Degrees
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B.A., Michigan State University, TESOL, 1970
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M.A., Michigan State University, Linguistics, 1976
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Ph.D., University of Chicago, Anthropology and Linguistics, 1982
Academic Experience
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Louise Rebecca Schawe and Williedell Schawe Memorial Professor 2014-
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Professor, Tulane University, 2007-
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Associate Professor, Tulane University, 1990-2007
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Visiting Professor, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, 1995
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Visiting Professor, Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guatemala, 1993
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Assistant Professor, Tulane University, 1984-1990
Distinctions
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Fulbright Fellowship, Guatemala, 2009-2010
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Weiss Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2009
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Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies Grant, “Kaqchikel sacred sites ethnolinguistic study,” 2006
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Mesoamerican Ethnohistory Fund Grant, “Survey of sacred sites in the Iximche’ area of Guatemala,” 2004, 2005
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National Endowment for the Humanities Grant, Kaqchikel Chronicles Translation Project, 1997-1999
Languages
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Spanish
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Maya-Kaqchikel
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Nahuatl
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Maya-Chuj
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Maya-Yucatec
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Maya-O’anjob’al
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Maya-K’ichee’
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Maya-Ixil
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French
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German
Overseas Experience
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El Salvador
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Guatemala
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Mexico
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Colombia
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Honduras
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Costa Rica
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Dominican Republic
Related Experience
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Consultant for Ministry of Education, Guatemala, 2003, 2009
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Consultant to Native Languages Program, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Chicago, 2006
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Consultant Proyecto Lingüístico Francisco Marroquín, 2003-
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Chair, Department of Anthropology, Tulane University, 1991-1994, 2004-2007
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Editor-in-Chief, Linguisitic Atlas of El Salvador, Universidad Centroamericana, El Salvador, 1978-1980
Selected Publications
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2016/2017. El Poder del Arte en el mundo Maya. Ciencias Espaciales: publicación semestral de la Facultad de Ciencias Espanciales (FACES), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras. Vol. 9: 2: 195-210. Otoño 2016, published online August 2017. print versi
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2016. Kaqchikel and K’iche’ Colonial Documents: historical linguistics and the construction of new ethnohistories. Knowledge Bank: University Libraries: Ohio State University. to be posted in ILCLA/STILLA 2016 Conference Proceedings; site to go live in Fe
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2016. Chapter 12 Latin America and the Caribbean in Indigenous Language Revitalization in the Americas. Serafin M. Coronel-Molina and Teresa L. McCarty, eds. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group: Oxford, UK
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2015. with Ajpub’ García Ixmata’, Saqijix Candelaria López, Celia Ajú. Manual para la enseñanza de un segundo idioma. Guatemala: Universidad Rafael Landívar Kib’eyal taq ch’ab’äl: Mayan Language Regimes in Guatemala in Special Issue on Ethnographies of
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2015. with Ajpub’ García Ixmata’. Ulïk ri Oxlajuj Ajmaq’: La llegada de las Trece Naciones. Guatemala: Universidad Rafael Landívar
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2015. “Change in Literacy and Literature in Highland Guatemala, Precontact to Present” in Ethnohistory 62:3:553-572. 2017
Recently-Taught Latin American-Related Courses:
Number of Dissertations or Theses Supervised in the Past 5 Years:
10
Stone Center Departments
The Stone Center
People Classification
Faculty
Tulane Affiliation
Core Faculty
Region
Central America, North America