Emiliana Cruz
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Department of Anthropology
210 Machmer Hall
Amherst, MA 01003
cruz@anthro.umass.edu
HIGHER EDUCATION2011 Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin, Linguistic Anthropology
Dissertation: “Phonology, Tone and the Functions of Tone in San Juan Quiahije Chatino”
2004 M.A. University of Texas at Austin, Linguistic Anthropology
Thesis: “The Phonological Patterns and Orthography of San Juan Quiahije Chatino”
2001 B.A. The Evergreen State College, Anthropology
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2011-present Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology
2009 Fall Assistant Instructor (AI), University of Texas at Austin, Culture and Communication class
2009 Spring Teaching Assistant (TA), University of Texas at Austin, Culture and Communication class
2007 Fall Teaching Assistant (TA), University of Texas at Austin, Culture and Communication class
2007-2009 Language Revitalization Coordinator, Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas (INALI) [Mexican National Institute for Indigenous Languages]
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Descriptive linguistics and anthropology; language and landscape; language maintenance and revitalization; language politics; indigenous education; language ideologies and language shift; natural discourse and oral literature; the Chatino language family; ideologies and practices of language preservation.
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS External
2014 The Documenting Endangered Languages Fellowship (National Science Foundation). ($50,000).
2014 Centro Académico y Cultural San Pablo, Oaxaca, Mexico, in support of indigenous speaker training. ($6000)
2014 Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indigenas, Mexico, in support of the Tone Workshop for Linguists and Native Speakers of Mesoamerica. ($20,000)
2014 Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indigenas, Mexico, in support of two Chatino Writing Workshops for Chatino Speakers of Oaxaca, Mexico. ($15,000)
2013 Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indigenas, Mexico, in support of the Tone Workshop for Linguists and Native Speakers of Mesoamerica. ($12,000)
2013 Centro Académico y Cultural San Pablo, Oaxaca, Mexico, in support of indigenous speaker training. ($4000)
2012 Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indigenas, Mexico, in support of the Tone Workshop for Linguists and Native Speakers of Mesoamerica. ($40,408)
2012 Centro Académico y Cultural San Pablo, Oaxaca, Mexico, in support of indigenous speaker training. ($3,000)
2007-2010 University of Texas at Austin, Research Fellowship, “Documentation of Chatino, a language family of Oaxaca, Mexico”, Endangered Language Documentation
Programme, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London. A. Woodbury, PI. ($60,000)
2007 University of Texas, CILLA Center. The Joel Sherzer Summer Scholarship. ($2,000) 2004-2007 National Science Foundation. Graduate Research Fellowship. ($96,000)
2004 University of Texas, Mexican Center. Summer Research: Chatino Language Documentation. ($12,000)
2003 University of Texas, Mexican Center. Republic of México Solidarity Endowed Presidential Scholarship Committee. ($2,000)
2003 University of Texas, College of Liberal Arts. Liberal Arts Graduate Research Fellowship. ($16,000)
Internal
2013 Faculty Research Grant, The University of Massachusetts Amherst, “The Oaxaca Workshop on Tone for Speaker-linguists of Mesoamerican Languages: A New Model for Linguistic Recruitment and Training.” ($7,131)
2011-2012 The University of Massachusetts Amherst, Faculty Research Grant through the Healey Endowment, “The Tone Systems in the Chatino Language.” ($12,000)
PUBLICATIONS AND SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS Chapters
Accepted for Publication Cruz, Emiliana. “Names and Naming in Quiahije Chatino.” Fernando Armstrong-Fumero and Julio Hoil Gutierrez (Eds.). Memory and the Politics of Place: Archaeologists, Stakeholders, and the Intangible Heritage of Landscape. The University Press of Colorado. Expected 2014, ms.
Papers in Conference Proceedings (Participation in Conference based on Peer-Reviewed abstracts. Published papers not peer-reviewed)
2014 Cruz, Emiliana and Anthony Woodbury. “Collaboration in the Context of Teaching, Scholarship, and Language Revitalization: Experience from the Chatino Language Documentation Project.” Proceedings of the Conference on "Language
Documentation: Past – Present – Future". Organized by The Volkswagen Foundation in Hanover/Germany, June 5-7, 2013. Published in Language Documentation and Preservation, at University of Hawaii, Manoa. http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ldc/current/ 2014 Cruz Emiliana and Anthony C. Woodbury. “Finding a way into a family of tone
languages: The story of the Chatino Language Documentation Project.” Steven Bird and Larry Hyman (Eds.). Language Documentation and Conservation. University of Hawaii.
