Faculty
Anna Berge, Associate Professor of Linguistics and Program Chair
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1998
Eskimo-Aleut languages, syntax, discourse.
Brooks 421 amberge@alaska.edu 474-5351
On leave, Spring 2013
Burns Cooper, Professor of English
Ph.D. University of Texas 1989
Forensic linguistics, poetics, intonation
Gruening 858 gbcooper@alaska.edu 474-5303
Gary Holton, Professor of Linguistics
Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara 2000
Director, Alaska Native Language Archive
Athabascan and Papuan languages, morphology, argument structure, discourse, language revitalization.
Brooks 306B gmholton@alaska.edu 474-6585
Duff Johnston, Assistant Professor of English and Linguistics
Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics, Pennsylvania State University 2011
Gruening 866 djohnston2@alaska.edu 474-5235
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 ldkaplan@alaska.edu 474-6582
Patrick Marlow, Associate Professor of Linguistics
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1997.
Historical linguistics, indigenous language teacher training.
Brooks 306F pemarlow@alaska.edu 474-7446
Sabbatical leave, 2012-2013
Wendy Martelle, Term Assistant Professor of Linguistics
Robin Shoaps, Term Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Ph.D. University of California Santa Barbara, 2004.
Linguistic anthropology, anthropology of Christianity, discourse analysis, self and subjectivity, ethnography of moralities, indigenous languages and cultures; Mesoamerica and the United States.
Eielson rashoaps@alaska.edu 474-6884
Sabine Siekmann, Assistant Professor of Linguistics & Foreign Languages
Ph.D. University of South Florida 2004.
Second language acquisition, computer assisted language learning
Brooks 306D ssiekmann@alaska.edu 474-6580
Siri Tuttle, Associate Professor of Linguistics
Ph.D. University of Washington 1998.
Phonology, Athabascan linguistics
Brooks 419 sgtuttle@alaska.edu 474-5708