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UAF Linguistics Faculty

Anna Berge, Associate Professor of Linguistics and Program Chair (2006-2008)
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1998
Eskimo-Aleut languages, syntax, discourse.
Brooks 421 ffamb@uaf.edu 474-5351

Marilee Coles-Ritchie, Assistant Professor of Linguistics
Ph.D. University of Utah 2006
Bilingual education; linguistic and cultural issues in education, teaching languages.
Brooks 306A mcoles65@gmail.com 474-6263

Burns Cooper, Associate Professor of English
  Ph.D. University of Texas 1989
Linguistics, poetry, poetics.
Gruening 858 ffgbc@uaf.edu 474-5303

Gary Holton, Associate Professor of Linguistics
    (on sabbatical leave 2006-2007)
  Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara 2000
Athabascan and Papuan languages, morphology, argument structure, discourse, language revitalization.
Brooks 306B gary.holton@uaf.edu 474-6585

Lawrence Kaplan, Professor of Linguistics
Director, Alaska Native Language Center
  Ph.D. University of California, San Diego 1979.
Inupiaq language, Comparative Eskimo, language policy and planning.
Brooks 425 ffldk@uaf.edu 474-6582

Patrick Marlow, Assistant Professor of Linguistics
  Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1997.
Historical linguistics, indigenous language teacher training.
Brooks 306F ffpem@uaf.edu 474-7446

Joan Parker Webster, Adjunct Professor of Linguistics
  Ed.D. University of Houston 2002.
Social science research methods, second language teacher training, critical literacy/pedagogy.
Gruening 501D ffjp1@uaf.edu 474-5715

Sabine Siekmann, Assistant Professor of Linguistics & Foreign Languages
  Ph.D. University of South Florida 2004.
Second language acquisition, computer assisted language learning
Brooks 306D ffss5@uaf.edu 474-6580

Siri Tuttle, Assistant Professor of Linguistics
  Ph.D. University of Washington 1998.
phonology, Athabascan linguistics
Brooks 419 ffsgt1@uaf.edu 474-5708

Retired Linguistics Faculty

Charlotte Basham, Associate Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology (retired 2005)
  Ph.D. University of Michigan 1986.
second language acquistion, second language teaching. ffcsb@uaf.edu

Patricia Kwachka, Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology (retired 2006)
  Ph.D. University of Florida, Gainsville 1982.
Language acquisition, language maintenance and language shift, bilingualism, language and gender.
Eielson 312D ffpbk@uaf.edu 474-6610



In addition to the faculty listed above, there are other UAF faculty members who teach language related courses which are included in the major:
Robert Arundale, Communications
Michael Krauss, Alaska Native Language Center.

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