2014 “Sistema Númerico del Chatino de San Juan Quiahije.” [Numeric System of San Juan Quiahije]. In Memorias del Congreso Maria Teresa Fernandez de Miranda. Oaxaca, México. Expected 2014, ms.
Cruz, Emiliana and Oscar López. “El Sistema Tonal de Yolotepec.” ms. Expected August 2015.
2010 Campbell, Eric and Emiliana Cruz. “El Sistema Numérico del Proto-chatino.” [Numeric System of Proto-Chatino]. Proceedings of the Conference on Indigenous Languages of Latin America-IV. Organized by the Center for Indigenous Languages of Latin America (CILLA), Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. http://www.ailla.utexas.org/site/cilla4_toc.html. Austin, Texas. ms.
2008a “Noun Possession in Cha73 Jnya24 (Chatino) from Kchin4 Ky7ya2 (San Juan Quiahije).” Proceedings of the Conference on Indigenous Languages of Latin America-III. Organized by the Center for Indigenous Languages of Latin America (CILLA), Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. http://www.ailla.utexas.org/site/cilla3_toc.html. Austin, Texas. 2008b Cruz, Emiliana, Hilaria Cruz and Thomas Smith-Stark. “Complementación en el
Chatino de San Juan Quiahije.” [Complementation of San Juan Quiahije Chatino]. Proceedings of the Conference on Indigenous Languages of Latin America-III. Organized by the Center for Indigenous Languages of Latin America (CILLA), Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. http://www.ailla.utexas.org/site/cilla3_toc.html. Austin, Texas.
2006 Cruz, Emiliana and Anthony Woodbury. “El Sandhi de los Tonos en el Chatino de Quiahije.” [Tone Sandhi of San Juan Quiahije Chatino]. In Las Memorias del Congreso de Idiomas Indígenas de Latinoamérica-II. Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America. http://www.ailla.utexas.org/site/cilla2_toc.html. Austin, Texas.
Research Reports
2012 “Etnografía musical de la región chatina.” Research Report: Fondo Mixto de
Fomento a la Investigación Científica y Tecnología CONACYT Gobierno del Estado de Oaxaca,
Invited presentations
2014 “Sound Systems of Mexico and Central America.” The Tone Systems in the Chatino Language. April 2014.
2013 Cruz, Emiliana and Anthony Woodbury. “Tonal complexity in San Juan Quiahije Eastern Chatino compound verb inflection.” SSILA Special Session: Inflectional Classes in the Languages of the Americas. Boston, Massachusetts.
2012a “The Oaxaca Workshop on Tone for Speaker-linguists of Mesoamerican Languages: A New Model for Linguistic Recruitment and Training.” The Institute for
Mesoamerican Studies & the Linguistics Program. Oaxaca, Mexico.
2012b “Tonal Contrasts in San Juan Quiahije.” Linguistics Department. SUNY Buffalo. 2010 Cruz, Emiliana; Hilaria Cruz; Anthony Woodbury; Camille Woodbury; Justin
McIntosh and Reginaldo Figueroa. “Ditransitivos en el Chatino Oriental.” Taller de Bitransitividad y Anexos CIESAS-Sureste. San Cristobal de las Casas, México. 2009 Cruz, Emiliana and Hilaria Cruz. “Situación Actual del Chatino.” [The Current State
of the Chatino Language]. Supervisión de Escuelas Bilingües, Santa Catarina Juquila, Oaxaca, México.
2008a “La Educación Indigena en México.” [Indigenous Education in México]. In
Secretaria de Educacion Publica (SEP) meeting. Organized by Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indigenas (INALI). México City, D.F.
2008b “Languages of México.” At the University of Tirana (Universiteti i Tiranës). Tirana, Albania.
2008c “National Languages of México.” International Mother Language Day. Organized by Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indigenas (INALI). Presented in Zócalo. México City Zocalo. México City, D.F.
2007a Cortés, Romelia; Emiliana Cruz; Hilaria Cruz and Thomas Smith-Stark. “Complementación en cha73 jnya24 (Chatino) de Kchin4 K7ya2 (San Juan Quiahije): II.” OKMA, Antigua Guatemala.
