277-7416,
Research Interests: Hispanic Linguistics,
functional syntax, discourse analysis, semantics
Representative Courses Taught:
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LING 429/529: Discourse Analysis
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LING 523: Functional Syntax
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SPAN 351: Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics
Phyllis Perrin Wilcox
(University of New Mexico)
Professor, Linguistics
505 277-0928,
Research Interests: Metaphor and
metonymy in signed and spoken languages,
American Sign Language, lexical semantics,
signed language interpretation
Representative Courses Taught:
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LING 590/490: Metaphor in Signed and Spoken
Languages
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SIGN 360: Introduction to Profession of Interpretation
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SIGN 214: Lexical Semantics for Transliteration
Sherman
Wilcox (University of New Mexico)
Professor and Chair, Linguistics
505 277-6720,
Research Interests: American Sign
Language, cross-linguistic studies of signed languages, gesture,
evolution of language, theoretical models of interpreting
Representative Courses Taught:
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SIGN 305: Signed Language Linguistics
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SIGN 353: Language and Culture in the Deaf
Community
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LING 523: Functional Syntactic Theories
Please note: In addition to the
Educational Linguistics faculty listed above, students are encouraged to
consult with faculty in departments throughout UNM whose expertise can
enrich their research.
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