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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 f�r 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 Ling��stica, Universidad Mariano Galvez de Guatemala, Guatemala, C. A. (April-December 1995)
Instructor, Escuela de Ling��stica, 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, Quich� 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 Orientaci�n [Training Seminar on Dictionary Making] Ministerio de Educaci�n de Guatemala, Proyecto Nacional de Educaci�n Biling�e. (Mar. 3,1986)
Instructor, Grammatical Analysis. Guatemalan Linguistics Course. Universidad Mariano G�lvez 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 �tnico, el nacionalismo �tnico: Observaciones en torno al movimiento Maya." WINAK Boletin Intercultural, XI(1-4):43-54.
1995. "Las fuerzas sociales y el proceso de oficializaci�n." Cultura de Guatemala, Segunda Epoca, XVI.1:121-134. |