2007b Cruz, Emiliana; Frida Cruz; Anthony Woodbury; Camille Woodbury. “Linguistics and language activism: A report on the Chatino Language Documentation Project.” Presented at Columbia University, Linguistics Society of Columbia, New York. 2007c “Maintaining and Renewing Chatino Language.” Public lecture. The Evergreen State
College. Olympia, Washington.
Conference Presentations
2014 Cruz, Emiliana and Luiz Amaral. “Los diferentes usos de Gramáticas Pedagógicas: ¿Qué son? ¿Cómo construirlas? ¿Para qué sirven?” COLOV VI: Mario Molina Cruz. Oaxaca, Mexico.
2013 “How Much Are You Selling Chatino For? Challenges of Doing Research at Home”. American Anthropological Association (AAA), Chicago, IL.
2012a “Language, Land, and Local Knowledge in San Juan Quiahije.” Latin American Studies Association (LASA), San Francisco, CA.
2012b Cruz, Emiliana and Ryan Sullivant. “Demostrativos próximos y distales: Un estudio comparativo del uso de demostrativos en el chatino de Quiahije y Tataltepec.” [A comparative study of the demonstratives in Quiahije’s Chatino and Tataltepec]. Coloquio sobre Lenguas Otomangues y Vecinas V. Oaxaca, Mexico.
2011 “San Juan Quiahije tones: The story of the Chatino Language Documentation Project.” University Notre Dame. Symposium on Teaching and Learning Indigenous Languages of Latin America (STLILLA 2011), Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Notre Dame, Indiana.
2010a “La Geografía, la Demografía y la Vitalidad del Chatino.” [Geography, Demography and Language Vitality of the Chatino Language]. Coloquio sobre Lenguas
Otomangues y Vecinas IV: Thomas Smith Stark. Oaxaca, México.
2010b “Names and Naming in Quiahije Chatino.” Symposium about Language and
Society—Austin (SALSA). XVIII Annual Conference: Speech Play and Verbal Art: A Conference in Honor of Joel Sherzer. Austin, Texas.
2009a Cruz, Emiliana; Hilaria Cruz; Anthony Woodbury and Justin D. McIntosh. “Chatino Language Documentation Project.” Poster. The 33rd annual Maya Meeting. Austin, Texas.
2006 “Cha73 Ksya10 ‘Oradores del Corazón’ in San Juan Quiahije.” [Ritual Prayers of San
Juan Quiahije]. Congreso de Idiomas Indígenas de Latinoamérica-I. Austin, Texas. 2006 Cruz, Emiliana and Hilaria Cruz. “Chatino language activism through documentation
and training in Cieneguilla and San Juan Quiahije, Oaxaca.” Poster, Linguistic Society of America, Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM. Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation Poster Session, organized by Lenore Grenoble and Lindsay Whaley.
2005a Cruz, Emiliana and Anthony Woodbury. “The lexical tones of Quiahije Chatino.” Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas, Annual Meeting, at LSA, Oakland, CA.
2005b “Status of Indigenous Languages in México.” The Evergreen State College. Olympia, Washington.
2005c Cruz, Emiliana and Anthony Woodbury. “The lexical tones of Quiahije Chatino.” Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas, Annual Meeting, at LSA. Oakland, California.
Fieldwork
Present Research on Language and Landscape of the Chatino Language in Oaxaca, México.
Present Research on Chatino languages (Otomanguean language family) in Oaxaca, México.
2007-2013 Co-principal investigator, documenting the musical cultures in Oaxaca, Mexico, Etnografía de las Culturas Musicales en Oaxaca.
WORKS IN PROGRESS Manuscripts
In Preparation Cruz, Emiliana, and Anthony Woodbury. “Adjetivos del Chatino de San Juan Quiahije.” [Adjectives of San Juan Quiahije Chatino]. Proceedings of the Conference on Indigenous Languages of Latin America-IV. Organized by the Center for
Indigenous Languages of Latin America (CILLA), Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Expected 2015, ms. (Participation in Conference based on Peer-Reviewed abstracts. Published papers not peer-reviewed)
In Preparation “The Sound Systems of San Juan Quiahije.” Ms. Expected February 2015. To be submitted to Language. (Peer-reviewed)
In Preparation “El sistema Tonal de Santos Reyes Nopala.” Ms. Expected July 2015.
In Preparation “The Tone Systems in the Eastern Chatino Language.” Ms. Expected March 2015. To be submitted to the Journal of Linguistic Anthropology.
Books
In Preparation Chatino Place Names and Local Knowledge: Description, with a Multimedia Documentary Corpus. Expected 2015. Will be sent for review to the University of Hawaii; the University of New Mexico Press; and the University of Arizona Press. In Preparation Cruz, Emiliana and Hilaria Cruz. Diccionario del Chatino de San Juan Quiahije. [Dictionary of San Juan Quiahije Chatino]. Manuscript expected 2016. Will be sent to the Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indigenas de Mexico for publication.
Visual Media
Cruz, Emiliana and Gibrán Morales. Documentary film about the documentation and revitalization of the Chatino language.
ENGAGED LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY
2014a Instructor, in collaboration with the Centro Académico y Cultural San Pablo, Tone Workshop for Linguists and Native Speakers of Mesoamerica. Taller sobre tonos para lingüistas hablantes de lenguas de Mesoamérica, Mexico (June 2013). 2014b Instructor. Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology. Instituto Superior Ayuuk.
Oaxaca, Mexico.
2014c Instructor. Taller de Chatino, variante de Chatino Oriental. [Grammar workshop of Eastern Chatino]. Santiago Yaitepec, Juquila, Oaxaca, México. (July 25, 2014).
2014d Instructor. Taller de Chatino, variante de Chatino Oriental. [Grammar workshop of Eastern Chatino]. Santos Reyes Nopala, Juquila, Oaxaca, México. (August 25, 2014).
2012a Instructor, in collaboration with the Centro Académico y Cultural San Pablo, Tone Workshop for Linguists and Native Speakers of Mesoamerica. Taller sobre tonos para lingüistas hablantes de lenguas de Mesoamérica, Mexico (June 2012). 2012b Trained teachers of an adult literacy program in five Chatino communities (June to
August 2012).
2011 Cruz, Emiliana; Hilaria Cruz; Anthony Woodbury; Camille Woodbury; Justin McIntosh and Reginaldo Figueroa. “Ditransitivos en el Chatino Oriental.” [Ditransitive of Eastern Chatino]. Taller de Bisitransitividad y Anexos CIESAS-Sureste. San Cristobal de las Casas, México. ms.
2010a Cruz, Emiliana; Campbell, Eric and Anthony Woodbury. Taller de Gramática del Chatino de Zenzontepec. [Grammar workshop of Zenzontepec Chatino]. San Pedro del Río, Santa Cruz , Zenzontepec, Oaxaca, México. (March 2010).
2010b Cruz, Emiliana and Anthony Woodbury. Taller de Gramática del Chatino de Zacatepec. [Grammar workshop of Zacatepec Chatino]. Jardín Botánico. Oaxaca, México. (April 2010).
2009a Cruz, Emiliana and Anthony Woodbury. Taller de Chatino, variante de Tataltepec. [Grammar workshop of Tataltepec Chatino]. Tataltepec de Valdés, Juquila, Oaxaca,
2008a Transcription and archiving workshop. Agencia de Cieneguilla and San Juan Quiahije, Juquila. Oaxaca, México. (June 2008).
2008b Chatino phonology and writing system workshop. Escuela Normal Bilingüe Intercultural de Oaxaca (ENBIO). Oaxaca, México. (April 2008)
2008c Chatino phonology, syntax, transcription and archiving workshop. Zapotecan Dialect Survey. Terrence Kaufman (coordinator). Oaxaca, México. (June to August 2008) 2007 Chatino grammar workshop. Agencia de Cieneguilla and San Juan Quiahije, Juquila.
Oaxaca, México. (June to July 2007)
2006a Chatino phonology and writing system. Agencia de Cieneguilla, San Juan Quiahije. Oaxaca, México. (June 2006)
2006b Chatino phonology and writing system. Agencia de San Marcos Zacatepec, Juquila. Oaxaca, México. (July 2006)
2005 Chatino grammar and language revitalization. Community members of the Agencia de Cieneguilla and San Juan Quiahije, Juquila. Oaxaca, México. (June 2005) 2004 Chatino grammar and language revitalization. Agencia de Cieneguilla and San Juan
Quiahije, Juquila. Oaxaca, México. (June 2004)
PEDAGOGICAL MATERIALS In progress Pedagogical grammar of San Juan Quiahije Chatino.
2013 Cruz, Emiliana and Averie Prenguber. The Neighbor’s Corn. Trilingual Chatino folk tale. Endangered Languages: Why Do They Matter? class project.
https://sites.google.com/site/lenguachatino/recursos-pedagogicos/san-juan-quiahije 2012a Cruz, Emiliana; Gladys Cruz Canseco; Gema Galgani Cruz Cruz; Natalia Salinas
Cruz; Elvira Reyes Ramírez; Maricela Aragón Cabrera; Cristiana Peña Cruz; Erica Ramírez Cruz; Alejandrina Feria Cruz; Inés Reyes Cruz and Teresa Baltazar. 2012. “El Sistema Tonal de San Francisco Ixpantepec.” Los tonos del chatino oriental de San Francisco Ixpantepec. https://sites.google.com/site/lenguachatino/recursos-pedagogicos/san-francisco-ixpantepec
2012b Cruz, Emiliana; Gladys Cruz Canseco; Gema Galgani Cruz Cruz; Natalia Salinas Cruz; Lourdes Cruz; Inés Cruz Reyes and Teresa Baltazar. 2012. “Los tonos del chatino oriental de Santa María Amialtepec.”
https://sites.google.com/site/lenguachatino/recursos-pedagogicos/santa-maria-amialtepec
2012c Cruz, Emiliana; Natalia Salinas Cruz; Lourdes Cruz; Inés Cruz Reyes; Maria de Jesus Cruz Martinez; Maria Cortes Justo; Angela Justo Cortes; Brigida Dominguez Matias; Sonia Guadalupe Justo and Isaura de los Santos Mendoza. 2012. “Los tonos del chatino oriental de San José Ixtapan.”
https://sites.google.com/site/lenguachatino/recursos-pedagogicos/san-jose-ixtapan 2010a Cruz, Emiliana; Hilaria Cruz and Anthony Woodbury. Volantes Chatinos: Lecciones
sobre la escritura y la gramática del chatino de Quiahije. [Teaching materials for San Juan Quiahije Chatino]. Chatino Language Documentation Project. University of Texas at Austin. Austin, Texas. http://sites.google.com/site/lenguachatino/recursos-pedagogicos/san-juan-quiahije
2010b Campbell, Eric and Emiliana Cruz. Libro para Colorear. Variante Zenzontepec. [Coloring book of Zenzontepec Chatino]. Chatino Language Documentation Project. University of Texas at Austin. Austin, Texas.
2010c Cruz, Emiliana and Stéphanie Villard. Cha7tñan no ndikwi7 naten Tsi. [Alphabet booklet] México City: Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indigenas (INALI). México City, D.F.
2009a Lengua chatino, manual de ejercisios, variante de San Juan Quiahije: Ktyi2 cha73 7ne24 x7an20 ren724 cha73 jnya24 (2009). Chatino Language Documentation Project. University of Texas at Austin. Austin, Texas.
http://sites.google.com/site/lenguachatino/recursos-pedagogicos/san-juan-quiahije 2009b Cruz, Emiliana and Anthony Woodbury. 2009. Lengua Chatino Manual de
ejercicios, variante Tataltepec de Valdés. [Pedagogical Materials for Tataltepec de Valdes]. Chatino Language Documentation Project. University of Texas at Austin. Austin, Texas.
http://sites.google.com/site/lenguachatino/recursos-pedagogicos/tataltepec-de-valdes-1
2009c Cruz, Emiliana; Ryan Sullivant and Anthony Woodbury. Lista de palabras Conjugacionés de verbos de la variante de Tataltepec. [Verb conjugation of Tataltepec Chatino]. Chatino Language Documentation Project. University of Texas at Austin. Austin, Texas.
http://sites.google.com/site/lenguachatino/recursos-pedagogicos/tataltepec-de-valdes-1
2008a Escritura de la lengua Chatino: Manual de Ejercicios, Variante San Juan Quiahije. [Pedagogical Grammar for San Juan Quiahije Chatino]. Chatino Language
Documentation Project. University of Texas at Austin. Austin, Texas.
http://sites.google.com/site/lenguachatino/recursos-pedagogicos/san-juan-quiahije 2008b yjan4 tkwa24 me1 ndwa0 sno720 Calendario 2008. [2008 Calendar]. Instituto Nacional
de Lenguas Indígenas (INALI). México City, D.F.
2008c Libro para Colorear Tataltepec Chatino. [Coloring book for Tataltepec Chatino]. Encuesta zapotecana, Documentación de la las lenguas Mesoamericanas (PDLMA). Oaxaca, México.
2008d Cruz, Emiliana and Terrance Kaufman. Libro para Colorear Zoque. [Coloring book for Zoque]. Encuesta zapotecana, Documentación de la las lenguas Mesoamericanas (PDLMA). Oaxaca, México.
2008e “Tone analysis, Panixtlahuaca variety.” Handout. Chatino Language Documentation Project. University of Texas at Austin. Austin, Texas.
2008f “Tone analysis, Tataltepec variety.” Handout. Chatino Language Documentation Project. University of Texas at Austin. Austin, Texas.
2008g Cruz, Emiliana; Hilaria Cruz; Woodbury, Anthony and Justin McIntosh. Volantes Chatinos: Propuestas sobre la Escritura del Chatino de Santa Lucía Teotepec. [Practical Orthography of Santa Lucía Teotepec Chatino]. Chatino Project, University of Texas at Austin. Austin, Texas.
http://sites.google.com/site/lenguachatino/recursos-pedagogicos/teotepec 2007a Tone analysis, Santa Lucía Teotepec variety. Handout. Chatino Language
Documentation Project. University of Texas at Austin. Austin, Texas. 2007b Translation of children’s story: “Turtle’s Flute”. http://www.bookbox.com
WEBSITES
Present https://sites.google.com/site/lenguachatino/recursos-academicos 2012 https://sites.google.com/site/tallerdetonos/lecturas
Teaching Interests
Language and Landscape, Descriptive Linguistics, Otomanguean Languages, Language Documentation and Revitalization, Languages of Mexico and Guatemala, Ideologies and Practices of Language Preservation, Indigenous Education, Endangered Languages, Language Ideologies, Language Politics, The Dirty War in Mexico, Ethnomusicology, Gossip and Humor
Courses Taught (University of Massachusetts Amherst unless otherwise noted) Spring 2014. “Theory and Methods in Linguistic Anthropology.” Course number/level:
697/graduate. 15 students enrolled.
Spring 2014. “Gossip and Humor.” Course number/level: 297/undergraduate. 24 students enrolled.
Fall 2011, Fall 2013. “Languages of Mexico and Guatemala.” Course number/level:
397/undergraduate. 26 students enrolled in 2011; 13 students enrolled in 2013. Spring 2012, Spring 2013. “Endangered Languages: Why Do They Matter?” Course
number/level: 497/undergraduate. 5 students enrolled in 2012; and 13 enrolled in 2013.
Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013. “Language in Culture and Society.” Course number/level: 360/undergraduate. 30 students enrolled in Spring 2012; 33 students enrolled in Spring 2013; 30 students enrolled in Fall 2013.
Fall 2012. “Digital Methods in Linguistic Anthropology.” Course number/level: 597/graduate. 4 students enrolled.
Fall 2012. “Language and Landscape.” Course number/level: 497/undergraduate. 10 students enrolled.
Fall 2011. “Ideologies and Practices of Language Preservation.” Course number/level: 597/graduate. 7 students enrolled.
Fall 2009 “Introduction to Linguistics.” Course number/level: 307/undergraduate. University of Texas at Austin. Austin, Texas.
Student Committees
PhD student Lynn Hou, University of Texas at Austin. Linguistics. (Committee member) PhD student Ashley Sherry, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Anthropology. (Committee member)
PhD student Karla Sarr, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Education. (Committee member) MA student Castriela Hernandez, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Anthropology.
(Committee member)
MA student Ana Smith, Universidad de México, UNAM. Geography. (Committee member)
SERVICE Department
2012-Present Local Human Subjects Review Officer, Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
2012 Annual Faculty Review (ad hoc), Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
2012-2013 Member, Search Committee, The Spanish and Portuguese Program in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
2011-2012 Steering Committee Member of the Certificate Program in Native American Indian Studies. Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Present Phonetics/Phonology Reading Group member. Present UMass Funny Languages Breakfast.
Five Colleges
Present Five College Native American Indian Studies Committee Member. Present Five Colleges Prosody Community member.
Professional
Present Co-chair, organizer for all sessions on the “Linguistics, languages and language policy” theme at the XXXIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2012 Article Peer-Reviewer. Zapotec. The International Journal of the Sociology of Language; theme: Indigenous Languages in Contact. 2010-2011 Member, Steering Committee, Center for Indigenous Languages of Latino
America (CILLA). The University of Texas at Austin.
2007 Researcher and trainer for the Chatino language. Project for the Documentation of the Languages of Mesoamerica (PDLMA).
LANGUAGES Chatino
Spanish English
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Anthropological Association (Member)
Latin American Studies Association (Member) Linguistic Society of America (Member)
